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On Feb. 26, Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced changes to the COVID-19 vaccine distribution, adding student-facing higher education faculty and staff to an upcoming phase of eligibility.

For faculty and instructors, the Conference on World Affairs is offering virtual classroom visits by this year's speakers and performers. Many of the guests are eager to engage with students and contribute their perspectives in the classroom.

Lecturer Fatuma Emmad is the recipient of an award for leadership in changing systems of oppressions, violence and inequality. She will receive a cash prize to use in whatever way she believes will make the most impact in advancing racial justice.

Assistant Professor Maureen Lynch was recently awarded a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to improve scientific understanding of the causes and treatments of tumor-induced bone disease and more.

Congratulations to the Three Minute Thesis competition winners and to all the participants who competed on the virtual stage on Feb. 16. Read about the winners and watch the competition recording.

The Center for Humanities & the Arts and the Center for Data and Digital Scholarship are naming Vilja Hulden to the first Faculty Fellowship in the Digital Humanities. Hulden, a historian, uses computational methods in her research and scholarly work.

Among 30 distinguished academics, clinicians, consultants and authors, Jeffrey Nytch—director of the College of Music’s Entrepreneurship Center for Music and associate professor of composition—has joined the Yamaha Master Educator Collective’s newly-launched Music Business and Entrepreneurship group.

Read up on the University Libraries updates regarding services and resources for the semester: contactless pick-up, printing and more.

Sabrina Spencer, assistant professor of biochemistry and member of the BioFrontiers Institute at CU Â鶹ӰԺ, is one of five new winners of a 2021 Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award.

Distinguished Professor Christopher Bowman of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to engineers.