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Two hundred Â鶹ӰԺ campus faculty, staff and fundraisers— most of whom make financial gifts to the University of Colorado—gathered Friday at Chancellor Philip DiStefano’s home for a late afternoon reception to celebrate faculty and staff. They heard remarks from campus and fundraising leadership, supporters including Pat Furman ('76, JD '80) and Tate Nelson ('92), and Arts & Sciences student Anne Stuller ('14). DiStefano recognized donors who have made planned gifts such as real estate, which can help CU now and in the future. He also mentioned the Esteemed Scholars Program—a new initiative that awards scholarships to top Colorado high school students who choose to attend the Â鶹ӰԺ.

Each year since 1985, the U.S. Congress designates the first full week of May as Public Service Recognition Week – time set aside to honor public employees and to educate the public about the many ways government workers make life better for all Americans. It is an opportunity for us to recognize all State employees and express appreciation for one another in our commitment to serve the people of Colorado.

The 56th annual season of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival will feature a classic lineup — a comedy, a tragedy, a history — alongside a hilarious Shakespeare sendup and a return engagement of an Off-Broadway hit. But if anything, expect the unexpected, as two veterans and two of CSF’s favorite comic actors take the helm and offer their own visions, from the exotic to the traditional.

The results of the Â鶹ӰԺ Campus Staff Council annual election have been announced. Seven incumbents and four newcomers were elected to represent staff on the Â鶹ӰԺ campus through a campus-wide, web-based nomination and voting process.

Twelve Â鶹ӰԺ students have been offered Fulbright grants to pursue teaching, research and graduate studies abroad during the 2013-14 academic year, an all-time record for CU-Â鶹ӰԺ.

Twelve Â鶹ӰԺ students have been offered Fulbright grants to pursue teaching, research and graduate studies abroad during the 2013-14 academic year, an all-time record for CU-Â鶹ӰԺ.

The Â鶹ӰԺ has been ranked No. 14 in the world on the scholarly impact of its journal publications, according to an analysis by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. The Leiden Ranking analyzed the 500 universities with the largest number of publications recorded in Web of Science, a database of articles published in more than 12,000 journals that is maintained by Thomson Reuters.

On Monday, April 29, 2013 the Governor signed Senate Bill 13-230, commonly referred to as the FY 2013-2014 budget bill, or Long Bill. According to this bill, classified employees are eligible for a 2% cost of living increase (COLA), a performance based merit increase (based on a 1.6% pool), and an additional increase if an employee’s new salary (after the COLA and merit increases are applied) falls below the new minimum salary for their job class.

Armed with a master’s degree and a doctorate from CU-Â鶹ӰԺ, Subini Annamma will head to Indiana University at Indianapolis after graduation. There she will teach and continue her research on increasing access to equitable education for marginalized students and urban communities, particularly for children with disabilities.