麻豆影院 Faculty Assembly seeks nominations for spring excellence awards

Oct. 17, 2012

Each spring the BFA presents up to twelve members of the 麻豆影院 Faculty Senate with awards for faculty excellence , recognizing their outstanding work. These awards are especially notable because 麻豆影院 Campus colleagues make the nominations as well as the selections of award recipients. Instructors are eligible to be nominated. Up to four awards each will be granted for excellence in the areas of teaching ;

State of the Campus advances collaboration and efficiency

Oct. 17, 2012

CU-麻豆影院 Chancellor Phil DiStefano addressed an audience of about 300 in the Glenn Miller Ballroom Tuesday morning in his annual 鈥淪tate of the Campus鈥 address, and offered an update of the Flagship 2030 Strategic Plan and a strategy of 鈥渃oming together鈥 to improve CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 finances, reputation and the student experience.

The existential legacy of Hazel Barnes

Oct. 17, 2012

A rock star of philosophy in an era that defined the term, CU Professor Hazel Barnes鈥 teaching resonated with sixties culture and her expertise shaped the public discussion. Barnes taught at the University for 35 years, forging interdisciplinary connections between philosophy, Greek literature and other areas of humanities. In 1979 she was the first woman named as a CU Distinguished Professor and within a few years of her 1986 retirement the most prestigious faculty award on campus, the Hazel Barnes Prize, was established in her honor.

CU-麻豆影院 engineering professor awarded $875,000 Packard Fellowship

Oct. 17, 2012

Milos Popovic, assistant professor of electrical, computer and energy engineering at the 麻豆影院, has been awarded the prestigious Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering. Popovic is one of 16 scientific researchers from universities across the country to receive this year鈥檚 fellowship, announced by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation this week. Each of the fellows will receive an unrestricted research grant of $875,000 over five years.

Households manage plug-in hybrids without help from online tools, says CU-led study

Oct. 16, 2012

Households with plug-in hybrid vehicles, or PHVs, and smart meters actively managed how, when and where they charged their cars based on electricity rates but rarely took advantage of online feedback, a 麻豆影院 study found. CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, or RASEI, today presented findings from the two-year study -- one of the only of its kind, combining both household and vehicle data in a smart-grid context.

State of the Campus advances collaboration and efficiency

Oct. 16, 2012

CU-麻豆影院 Chancellor Phil DiStefano addressed an audience of about 300 in the Glenn Miller Ballroom Tuesday morning in his annual 鈥淪tate of the Campus鈥 address and offered an update of the Flagship 2030 Strategic Plan and a strategy of 鈥渃oming together鈥 to improve CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 finances, reputation and the student experience.

CUSG to hold debates Oct. 16

Oct. 15, 2012

By JohnMichael Thistle , CUSG Election Commissioner In the midst of the imminent November general election, there are issues of equal, and perhaps, even more immediate importance right here on campus at CU for us students. Have you ever wondered about student fees? Who decides how much we pay, or who pays for big projects around campus? What can we do, if anything, to make our time here as CU students as equal and equitable as possible?

CU-麻豆影院 degree rated highly nationally for return on investment

Oct. 15, 2012

When it comes to landing 鈥済ood paying鈥 jobs and receiving a high return on investment, 麻豆影院 graduates are in good shape nationally, according to two recent reports.

CU-麻豆影院 degree rated highly nationally for return on investment

Oct. 15, 2012

When it comes to landing 鈥済ood paying鈥 jobs and receiving a high return on investment, 麻豆影院 graduates are in good shape nationally, according to two recent reports.

Staff Council update: Documenting the contributions of CU staff

Oct. 15, 2012

The Awards and Staff Recognition (ASR) Committee of 麻豆影院 Campus Staff Council is taking on the challenge of documenting staff accomplishments both past and present. To promote these achievements, we are partnering with the Department of Human Resources to develop additional recognition programs, and trying to answer the more than 130 year-old question, 鈥淲ho was the first staff person hired at CU that did not also teach?鈥

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