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Foundations of Excellence: Improving the first-year experience

May 1, 2019

The campuswide effort to evaluate the first-year undergraduate experience has recently made progress on efforts to re-envision the first-year student residential experience as well as to provide a more cohesive, consistent advising experience for all of our first-year students.

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How drinking recycled toilet water could ease scarcity

Worried about water shortages in the western United States? This episode of the Brainwaves podcast dives into the effort to protect rivers and reservoirs by recycling toilet water.

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Academic Futures is leading campus transformation

May 1, 2019

As the semester winds down, Academic Futures has completed another year of rich conversations that are now yielding considerable progress.

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First Financial Futures projects identify $30M in potential impact

May 1, 2019

Launching last year, Financial Futures delved into four areas of focus: procurement, use of gift funds, new revenue generation and portfolio evaluation, resulting in the identification of 14 opportunities or workstreams.

Phil Solomon

Remembrance May 5 for internationally recognized filmmaker Phil Solomon

May 1, 2019

Professor Emeritus Phil Solomon passed away on April 20. The Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts, his lifelong academic home, is hosting a film screening honoring his life and work.

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In adolescence, a possible connection between Coke and coke

May 1, 2019

How does caffeine affect the growing brains and bodies of teens? New research suggests there is a connection between caffeine consumption during adolescence and cocaine use in adulthood.

Campus community members sit in circle at Diversity and Inclusion Summit session

IDEA Plan draft posted as chancellor and cabinet prepare for next steps

May 1, 2019

The revised draft of the IDEA Plan—the campus’s working blueprint for achieving diversity, equity and inclusive excellence—has been delivered to the chancellor, provost and senior vice chancellor for review.

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Arts and Sciences reorganization working groups announced

May 1, 2019

Provost Moore has announced the composition of three working groups of campus subject matter experts to implement the major recommendations of a report by the Provost Committee on Academic Reorganization.

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You’re a Forever Buff

April 30, 2019

When you graduate, you may leave Â鶹ӰԺ, but the Alumni Association is here to help you stay connected to CU.

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From the Commencement Marshal: What you need to know about the commencement ceremony

April 30, 2019

As a candidate for a degree from CU Â鶹ӰԺ, you are cordially invited to participate in the university commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 9, in Folsom Stadium. Here’s what you need to know.

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