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Carrigan new chair, Sharkey new vice chair of Board of Regents

Carrigan, who is in his second term representing the 1st Congressional District, was elected chair on a 5-3 vote at the board’s meeting at UCCS. There was one...
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Todd Saliman takes reins as CU’s chief financial officer

As the chief budget officer for the state of Colorado under former Gov. Bill Ritter, Saliman had to steer the budget for state government through some of the...
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CU research groups receive tech commercialization grants from state

Colorado’s Bioscience Discovery Evaluation Grant Program ( BDEG-Co ) recently selected 10 CU research projects to receive grants. The state of Colorado Office...
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IQ Biology Program wins grant from National Science Foundation

The BioFrontiers Institute’s Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology Certificate Ph.D. (IQ Biology) program ( http://IQBiology.colorado.edu ) recently was...
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Groundbreaking today for pioneering health sciences center

Architect's rendering of the Lane Center for Academic Health Sciences The University of Colorado Colorado Springs will begin construction of the $18.5 million...
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Colorado named a WHO collaborating center

The maternal and child health division within the Colorado School of Public Health ’s Center for Global Health was designated by the World Health Organization...
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Regents hear Garcia present state higher education master plan

The plan proposes performance metrics to increase the number of degrees awarded throughout the state. Some members of the Board of Regents will participate in...
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Dual winners named in entrepreneurship event

From left, Jeff Macco and Rob Carpenter, founders of AppIt Ventures, receive a first-prize check for $7,500 from Cliff Young, Ph.D., associate dean of the...
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UIS recommends password changes for LinkedIn users

Networking website LinkedIn recently acknowledged that more than 6 million passwords were extracted from the site and are in the hands of hackers. LinkedIn...
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Regents pass $2.9 billion operational budget

The operating budget for the university’s 2012-13 fiscal year allows for conditional raises for some.
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System blood drive is Monday

The University of Colorado System Staff Council blood drive is set for Monday at 1800 Grant St., Denver. Appointments are available from 10 a.m. to 11:40 a.m...
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Tenure list: June 2012

The Board of Regents approved awards of tenure and appointments with tenure for 77 faculty members across the system.
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Pre-Collegiate Program boasts near-pristine pipeline

CU Advocates heard how 96 percent of the middle school and high school students who participate in the CU Pre-Collegiate Development Program go on to attend...
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Holiday deadline for Connections submissions

The next issue of CU Connections will appear Thursday, July 5. If you have information for submission or consideration, the deadline is noon Wednesday, June 27...
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Philanthropy at Work: Fred Anderson, Dennis and Claudia Van Gerven

Professor Fred Anderson directs the University of Colorado Boulder’s Honors Program, earned a doctorate from Harvard, has received prestigious fellowships and...
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Five questions for Diane McKnight

The CU-Boulder professor's research has taken her to some of the most spectacular places on Earth, where she studies relationships between freshwater organisms...
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Supreme Court hears arguments in Churchill case

The Colorado Supreme Court on June 7 heard oral arguments in former professor Ward Churchill’s lawsuit against the University of Colorado.
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After successful Open Enrollment, what’s next?

Over 93 percent of eligible employees made a positive election during open enrollment (OE) this year, and Payroll...
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FAQs: Launch of new CU eComm program

In response to feedback on the June 7 CU Connections story about the CU eComm program, here are answers to frequently asked questions about the effort.
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Registration open for Coleman Institute National Conference

Registration is under way for the 12th annual Coleman Institute National Conference, set for Nov. 2, 2012.
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COLTT Conference to welcome Dr. Kiki

The 15th Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology Conference (COLTT) will welcome renowned science journalist Kirsten Sanford, Ph.D., of the “Dr. Kiki's...