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Staff Council weighs in on proposed 'intellectual diversity' guideline

Saying an amendment to the University of Colorado's guiding principles that focuses on faculty "intellectual diversity" was too narrow, the University of...
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Cynthia Pasquale
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May 12, 2010
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CU System
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Five Questions for Connie Graham

Fundraising always has played an important role at the University of Colorado, but as state funding for higher education declines, donor gifts become even more...
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Cynthia Pasquale
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May 12, 2010
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CU System
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Stressed out? Smile – you're at work

No kidding: Students whose professors or teachers use humor in test instructions score 15 percent higher on those tests than students provided with straight...
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Jay Dedrick
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May 12, 2010
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CU System
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New inhalable measles vaccine might lead to treatments for other diseases

A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado at Boulder believe a dry powder, inhalable vaccine developed for measles prevention and slated for...
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Staff
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May 12, 2010
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CU Boulder
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Chancellor's year in review turns attention to future

Dignitaries gather for the August dedication of the Science and Engineering building at UCCS. While university finances remain a top priority over the next 14...
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Staff
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May 12, 2010
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UCCS
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School of Public Affairs launches training for public, nonprofit managers

The School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver has joined the National Certified Public Managers Consortium and for the first time will...
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Staff
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May 12, 2010
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CU Denver
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School of Public Affairs launches training for public, nonprofit managers

The School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver has joined the National Certified Public Managers Consortium and for the first time will...
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Staff
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May 12, 2010
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus
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Open enrollment ends next week

Open enrollment for University of Colorado employees ends at 5 p.m. Friday, May 21. All information needed to enroll for benefits – including final rates, plan...
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Staff
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May 12, 2010
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CU System
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Enrolling children up to age 27

As a result of recent federal healthcare reform legislation, children up to age 27 are eligible for University of Colorado health and dental plan coverage for...
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Staff
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May 12, 2010
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CU System
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Dependent eligibility verification

All dependents – including your spouse, common law spouse or same gender domestic partner (SGDP) – must be verified to continue their coverage starting July 1...
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Staff
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May 12, 2010
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CU System
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COBRA participants

CU employees who have dependent children currently enrolled in COBRA because they are over 25 years are now eligible to be re-enrolled in the CU medical,...
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Staff
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May 12, 2010
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CU System
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University of Colorado Blue Preferred PPO Plan

The Blue Preferred plan is not offered for the 2010-11 plan year. Current participants must elect another plan or be defaulted into the Anthem Lumenos plan at...
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Staff
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May 12, 2010
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CU System
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University of Colorado HMO Colorado Plan

Only employees and eligible dependents already enrolled in this plan may elect to continue coverage for the 2010-11 plan year. No new enrollment is allowed.
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Staff
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May 12, 2010
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CU System
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Mandatory enrollment for employees enrolled in a state of Colorado medical or dental plan

If you are a classified employee currently enrolled in a state of Colorado medical plan (including State Kaiser and the other state plans) or dental plan, you...
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Staff
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May 12, 2010
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CU System
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Cafeteria plans (formerly CU Flex)

You must re-enroll and actively elect your annual contributions for health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts each year at open enrollment.
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Staff
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May 12, 2010
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CU System
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Optional term life insurance

If you and/or your spouse, common law spouse or SGDP are nontobacco users, meaning that you have not used tobacco products within the past 12 months, you are...
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Staff
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May 12, 2010
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CU System
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Higher ed flexibility legislation moves forward

Senate Bill 10-003, the legislation that would give higher education institutions greater freedom in determining tuition and financial affairs, passed a third...
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Cynthia Pasquale
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May 5, 2010
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CU System
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Benefits rates, online open enrollment will be available Thursday

Though Payroll & Benefit Services had expected to post final rates and launch the open enrollment web application today, both have been delayed one day...
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Staff
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May 5, 2010
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CU System
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Workshops explain shift in thinking about fundraising

A new fundraising approach is taking root throughout the CU Foundation , and among campus and volunteer partners. "The old model of fundraising is us simply...
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Staff
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May 5, 2010
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CU System
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Boulder campus gets Googled for mapping project

Thousands of campus denizens wander the University of Colorado at Boulder by bike or on foot, but later this year, the entire world will get to take the tour...
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Cynthia Pasquale
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May 5, 2010
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CU Boulder
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Regents name recipients of honorary degrees for 2010

The University of Colorado Board of Regents has released its list of award recipients for 2010. They will receive their honors at commencement ceremonies...
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Staff
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May 5, 2010
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CU System, CU Boulder
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Five Questions for Steve Lekson

Steve Lekson has stirred up a lot of dust in his time. He's spent years researching prominent archaeological sites, including Chaco Canyon in New Mexico,...
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Cynthia Pasquale
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May 5, 2010
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CU Boulder
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Symposium to examine personalized medicine, biotech advances

Words such as invention, technology, diagnostics and wellness were rarely mentioned during recent health care reform deliberations, but a health care...
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Staff
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May 5, 2010
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CU System
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Muller-Sievers named director of Center for Humanities and the Arts

Helmut Muller-Sievers, professor in the department of Germanic and Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been named...
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Staff
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May 5, 2010
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CU Boulder
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GUEST COLUMN: Understanding political, philosophical and intellectual diversity

Jim Geddes, M.D. Our greatest responsibility as a university is to provide our students a rich, ethical and diverse educational environment that promotes...
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Staff
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May 5, 2010
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus

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