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Retirees file suit against newly signed PERA law

A group of retirees has filed a lawsuit challenging the recently signed law that cuts Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA) benefits. The suit was...
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Cynthia Pasquale
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March 3, 2010
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CU System
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Tuition flexibility plan might go to lawmakers this month

A proposal allowing colleges and universities to set their own tuition could be in Gov. Bill Ritter's hands this week and to the Legislature by the end of...
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Cynthia Pasquale
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March 3, 2010
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CU System
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Higher ed budget, tuition flexibility generate fresh discussion

Funding to higher education was spared in Gov. Bill Ritter's most recent budget-balancing plan, which was announced on Thursday, Feb. 18. Still, universities...
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Jay Dedrick
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February 24, 2010
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CU System, CU Boulder
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Bosley talks budget issues with Faculty Assembly

CU Board of Regents Chair Steve Bosley Praising a "fabulous leadership team" at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs for insight and optimism during...
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Staff
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February 24, 2010
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UCCS
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PERA rescue plan ready for governor's signature

Legislation that proponents contend is needed to keep the Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA) fund from disintegrating passed the Colorado House on...
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Cynthia Pasquale
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February 17, 2010
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CU System
STORY

House Finance Committee approves PERA rescue plan

Acknowledging that legal battles were certain, the House Finance Committee on Wednesday, Feb. 10, voted 8-3 for a bill that proponents say would rescue the...
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Cynthia Pasquale
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February 10, 2010
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CU System
STORY

Lawmakers say 'thank you' to CU lifesavers

Sen. Rollie Heath thanks Norio Fukami, M.D., for saving his life. Sen. Rollie Heath thanks Norio Fukami, M.D.,for saving his life. The University of Colorado...
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Staff
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February 3, 2010
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus
STORY

State lawmakers to recognize CU cancer researchers, doctors

State lawmakers on Friday, Jan. 29, will meet with a delegation of University of Colorado researchers, doctors and top leadership at the Legislature as part of...
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Staff
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January 27, 2010
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus
STORY

Regent committees discuss presidential search process, construction projects

Laws and policies guiding University of Colorado presidential searches and employee ethics, and future construction projects on all four campuses are among the...
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Staff
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January 20, 2010
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CU System
STORY

Flexibility for university a key goal at 2010 legislative session

University of Colorado/Casey A. Cass Like the old line about the three most important things in real estate, the University of Colorado's focus during the 2010...
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Staff
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January 13, 2010
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CU System
STORY

Benson calls for 'new partnership' with state

University of Colorado President Bruce Benson today asked state lawmakers and Coloradans to enter into a new partnership with higher education aimed at...
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Staff
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December 2, 2009
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CU System
STORY

Regents Merchant, Bishop honored

Regent Monisha Merchant , D-Lakewood, has been awarded a prestigious Marshall Memorial Fellowship for 2010, a traveling program that will send 54 emerging U.S...
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Staff
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November 18, 2009
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CU System
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Board gets budget update

The University of Colorado Board of Regents today had its first public discussion about the university's budget for the coming fiscal year (which will start...
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Staff
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November 11, 2009
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CU System
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PERA officials offer plan for sustainability

PERA officials last week presented their proposal to rescue the ailing retirement fund to the Legislative Audit Committee. The draft legislation, called 2/2/2...
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Staff
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November 11, 2009
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CU System
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State budget: from bad to worse for higher education

The state higher education budget has been further reduced after Gov. Bill Ritter announced Wednesday that the state's public colleges and universities will...
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Staff
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October 28, 2009
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CU System
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Budget news: Déjà vu all over again

Higher education's portion of the latest round of cuts to the state budget has yet to be determined, but CU budget officials say...
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Staff
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September 23, 2009
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CU System
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Benson thanks CU employees while warning of further tough times

CU President Bruce D. Benson (Glenn J. Asakawa/University of Colorado) CU President Bruce D. Benson(Glenn J. Asakawa/University of Colorado) University of...
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Staff
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September 23, 2009
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CU System
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Mission statement discussion runs into numbers trouble

Discussion about the Board of Regents draft mission statement focused on the issue of whether it should refer to three institutions or four in the University...
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Staff
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September 23, 2009
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CU System
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Five questions for Richard D. Krugman

Richard D. Krugman, MD, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado Denver, is a pediatrics professor...
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Staff
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June 24, 2009
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CU Anschutz Medical Campus, CU Denver
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Fox named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the University of Colorado

Fox Kelly Fox has been named vice president and chief financial officer of the University of Colorado. Fox, who has served as interim vice president for budget and finance since December, replaces...
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Staff
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May 20, 2009
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CU System
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2009 legislative roundup

Federal stimulus funding softened the blow higher education suffered this year as Colorado lawmakers struggled to balance the state budget during one of the...
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Staff
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May 20, 2009
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CU System

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