Faculty-Staff Edition - April 4, 2022
Campus Community
CU Boulder expands Bright Horizons benefit to include back-up care
Permanent faculty, staff and graduate students on appointment now have access to an added back-up child, adult and elder care benefit through CU's existing Bright Horizons partnership.
New grant supports students in finishing their degrees
CU Boulder was recently awarded a $3.1 million grant to help students finish their studies. The grant, provided by the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative, funds a program that helps Colorado residents economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic return to school to earn their degrees by 2025.
News Headlines
‘Patient influencers’ are booming on social media. Is that good or bad?
Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly partnering with real-life patients, who share their personal stories and advocate for brands in health-related online forums and social media posts. That intrigues and concerns advertising researcher Erin Willis, who has launched a new research agenda to take a closer look.
Win-wins in environmental management hard to find
A CU Boulder study shows how compromise and communication can set more realistic expectations for fisheries, farms and beyond.
Events & Exhibits
Looking back to move forward: Exploring the legacy of US slavery April 7–8
This year’s Rothgerber conference builds upon themes drawn from Colorado Law Dean Lolita Buckner Inniss’ book “The Princeton Fugitive Slave: The Trials of James Collins Johnson.” The event is co-sponsored by CU Boulder’s Center for African and African American Studies.
Enjoy the Symphonic Band April 13
The Symphonic Band, which is composed of 70 of the finest wind, brass and percussion musicians on campus, performs a variety of works written for band.
Religious studies and reimagining the human in the climate crisis—a lecture April 14
Join an exhibit tour and keynote address focusing on the emerging field of religion and ecology. The lecture series honors the 50th anniversary of religious studies on campus and the opening of the sixthexhibit in the CU Legends series: “Becoming Less: The Journey of Robert Lester.”
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