Faculty-Staff Edition—May 5, 2025
The annual commencement ceremony at Folsom Field marks the moment when the chancellor officially confers degrees upon graduating students, including all the pomp and circumstance befitting the momentous occasion. Here's what you need to know.
Campus Community
Volunteer for commencement events May 8–10
Join your colleagues in celebrating the graduating class of 2025 by volunteering to help students, their families and guests during commencement events.
Faculty and Staff Engagement Survey extended to May 7
The deadline for the Faculty and Staff Engagement Survey has been extended to Wednesday, May 7. Don't delay; complete it today.
Provost Russ Moore addresses faculty assembly for final time
The relationship between shared governance and university administration was top of mind during Russell Moore's final address to the Boulder Faculty Assembly.
Amy Moreno-Sherwood receives prestigious President's Inclusive Excellence award
Amy Moreno-Sherwood was honored as the 2025 Presidential Inclusive Excellence recipient representing staff across all four of 's campuses. Moreno-Sherwood is the director of the BOLD Center at the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
5 takeaways from the sustainability summit
Read up on the recent Campus Sustainability Summit and big topics at the gathering, ranging from collaborative action to student recognition, resilient food systems and more.
Basic Needs Center helps Buffs overcome barriers
Boulder's Basic Needs Center assists students through financial assistance for housing, emergency housing placement, food pantries and educational workshops and more.
The Conversation
Trump, GOP lawmakers want to end funding for NPR, PBS
Ending all funding for NPR and PBS would unravel a U.S. public media system that took a century to build—the precursors of which consisted of professors giving lectures on history and finance. Read from expert Josh Shepperd on The Conversation.
Research Corner
Utility Research Lab develops award-winning sustainability tech for 3D printing
Recycling is extremely difficult for objects built with more than one type of plastic. Michael Rivera and the Utility Research Lab team have developed a novel way to disassemble 3D-printed objects for easy recycling.
Researchers capture snapshots of a fundamental continent‐building process
CIRES-led research found evidence that dense portions of Earth's lithosphere (its top layer of rock) are peeling off and dropping into the mantle below the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Events & Exhibits
What's your conflict style? A 'lunch and learn' May 20
Using the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Instrument, participants will learn about the five different conflict styles and understand why different situations require different approaches to navigating conflict.