Faculty-Staff Edition - Nov. 28, 2018
5 Things to Know Today
With a nomination deadline of Feb. 28, the campus committee is now accepting submission packages for the Hazel Barnes Prize, one of campus's most prestigious teaching awards.
Campus Community
Work-Life Win: Support to match your needs
¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder faculty and staff have access to several free counseling and support resources, offered in person, over the phone or online.
Faculty in Focus: Meet ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder's Viking-cowboy-scholar
When Jackson Crawford came to ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder to take the reins as coordinator of the Nordic Program, it felt like a homecoming in many ways.
Lab Venture Challenge awards $900K to promising ventures
Fourteen finalists pitched their innovations to external judges, who awarded a total of seven grants—up to $125,000 each—for innovations involving artificial muscles, dermal fillers and more.
Events & Exhibits
Saying thanks with breakfast, courtesy of Staff Council
Join Staff Council Dec. 5 for breakfast between 7 and 9 a.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom. The event is open to all staff in appreciation for all you do for ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder throughout the year.
People of color potluck Nov. 30
Join UMAS y MEXA, Oyà te and the Sikh Student Association for a fall potluck, a time to build community and fellowship. The event will include music, ice skating and more.
Chapman University professor to address why wealth was born in the West
On Nov. 29, Jared Rubin will give his lecture, "Rulers, Religion, and Riches: Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not," as an invited guest of faculty from ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder's Economics department and the CWCTP.
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Distinguished research lecturerÌýKristine Larson, who was bestowed one of the most esteemed honors by faculty upon faculty, will deliver her talk, "GPS can't do that, can it?" sharing her groundbreaking work at 4 p.m. on Dec. 5. Registration for the Glenn Miller Ballroom event is requested.Ìý
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