Graduate Student Edition - Aug. 13, 2020
Campus Community
Road Map to Fall 2020: Aug. 13 update
As the campus community prepares for the start of the academic year, the implementation teams of the Road Map to Fall 2020 share regular updates. In this issue: the new campus operating status dashboard, dining options, Protect Our Herd signage and more.
CU Boulder Council for Community and Inclusion convening
A strategic advisory group of student leaders, faculty and staff representing all university units will convene for the first time to begin the historic work of implementing the IDEA Plan, a campus blueprint for building a more diverse and inclusive CU Boulder.
Campus officials indefinitely extend on-campus events moratorium
As fall semester preparations are underway, campus leadership announced that the moratorium on in-person, on-campus events has been extended indefinitely.
CU regents hear from DiStefano, others on move-in, testing, response, more
The University of Colorado Board of Regents heard an update from Chancellor Philip DiStefano about the Boulder campus’s plans for a COVID-19-ready fall semester, which included student move-in and testing, as well as ongoing controls and response plans.
Looking for personal protective equipment? Learn more about campus resources
The Procurement Service Center is rolling out a new centralized approach to purchasing COVID-19 PPE and disinfecting supplies to make it easier for you to get what you need.
What to know if you're teaching physics labs remotely
The pandemic upended schools in the spring of 2020, sending students and faculty home. With an NSF RAPID grant, JILA Fellow Heather Lewandowski asked instructors what worked—and what didn't—as they moved their lab courses online.
Research News
How to use ventilation and air filtration to prevent the spread of coronavirus indoors
The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, most of it from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. Ventilation and filtration techniques hold the key to slowing the spread indoors. Mechanical engineering professor Shelly Miller shares on The Conversation.Ìý
Events & Exhibits
Film aficionados unite at CU Boulder’s first Mimesis Documentary Festival
The Mimesis Documentary Festival Aug. 12–18 is bringing together filmmakers and film buffs for an immersive week of screenings and discussions—open to the campus community and the general public.
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