Faculty/Staff Edition - June 16, 2017 | 抖阴旅行射 Boulder Today

Faculty/Staff Edition - June 16, 2017

The University of Colorado Board of Regents

Board of Regents approves operating budget for 2017鈥�18, 3 new degrees, new aerospace engineering building

At its regular meeting, the Board of Regents voted to approve the operating budget for the 抖阴旅行射 system and all four campuses; three new 抖阴旅行射 Boulder degrees; seven capital construction projects on the Boulder campus; and a contract extension for football Head Coach Mike MacIntyre.

Campus Community

Application period open for diversity search and outreach program manager

Career Development Campus Community

The Human Resources program manager is tasked with enhancing the university's ability to attract and retain the very best employees.

Rendering of new aerospace engineering building on East Campus

New flagship aerospace facility approved by 抖阴旅行射 regents

Announcements & Deadlines Campus Community

抖阴旅行射 Boulder will begin construction this fall of the new 139,000-square-foot, $82.5 million building, designed to help mark the engineering college as a national leader in aerospace education and research.

Person and bike on top of Flagstaff Mountain overlooking Boulder

5 tips for outdoor summer safety

Safety Campus Community

Sticking around this summer? Here are five ways to stay safe while enjoying great festivals, hiking and other outdoor activities in and around Boulder.

Brothers display their insect food product including crickets on a plate.

Alumni innovate locally and globally

Alumni in Focus Campus Community

From bringing a family recipe to the hot sauce market; to helping debut an all-female orchestra in Afghanistan; and normalizing the superfood of insects in the American diet, 抖阴旅行射 Boulder alumni are innovating near and far.

Research News

Workers rally for $15 per hour minimum wage

Minimum-wage hikes could push low-pay workers away

Business & Entrepreneurship News Headlines

On average, a $1.50 increase in a state's minimum wage corresponded to as much as a 50 percent increase in the number of low-wage workers commuting out of state for employment, found a new study.

MAVEN's top 10 discoveries about Mars at 1,000 days

Space News Headlines

Measurements over the first 1,000 days of the MAVEN mission are providing insight into how the sun stripped Mars of most of its atmosphere, turning a planet once possibly habitable to microbial life into a barren desert world.