Graduate Student Edition - April 29, 2021
Through the spring semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates. In this issue: ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ will require the COVID-19 vaccine; testing and Buff Pass completion will become optional on May 10; and more.
Campus Community
From the Chancellor: After an extraordinary year, thank you
Thank you to the students, faculty and staff of ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ who have adapted and persevered during a year of challenges, change and loss. Your strength and devotion to the university give us hope for the future. Watch a video message from Chancellor Philip DiStefano.
Above national average for hiring female officers, CUPD looks to go further
The CU Police Department has eight commissioned female officers among its ranks, comprising about 17% of its total corps. Since taking the helm, Chief Doreen Jokerst has hired three new female officers and intends to continue this trend among women and officers of color.
New podcast episode considers artificial intelligence in education
In this episode of Buff Innovator Insights, Sidney D’Mello shares how his unique combination of education and research experiences led to his leading-edge work reimagining the role of artificial intelligence in the classroom.
Examining the call for community schools
ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ doctoral student Julia Daniel studies community schools, a promising model of education that broadens access to learning opportunities and strengthens communities.
Research News
To safely return to ‘normal,’ 70% of Coloradans must get COVID vaccine
The state is heading in the right direction, but still has a lot of work to do before it can remove all public health restrictions, such as mask mandates, researchers say.
Events & Exhibits
Talk on May 6 to examine question of class, politics of inclusion
The Race and the Law Series will welcome Professor Ahmed White to explore the way diversity and inclusion have served less as means of advancing genuine equality than as methods for lending the appearance of democracy to a fundamentally undemocratic social order.
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