Revised April 20, 2022 to Include NOAA Based Employees For CU Boulder Campus-Based Employees This post is in followup to CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati’s request—made during the February Town Hall—that CIRES people working on CU Boulder campus should have begun to implement the return-to-work plans–which capture your weekly work modalities–made with supervisors. If you need… Read More
Beginning April 1 permanent faculty, staff and graduate students on appointment have access to an extended benefit for back-up care using CU Boulder’s existing Bright Horizons partnership. This new benefit includes discounted back-up care for children, dependents and parents, as well as discounts on tutoring and camps, and the benefit is in partnership with Bright… Read More
Job Announcement: As part of its plans to propose new Center for Social and Environmental Futures (C-SEF), the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences seeks internal CU Boulder candidates for the following summer/fall 2022 positions: C-SEF Research Fellows We seek up to three scholars who are currently researchers in CIRES who wish to collaborate with C-SEF during summer and/or fall… Read More
The recording of the CIRES Town Hall that took place on 2/1/2022 can be found here on InsideCIRES: https://insidecires.colorado.edu/events/townhalls/index.php#03162022… Read More
Masks are currently not required at either CU Boulder campus or the David Skaggs Research Center (NOAA)—and policies at either place may change. Learn more about CU Boulder policy at this link, and the DSRC site status page will be updated with mask policy relevant for CIRES’ NOAA-based employees.… Read More
The CIRES Members’ Council is pleased to announce the 17th annual CIRES Rendezvous. This institute-wide symposium will take place on Friday, May 13 with the aim of bringing awareness to the depth, breadth, and quality of the pacesetting science being done at CIRES. We hope to encourage collaborations that might result in new interdisciplinary research,… Read More
On April 11, Lauren Harris, MS Training Manager for Organization and Employee Development in the Department of Human Resources at CU Boulder led a training that combines aspects from the CU Boulder Hybrid Training for supervisors, managers and employees on navigating remote work. This session will includes key aspects on optimization of remote work modalities, management,… Read More
Registration is open for two new workshops in the Future of Work/Hybrid Work Training Series. This training series provides the necessary mindsets, skillsets, and strategies to better thrive in this new environment. There is no cost to attend these programs. Stay Interviews: The Proactive Strategy for Retaining High Performing Employees A stay interview is an easy-to-use tool to uncover, anticipate,… Read More
Recording of the second session of the Supervisor Training Series being offered by CIRES HR can be found here, slide deck is below. In this session, Kelly Leandro, CU HR, Principal Employee Relations Consultant, talked about Performance Management. Kelly will focused on supervision fundamentals such as building rapport, coaching techniques, effective ways to offer… Read More
Please see this link for the updated policy. Below information is for historical purposes only. This note clarifies CIRES’ inclement weather policy, following recent policy changes from CU Boulder (here) and NOAA/DOC. Briefly: If you normally work at the NOAA labs, please follow your laboratory/center’s closure and telework policy. If you normally work on CU… Read More
