CU Campus Town Hall

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Chat Transcript:
09:00:02 From Katy Human : Welcome, everyone! Please mute for now
09:00:24 From Katy Human : Feel free to ask questions here in chat, or by unmuting yourself and asking out loud
09:02:01 From Matthew Burgess : Are there any updates on H1-B renewal and change of status green card processing times? thanks!
09:02:29 From Katy Human : Got it, @Matt B – we’ll get this question addressed out loud
09:05:04 From Katy Human : Return to Research info: https://ciresblogs.colorado.edu/cires-admin/2020/05/27/return-to-research-requirements-for-noaa-and-cu-boulder-based-cires-people/
09:09:31 From Katy Human : CIRES D&I Teams space, open to all: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3ad9a6d1dc494c4695bfa40d8b3cc5e2bd%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=4710c5cb-d115-4312-86f5-6d8cb7d2d74d&tenantId=3ded8b1b-070d-4629-82e4-c0b019f46057
09:10:30 From Katy Human : Anti-racism course: https://www.colorado.edu/odece/get-involved/odece-and-ctl-present-inclusive-communities-practice
09:12:15 From Amanda Morton : If we took the Bystander training that Susan led last year – will that meet the requirement or will this be an additional training?
09:12:49 From Katy Human : Amanda, I’ll seek the answer from Susan ASAP
09:13:52 From Angela Knight : Hi Amanda, CIRES HR will be in touch about this new training being rolled out, which will be an updated Discrimination & Sexual Harrassment/ Effective Bystander training. It’s a result of updates to federal / state Title IX training. This will roll out sometime in August and we will notify CIRES employees of this; however, it’s an updated training required of all existing and incoming employees.
09:14:19 From Matthew Burgess : Thanks Waleed—in this polarized time, I think back channeling is a very effective means of approaching it. (One reason I didn’t sign any petitions)
09:18:08 From Katy Human : Assn of Public and Land-Grant Universities
09:19:39 From Matthew Burgess : CIRES also had several faculty offer to supervise in-person seminars for international students. Kudos to Max for coordinating that in ENVS
09:24:41 From Katy Human : Type or ask questions!
09:25:08 From Katy Human : Return to Research questions first
09:28:00 From Matthew Burgess : Do you know what the max capacity in classrooms is now as a fraction of normal capacity?
09:28:12 From Katy Human : Jose Jimenez’s tool, explained – looking at transmission in various settings, including classrooms: https://cires.colorado.edu/news/covid-19-airborne-transmission-tool-available
09:28:27 From Katy Human : Always has the latest from CU Boulder: https://www.colorado.edu/covid-19
09:28:39 From Katie Boyd (she/her) : Comcast/Xfinity is ending a promotion they’ve had for unlimited internet and with working from home, my husband and I are going over our old data limit. I know CIRES has said they can help with internet on a case by case basis but is there any consideration of this possibly affecting more people and CIRES expanding the funding for work from home internet?
09:28:58 From Katy Human : Got it, Katie
09:32:58 From Katy Human : Any further return-to-research questions?
09:33:46 From Luis : 1.2 TB is not a lot if you work with data
09:35:08 From Nathan Campbell : ciresithelp@colorado.edu
09:35:24 From Katy Human : Questions related to Diversity & Inclusion?
09:37:34 From Katy Human : https://ciresdiversity.colorado.edu/
09:38:15 From Katy Human : Next topic: Foreign Students and Foreign National researchers
09:42:51 From Angela Knight : Thank you, Janet!
09:43:31 From Katy Human : Further questions related to foreign students & scholars?
09:45:00 From Katy Human : www.aila.org
09:45:21 From Katy Human : Last topic: university budget challenges
09:45:30 From Katy Human : Any budget-related questions?
09:49:07 From Katy Human : Any further questions, any topic?
09:51:05 From Katie Boyd (she/her) : Thanks Katy & Waleed & everyone at CIRES admin!! These town halls are so helpful
09:51:08 From Christine Wiedinmyer : Thank you all!
09:51:17 From Angela Knight : THanks, everyone!
09:51:29 From Margaret Tilton : Yes, very helpful. Thanks!
09:51:30 From Matthew Burgess : Thanks Waleed and all!
09:51:30 From Angela Knight : Thanks, Katy & Waleed!
09:51:39 From Katy Human : Thanks, everyone! Keep sending questions our way – Angela, Nate, Gretchen, Christine & I are always available to track down answers!

NOAA Town Hall

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