As remote work continues, please be diligent about maintaining good ergonomics. CU has numerous resources to help you address ergonomic concerns and instructions on how to properly set up your workstation. Please note that home workstation set ups are the responsibility of the employee and CIRES does not provide furniture or equipment. This training video… Read More
From the Administration Dear CIRES Colleagues, As the Chancellor announced, CU Boulder will begin temporary, campus-wide pay reductions for designated faculty and staff. Because of the varied nature of our funding, CIRES personnel will be affected in different ways: CIRES tenured and tenure-track faculty are receiving a temporary 5% reduction on faculty contract pay from July… Read More
CU Campus Town Hall Video available on request: ciresnews@colorado.edu Chat Transcript: 08:55:10 From Katy Human : Welcome, everyone!09:01:21 From Katy Human : Hi, everyone! Feel free to type questions in here anytime – I’ll track them and work to get them answered.09:06:31 From Katy Human : cireshr@colorado.edu09:10:43 From Katy Human : return-to-research instructions (CIRES Admin… Read More
Does your grant support travel for GRAs or undergraduate students? Here are a couple of options for supporting their travel costs that don’t require your students to pay for costs out-of-pocket: Getting a CU Travel Card: CU employees, including GRAs and undergraduate research assistants, are eligible to receive a corporate liability Travel Card. Your grant… Read More
If you have a P-Card and you have a trip coming up, please take a look at your P-card transactions in Concur and get them submitted before your trip. If you’re travelling to a location where internet access is unreliable, please send an email to Aly Nahum, the CIRES Property & Purchasing Manager, within two… Read More
CIRES Finance is excited to announce the hire of Meghan Henderson. Meghan will assist with travel approvals and reimbursements, purchasing, and post-award management. Meghan most recently worked at an educational non-profit organization. We are in the process of training Meghan but you’ll begin hearing from her soon.… Read More
Beginning on January 6, 2020, the Procurement Service Center (PSC) will allow travelers access to book international flights through Concur. After your trip request has been approved, you may book your international airfare through either Concur or Christopherson Business Travel (CBT). There is no cost for booking international travel through Concur; international travel booked through… Read More
CU Systems Administration offices are closed from December 24, 2019 – January 1, 2020. The CU Systems Administration Offices include the Procurement Service Center (PSC) which reviews and processes all Travel and P-Card Expense Reports, all invoices and payments through CU Marketplace, approves new Travel & P-Card requests, and makes updates to existing Travel &… Read More
There is currently a system-wide issue with Concur, where folks are not seeing the “Travel” tab that allows them to get airfare quotes or book their airfare or make other travel arrangements. This issue is wide-spread across most Concur users at CU and is being addressed. The Procurement Service Center (PSC) does not have an… Read More
The process to change the Approving Official for CIRES PCard holders did take longer than expected, which caused some PCard holders to have to delay the submission of their current PCard report. The Procurement Service Center (PSC) has made it clear that no violation points will be assessed for reports that have unsubmitted expenses at… Read More
