Collaboration During a Time of Disruption, from CIRES HR, March 26

Dear CIRES Community:  As you know, CIRES and the university have moved all non-critical operations online for the time being, due to the current COVID-19 situation. The need for social distancing determines that we work from home at least until the mandatory remote phase comes to an end. While some members of our institute may… Read More

Follow Up from Town Hall From The Director March 16

Dear Colleagues,  I sincerely appreciate your time and good questions during our virtual town halls this morning. My team will let you know when we schedule the next virtual meeting; it will likely be sometime next week. I’d like to clarify a couple things, because we were all dealing with rapidly changing information this morning. This… Read More

PIs Supporting GRA Travel – Options for Covering Travel Expenses

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

Network Problems 1/8/2020: Update

Update (1/9/2020): OIT was able to get the network back up and running. Please be aware that CIRES IT was ready to make changes to infrastructure this morning if the outage continued, in order to bring back InsideCIRES and the CIRES data feeds. Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience that… Read More

Timesheets: Inclement Weather Guidance

When CU Boulder or NOAA campuses are closed for inclement weather, administrative leave is granted to regular employees for their scheduled work hours during the period of closure. When paid administrative leave is granted as a result of a campus closure, the paid administrative leave needs to be entered in the timesheet only for overtime-eligible… Read More

Processing Time for Travel Reimbursements

Have you submitted a travel voucher to us recently? Our travel team has a current processing time of 15 business days for travel reimbursements. Thank you for your patience as we work through the current heavy volume of reimbursement requests!… Read More

Resources for CIRES Supervisors

CIRES HR has developed Guidance for Supervisors that includes specific recommendations and resources on how to be a successful Supervisor here at CIRES. These are now available on insideCIRES. We hope that you will find value in these resources and we invite you to reach out to us with any questions or concerns at cireshr@colorado.edu.… Read More

Go-Tober Challenge

The Go-Tober Challenge is here! During the month of October, ditch your solo drive and choose to use different smart commute options. Bike, walk, rail, bus, carpool or vanpool. More information, and registration is available here.… Read More