CIRES Town Hall – 9/28/2021

The recording of the CIRES Town Hall that took place on 9/28/2021 at 9:00am can be found here: https://insidecires.colorado.edu/events/townhalls/index.php#9282021… Read More

Purchasing Quick Tip – Checking Your Business Address

Need to know your PCard billing address? Here’s how to look it up: Log in to Concur via your MyCU portal. From the Concur homepage, click the “Profile Settings” button under the “Profile” tab in the top right corner of the screen. Click the “Expense Information” button, located in the left hand menu. The Expense… Read More

CIRES Message Center Event Emails Will Now Include ICS Files

Starting this week, you will see a new feature in CIRES event emails: ICS files. CIRES Communications is creating these calendar event files for your convenience—they may help you quickly import events like CIRES Town Halls or seminars into your personal calendars.   What’s an ICS File?  An ICS file is a calendar file saved… Read More

No October Merit Raises, but January Remains Possible

As noted earlier this spring in Town Halls and a CIRES blog post, the Regents decided against raises for most CU Boulder faculty and university staff this year. You can read more about their decision here. The decision for merit increases (the only type of annual raises the CU system allows for university staff and… Read More

Support Resources for Non-Employees and Students from outside CU

COVID has presented unprecedented stressors on our community and CIRES has shared numerous resources available for employees. To reference these resources see this blog post. For those who are not employees, such as students working with CIRES mentors, or family members outside the CU system, there are free resources available for you. Please see below… Read More

Update: Options for Purchasing Furniture

The PSC recently clarified that Procurement Cards should not be used to buy furniture, as all furniture purchases should be processed in the CU Marketplace through CCI or one of the 5 new furniture suppliers. Individuals cannot be reimbursed for personal purchases of furniture. The benefits of using the approved suppliers are: Expanded number of approved… Read More

Who Completes the ASA?

Not sure if you need to complete the ASA? Most CIRES researchers do complete the ASA, this includes Associate Scientists, Research Scientists, and Post-Docs. Those who do not complete the ASA are temporary researchers, hourly employees, student employees, regular faculty, VFPs, NRC and visiting fellows. If you still aren’t sure email cireshr@colorado.edu.… Read More

Travelling for the first time in more than a year?

Here are some reminders… Approval: Before you make any reservations for airfare, lodging or rental car expenses, you need to request and receive approval for your trip from CIRES Travel. You can start the process by filling out the required information on the CIRES Employee Travel Request form in InsideCIRES. Approval from Waleed Abdalati and… Read More