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
June UPDATE: Administrative Leave for COVID-19 ended May 31, 2020. FFCRA –Families First Coronavirus Response Act is still effective, but there are changes to related compensation as outlined below. The funding source for costs continue to be your sponsored funds, if allowable: Emergency Sick Leave Employee will still receive full pay (up to 80 hours… Read More
CU Boulder is posting corornavirus information here: please look to that website first, for answers. The “Research Continuity” section is most relevant to us, as is this collection of FAQs from the Research and Innovation Office. LEAVE GUIDANCE. Eg: With many/most local schools closed, my kids are home and I won’t be able to get… Read More
Would you like to be better at having important conversations in everyday life? Please join CIRES Diversity and the CU OIEC for a free workshop to learn how to effectively address concerning behaviors, comments and disagreements. This two-part workshop introduces a framework for approaching difficult conversations and ways to set the stage for more productive… Read More
This guide demonstrates how to install Adobe Acrobat Professional on your computer. Please note, this requires administrative rights to install on your computer.… Read More
Dear CIRES Colleagues, I hope today’s note finds you all healthy and figuring out how to work—and more importantly live—productively. If you are struggling in any way, please reach out to your friends and colleagues and check out the growing number of resources CU Boulder has made available: https://www.colorado.edu/hr/. Of note: New self-care resources. I’m writing today… Read More
CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati will host a virtual town hall Tuesday, April 14; this one has capacity to support all of us: those who normally work on CU Boulder campus and those based out of DSRC. The CIRES senior management team will be there to help address concerns and questions as best we can. As usual,… Read More
Please Zoom in for informal discussion and connection with the CIRES senior management team: Christine Wiedinmyer, Science Gretchen Richard, Finance Angela Knight, Human Resources Katy Human, Communications Nate Campbell, Information Technology https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/118048941 or 1-669-900-6833, meeting id 118048941 This is an informal gathering, an opportunity to ask questions or simply share experiences. We want to keep in… Read More
Dear CIRES Community, We want to follow-up from yesterday’s Town Halls to reinforce leave tracking and timesheet protocols for March and April, with more details to come. For the March leave report, Admin Leave is not yet available. Please use Sick Leave when you were ill or when you took care of a sick relative, and obviously, use Vacation Leave when you were on vacation. If you were not able to fulfill some of your regular work… Read More
