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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CIRES HR is proud to announce the new Hiring Guide for supervisors and hiring committee members is now available. Please see the full guide here. This reference guide is for anyone who participates in the hiring process. Please email cireshr@colorado.edu with questions.… Read More
Merit increases for eligible employees will be effective October 1 and be reflected in your October 31 pay. Before the end of October, you will be notified by email of your merit increase. This information will go out as soon as CU central HR has approved the increases. Thank you for all your efforts in… Read More
