This post was updated Nov 15, to include the bold ADDITION: sentence in the second paragraph. As part of our commitment to be a workplace where every employee is valued and included, all CIRES employees are being asked to complete the Institutes Culture Survey. You will receive a link from CU Boulder’s Office of Assessment,… Read More
CIRES participates every year in a program called Family-to-Family, sponsored through Boulder Community Housing Corporation—providing holiday gifts for families in need. This program, now in its 49th year, helps make the holiday season brighter and happier for many less fortunate families. Donations are due by Wednesday, December 13, 2023, but the sooner the better! All… Read More
Employees paid through federal funds must regularly certify the effort spent on projects through ePERS: electronic Personnel Effort Reports. Unfortunately, CIRES is leading the CU Boulder campus with the highest number of outstanding ePERs. We need everyone’s help getting any outstanding ePERs certified as soon as possible so that we are compliant with CU policy… Read More
This fall, CIRES transitioned to Constant Contact as the new platform for all internal communications. While the transition has been mostly smooth, we’d like to report a few hiccups we’ve recently observed. Links not working. Some links (typically sign up links for events, etc.) are not working. This is a Constant Contact issue they are… Read More
CIRES Proposals will have a special time frame requirement for proposals that will be submitted as 11.405 supplementals (BILs/IRAs linked to the CIRES NOAA Cooperative Agreement) in fiscal year 2024. Requests to have a proposal submitted to NOAA for 11.405 supplemental funding must be reported to CIRESProposals@Colorado.EDU at least 2 weeks prior to the desired… Read More
This is an annual reminder of the campus and CIRES protocols for operation during inclement weather. In December 2021, CU Boulder updated inclement weather guidance for all employees. The full policy can be found here and the bottom line is that weather-related administrative closures or delays affect *everyone* working that day, including those working from… Read More
In January 2024, CIRES will implement a 4% across-the-board annual increase to eligible research faculty and university staff. This is in lieu of a merit process for this year’s annual increase. CIRES continues to prioritize employee compensation, and we are fortunate this year to have the largest raise pool in over 10 years. This action… Read More
Below are the slides that CIRES HR Director Angela Knight presented at today’s CIRES Town Hall (October 18, 2023). Below that, we’ve posted the specific questions in the survey. THANK YOU to everyone who provided feedback through this and other surveys. They matter. Survey Questions: During the past six months, I have not seriously considered… Read More
Dear CIRES community, Many of you have probably seen the university’s statement on the terrible attack in Israel:“We at the University of Colorado Boulder are horrified and saddened by the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel that has sparked a war with the full breadth of consequences not yet known.We stand against all acts of violence and human… Read More
CU Boulder leadership has given employees three and one-half extra days of administrative leave* this season, to focus on family, friends, personal health and well-being: the afternoon of November 22, starting at 12 p.m., and December 27, 28, 29*. If the governor should issue an additional governor’s holiday for this period, that will replace one… Read More
