Dear CIRES Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope today\u2019s note finds you all healthy and figuring out how to work\u2014and more importantly live<\/em>\u2014productively. 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\/<\/a>. Of note: New self-care resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m writing today primarily to highlight several upcoming opportunities for you to get answers to questions many of us have been wrestling with. Perhaps most importantly, we have updated information from our CU Boulder colleagues on how to account for leave in April:<\/strong>Put next Thursday, April 16, 11 a.m. on your calendar now<\/strong>. That\u2019s when you can tune in with CIRES\u2019 and CU Boulder\u2019s HR experts to learn about three new categories of COVID-19-related leave that some of you may be able to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are two other events below, too: The next in my series of every-other-week Town Halls, and another Coffee Hour with members of my administrative leadership team. Also, please know that we are aware that DOC and NOAA are evaluating whether Zoom is appropriate for government use. After next week\u2019s meetings, we may switch to another tool, eg, Google Hangouts, at least for NOAA-based meetings. Meanwhile, all three events will be recorded and posted on CIRES Administration News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m looking forward to connecting with you, virtually, again soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regards, CIRES Director Directors\u2019 Town Hall, Tuesday April 14<\/strong> COVID-19 Leave information session, Thursday April 16<\/strong> CIRES Senior Management Team Coffee Hour, Tuesday April 21<\/strong> Dear CIRES Colleagues, I hope today\u2019s note finds you all healthy and figuring out how to work\u2014and more importantly live\u2014productively. 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\u2019m writing today… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coronavirus","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-29 17:54:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":808,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions\/808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Waleed Abdalati
CIRES Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This will be another Town Hall session for All-CIRES (those of you based at DSRC and CU Boulder) and I\u2019ll start off, as usual, with a few key updates. The Senior Management Team will be online with me, and we\u2019ll leave most of the hour for Q&A. Please note I\u2019ll continue to plan these on Tuesdays at 10 or 11 am, every two weeks (ie: April 28, May 12, if necessary).
Tuesday, April 14 <\/em>\u00b7 10 am – 11 am <\/em>\u00b7 Zoom Link<\/a> <\/em>\u00b7 Phone: 669-900-6833, meeting id 373 356 973 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lisa Landis and Kenny Nelson from CU Boulder HR will discuss how CIRES researchers can tap into three new categories of leave: one recently announced by the state, the other two by the federal government. CIRES HR Director Angela Knight and her team will host the call. Broadly, these new categories of leave will allow people to take additional emergency sick leave, childcare-related leave, and administrative leave for those who cannot complete job duties remotely. You will learn what process to take (including permissions required) to apply for certain categories of leave. Thursday, Thursday April 16 <\/em>\u00b7 11 am – 12 pm <\/em>\u00b7 Zoom Link<\/a> <\/em>\u00b7 Phone: 669-900-6833, webinar id 122 560 082 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following Tuesday, my senior management team will again host a coffee hour, this time with special guest Susan Sullivan, CIRES Diversity & Inclusion Director. Please plan to pour yourself a fresh cup and tap into an informal conversation with colleagues and administration. They\u2019d love to hear how your work is going.
Tuesday, April 21 <\/em>\u00b7 10 am – 11 am <\/em>\u00b7 Zoom or Google Hangout link and phone # to come (watch for it in Monday\u2019s Upcoming Events email or https:\/\/cires.colorado.edu\/events<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"