Faculty-Staff Edition - June 11, 2020
Campus Community
Upcoming pay reductions, furloughs impact ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ employees earning more than $60,000
In a message to the campus, Chancellor DiStefano announced that faculty and staff who earn an annualized salary of more than $60,000 will see a temporary 5% pay reduction. As part of this measure, university staff and 12-month faculty will receive an additional 12 days of leave to use by June 30, 2021.
From your student government: In solidarity with Black students
As leaders of the University of Colorado Student Government, we condemn all those who abide by any form of oppressive policy that invokes a cyclical or momentary form of racism and hate.
University Libraries share anti-racism resources
University Libraries personnel have teamed up to curate a comprehensive collection of resources for the study and practice of anti-racism, including multimedia, teaching assets, community action and campus group information, and more.
Research News
One silver lining: Sleep improving under stay-at-home orders
Students are sleeping about a half-hour more each night and keeping more regular sleep hours. That's positive news, said study authors, as sleep is key to maintaining overall health, including a robust immune system that can fight off viruses.
Marijuana concentrates sharply spike THC levels but don’t necessarily get users higher
Smoking high-potency marijuana concentrates boosts blood levels of THC more than twice as much as smoking conventional weed, but it doesn’t necessarily get you higher, according to a new study. The research also found that memory and balance are impaired immediately after using cannabis, but those impairments subside in an hour.
As rare animals disappear, scientist faces ‘ecological grief’
As the wilds around Joanna Lamberts research sites in Africa and North America have vanished, the conservation biologist has struggled to keep hopeful amid the losses.
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