COVID-19 Digest - April 18, 2021 | CU Boulder Today

COVID-19 Digest - April 18, 2021

A Protect Our Herd鈥揻ace covering required sign at the entrance of Farrand Field

COVID-19 campus updates: April 15 edition

Through the spring semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates. In this issue: Boulder County level change; pointers for students who receive their first vaccine dose on campus and leave campus before their second dose; and more.

Campus Response & Announcements

Unpacking CU鈥檚 tuition buy-down proposal: 5 questions for Chief Financial Officer Carla Ho鈥檃

Administration Campus Community

The CU Board of Regents approved a plan that will effectively keep tuition flat again for the 2021-22 academic year. CU Boulder's Carla Ho鈥檃 provides details on how this proposal supports CU students and contributes to fiscal resilience.

CU Boulder campus and Flatirons aerial photo

New slate of webinars explore economic recovery, COVID-19 for marginalized communities, more

Workshops & Seminars Events & Exhibits

The Leeds School of Business is offering additional webinars in April, covering everything from how Black youth leverage technology to what to expect in the economic recovery from COVID-19 and more.

Evan Kirk and Claire Meyer demonstrate how thermal testing for the PortaVax device is set up

From vaccines to plants: New Venture Challenge finalists focus on saving lives

Announcements & Deadlines Celebrate Campus Community

The 13th annual New Venture Challenge finals awarded $150,000 in prize money and investments for new innovations designed by CU Boulder students, employees and alumni.

Related Research

Painting of army invading the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan

Across centuries and diseases, poverty, conflict and racism fuel pandemics

Health News Headlines

The current COVID-19 pandemic and other disease outbreaks aren't just biological phenomena, a team of archaeologists argue鈥攖hese events are also shaped by the broader welfare of human societies.

How to cope in a pandemic

Mind & Body Campus Community

Amid COVID-19, Sona Dimidjian and her CU colleagues say there are simple, research-based strategies that can offer relief and help improve mental health.

Buffs Together

Alumnus harnesses blockchain for secure purchasing of personal protective equipment

Alumni in Focus Buffs Together Campus Community

A Forever Buff is using his technology background to help small and medium-size companies order personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For Students & Families

3 tips for finding and scheduling a COVID-19 vaccine appointment

Join fellow Buffs, neighbors for University Hill cleanup April 20

Buffs Together

CU Boulder is more than a place. It is all of you, wherever you are鈥攁 worldwide community of Buffs. And when that community is in need, we all come together to lend a hand.听

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