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At its Feb. 11 meeting, the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Board of Regents voted to approve the new names of a pair of buildings and held a preliminary discussion on tuition, fees and compensation. The board also formally recognized members of the 2020 cohort of distinguished professors.

Approved are the new names of two buildings––one after pioneering alumna and lifelong educator Lucile Berkeley Buchanan and another after Professor Emeritus Albert Ramírez and his late wife, Vera, who for many years provided support, mentorship and guidance to first-generation and other underrepresented students.

The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ system has announced a search for a new leader of its Office of Digital Education and is seeking input on a first draft of a Master Services Agreement between the ODE and the four Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ campuses.

In a Jan. 29 letter, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Provost Russ Moore and Chief Operating Officer Patrick O’Rourke asked the campus to prepare for continuing budget cuts in the upcoming fiscal year.

Patrick O’Rourke, who has served the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ system for more than 15 years as an attorney, administrator and adjunct faculty member, will remain in his role as Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s chief operating officer.

The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Board of Regents held its annual retreat Jan. 7, hearing updates on COVID-19 impacts, diversifying tuition revenue, the strategic plan and more. Also, three new board members were sworn in.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder will continue to move major initiatives forward during the current academic year and beyond—including the pivotal work of the IDEA Council to prioritize and implement recommendations included in the Inclusion, Diversity and Excellence in Academics Plan.

Chancellor Philip DiStefano recently highlighted proposed renewals of the Hellems Arts and Sciences and Guggenheim Geography buildings as he advocated for the modernization of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s historic buildings before the state legislature’s Capital Development Committee.

Nearly 20 years from the day she accepted her first job at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder as an IT initiatives coordinator, Marin Stanek will make history when she becomes the university’s first female chief information officer on Jan. 1.

Schools, colleges, and academic and administrative support units across Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder continue to explore ways of reducing costs in response to the financial impacts brought on by the emergence of COVID-19 earlier this year.