2019 Spring Semester

The Department would like to congratulate all of our 2019 Spring Semester graduates and wish them every success in this next chapter of their lives!  We’d also like to thank everyone who helped throughout the semester, whether you were in the classrooms, in the offices, in the labs or behind the scenes, it truly takes a team to make our Department successful.  Happy Summer everyone!

The 2019 Spring Commencement Ceremony will be held in the Tivoli Quad on May 18^th at 9am

An early reminder and heads up – 2018 fiscal year end is June 30.

PLEASE FIND THE CLAS DEPARTMENT 2019 FISCAL YEAR END DEADLINES ATTACHED TO THIS EMAIL

Please plan ahead in regard to purchasing and try not to make any new procurement card purchases between Monday, June 12 and Sunday, June 30.  Hold off until after July 1 unless critical.  If you do have to make a critical purchase after June 12, this is fine, but please be sure to import all card transactions to an additional expense report and complete the speedtype reallocation process. This will ensure that transactions will be recorded against the correct speedtype rather than hit the default speedtype.

All Expense Reports – 15 May to 14 June procurement card reports, and expense reimbursements are to be submitted to me by Friday, June 14 to allow time to meet the CLAS approval deadline.

If you are unable to meet the approval deadline for FY 18 expense reports, at minimum by the deadline, import all procurement card transactions to an expense report and complete the speedtype allocation process, so all transactions will be recorded against the correct speedtype rather than accrued to the default speedtype.  Complete the allocation process also for ALL other expense reports that are in process that you will not be able to submit to your approving official in time.

Be sure to let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks so much,

Barbara McClure
Program Assistant
Phone:  (303) 352-3664
Barbara.mcclure@ucdenver.edu

Integrating Subjective and Objective Dimensions of Resilience in Fire-Prone Landscapes 

Land managers, fire scientists, and sociologists evaluate the best way to manage and think about resilience in an increasingly flammable world.

Philip E Higuera Alexander L Metcalf Carol Miller Brian Buma David B McWethyElizabeth C Metcalf Zak Ratajczak Cara R Nelson Brian C Chaffin Richard C Stedman Sarah McCaffrey Tania Schoennagel Brian J Harvey Sharon M HoodCourtney A Schultz Anne E Black David Campbell Julia H Haggerty Robert E KeaneMeg A Krawchuk Judith C Kulig Rebekah Rafferty Arika Virapongse

BioScience, Volume 69, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 379–388,https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz030
Published: 08 May 2019

Place, date, time: Blake Street Tavern on Thursday 23 May 2019 at 6:30 PM.|
Our speaker: Marina Vance, PhD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder.

The Topic: "This house smells so good--I wonder what I'm inhaling?"

The air pollution of our everyday lives: What cooking and cleaning does to the air of our homes.

Marina Vance will talk about a study called HOMEChem, when scientists from over a dozen universities in the US and Canada converged into a manufactured house to cook and clean for a month, and to learn about unknown chemistry that happens when those everyday activities are performed.  Please see the attached flyer for more information.

Dr. Vance was featured in a recent article by Nicola Twilley on the HOMEChem experiment in The New Yorker called Home Smog.

More: See the Web page for this evening.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME. The talk starts at 6:30. Come before 6 PM to leave yourself time to get something to eat. We end around 8 PM. 

Blake St. Tavern is at 2301 Blake St., close to Coors Field. Parking in a lot adjacent, or at meters on the street.

We welcome your input, including ideas for speakers and topics. Bring them with you to the next Café, or e-mail them and any questions to Eric Meer

Eric is away this month; Dr. Vance will be hosted by Helen Macfarlane and JJ Cohen.