The weekly APS Colloquium provides a regular venue for all departmental members to meet and hear about current research topics from both CU and external speakers. Refreshments are served before each talk and graduate students meet with the speaker for lunch that day in a “collunchium.” All members of the department are invited to dinner with the weekly speaker. APS is also invited to regular talks at the Physics Department and our affiliated research institutions (CASA, JILA and LASP).
A departmental coffee hour and an Astro-ph discussion session are scheduled each week. Regular events include undergraduate and graduate student welcome and commencement events, informal happy hour gatherings, and faculty-hosted social events.
Packard Award winner Prof. Ann-Marie Madigan finds that winning isn’t always that easy.
After-hours at Sommers-Bausch Observatory
Departmental Climate
The Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences department cherishes the safety and well being of its students and employees, and takes seriously any report of noncompliance with university policy. The University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) has adopted this Protocol to underscore its commitment to an environment that is intolerant of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault.
Issue Reporting Form
Please feel free to indicate any issue or areas of concern you feel the APS Executive Committee should be aware of. Only members of the APS Executive Committee will view comments entered on this form. The APS webmaster could view the comments via his/her login permission, but will neither attempt to access or adjust them. Note that in order for follow-up action to be taken, the complainant should provide their name. Anonymous entries will be taken seriously and investigated, but no legal action can occur in these cases. Individuals can report incidences of discrimination and harassment directly to the OIEC at cureport@colorado.edu and using their “Report It” website at www.colorado.edu/reportit/.
Reporting Options
A report of sexual misconduct, protected class discrimination or harassment, or related retaliation may be pursued in different ways. Depending on the nature of the alleged conduct, a complainant or victim may pursue a criminal process, a university process, both processes or neither process. A victim may also decline to notify authorities. We encourage anyone interested in learning more about their options to consult the institution equity site found below.
http://www.colorado.edu/institutionalequity/reporting-options
CU-Boulder Policy and Procedures
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to maintaining a positive learning, working, and living environment. The University of Colorado does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, political affiliation, or political philosophy in admission and access to, and treatment and employment in, its educational programs and activities. CU-Boulder will not tolerate acts of discrimination or harassment based upon Protected Classes, or related retaliation against or by any employee or student. For purposes of this CU-Boulder policy, "Protected Classes" refers to race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, political affiliation, or political philosophy.
http://www.colorado.edu/policies/discrimination-and-harassment-policy-and-procedures