Safety

An engaged crowd of 1,500 - mostly students – were in attendance at the CU Recreation Center Friday afternoon to listen to Vice President Joe Biden talk about the importance of involving all members of a campus community in curbing sex assault and supporting victims.

University of Colorado Boulder and city of Boulder police will step up enforcement of the city’s traffic laws in and around several of Boulder’s top locations for motor vehicle collisions involving a bicyclist or pedestrian beginning Monday, April 11. As part of the Heads Up Boulder crosswalk safety campaign, officers from the two departments will be at select intersections around the CU campus to give out warnings and issue tickets.

Students planning spring break trips to warm climates outside the United States, including Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America, should be aware that they are traveling to Zika virus-affected areas and are encouraged to take precautions.

As St. Patrick's Day approaches, we'd like to encourage everyone to celebrate responsibly.

Reduce the risk of accidental exposure, drug misuse, and environmental contamination by participating in Drug Take-Back Day. Turn in unused or expired medication for safe disposal on Wednesday, March 9, at the Drug Take-Back Event hosted by Community Health, a division of Wardenburg Health Services and the CU Police Department.

Each month, CU-Boulder's Environmental Center provides eco-tips with the goal of promoting sustainable choices. February's topic is water use.

Facebook executive and CU-Boulder alumnus Kelly Graziadei will give the 2016 CU-Boulder spring commencement ceremony address on Saturday, May 7, at Folsom Field.

On Tuesday, Feb. 9, the University of Colorado Boulder released the Phase I results of the Fall 2015 sexual misconduct survey. CU-Boulder Today sat down with Executive Director of Institutional Equity and Compliance and Title IX Coordinator, Valerie Simons, and asked some key questions for our campus audience.

This morning, AEG Live announced that Dead & Company (three of the surviving members of the Grateful Dead, touring with John Mayer and others) will play two shows at Folsom Field on July 2 and 3.

The first multi-stall, all-gender restroom in the University Memorial Center will open in February. Located in the UMC’s second floor northwest wing, the all gender restroom was first proposed by the UMC Board, a branch of CU Student Government and the governing board of the UMC, in 2011.