Open Science: Key to accelerating interdisciplinary research & education (Balch, et al.)

The authors hold that open science is a critical pathway to accelerating the best new environmental science from big data opportunities.

Maximizing the benefits of shared instrumentation: Fostering flexibility rather than β€œone-size-fits-all” approaches (Metcalf, Flowers)

The authors argue that CU will be best served by helping labs meet their individual scientific and fiscal goals rather than by imposing β€œone-size-fits-all” policies across campus, which will prevent some labs from thriving and from successfully serving a broad off-campus user community.

Science and Environmental Communication at CU ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ (Boykoff, Pezzullo, et al)

The authors propose ways to increase communication and more coordinated outreach related to scientific and environmental research at CU ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ and in the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ science community at large.

The Benefits of Building University Corporate Partnerships (Benson, Hubble, Freaney)

The authors recommend a more expansive and coordinated effort toward building campus-wide university corporate partnerships.

Colorado Community Partnerships and Faculty Residencies (College of Media, Communication and Information III)

The authors propose longer-term (minimum of one semester) faculty residencies to provide site-specific education around Colorado. The instruction focus could include traditional and non-traditional undergraduate student education, dual high school enrollment, co-requisite remediation, and graduate education and BA/MA programs.

CU Art Museum (CUAM) as Hub of Intellectual and Creative Pursuits (Firmin & McDonald)

The authors unveil a vision of the university art museum of the 21st century – one that is held in high esteem by peers and with a mission to contribute to a university culture in which art, creativity, intercultural understanding, and research advance all disciplines in contribution to society.

The Grey Zones of Transdisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Study on the CU ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Campus (Mejia, Chinowsky)

The authors propose different ways to begin to achieve a defined balance between transdisciplinary interests and traditional discipline-based academic rigor.

Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences: Advancing CU ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣơ’s Strategic Goals (Corwin et al)

The authors provide a model for CU ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ to greatly expanding already robust undergraduate research experiences built on apprenticeship models by adopting Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences that allow whole classes of students to address a research question that is of interest to a scientific or local community.

Mediterranean Studies: Diversity, Interdisciplinarity & the Study of the West (Catlos)

The author posits that by creating a Center for Mediterranean Studies the campus could expand its commitment to interdisciplinarity in the Humanities and build on an emerging program of strength on the campus.

Proposal to Create a CU-ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Institute for the Arts (Amerika, Auguiste, Boord et al)

The authors advocate for an Institute of the Arts at CU ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ that would be a catalyst facilitating and strengthening connections between faculty and students in the arts, focus on art making and learning, and being an incubator for creative work and a hub for experiments in pedagogy.

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