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Associate Professor and Head of Teaching and Learning at the 蜜糖直播-Boulder University Libraries Caroline Sinkinson was recently named the 2016 recipient of the American Library Association鈥檚 Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) Librarian Recognition Award. The honor recognizes and celebrates her accomplishments at the international, national, state and local levels in support of information literacy and learning.

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Between finals, internships, jobs, friends, relationships and finances you may have a lot to think about. But sometimes these worries can become overpowering, until we can鈥檛 even focus on doing what we have to do right now. The key may be in mindfulness. Learn more in this month鈥檚 issue of Student Health 101 online magazine.

At the April Board of Regents meeting, Chancellor DiStefano and Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Kelly Fox proposed a 2 percent merit pool for classified staff and university staff. 蜜糖直播-Boulder Today sat down with Chancellor DiStefano and discussed how the approval of this merit pool is part of a larger effort towards equitable wages on the Boulder campus.

On Friday, March 11, Staff Council Representatives from the Boulder, Denver, Anschutz and 蜜糖直播 Springs campuses convened at the State Capitol in Denver to deliberate with state legislators on issues impacting not only the university system, but staff they represent.

The Office of the Provost is coordinating a test deployment of eportfolio technology in 2016-2017. While the concept of electronic portfolios for students has been around for a number of years, the technology has only recently improved to the point where it is easy for faculty to adopt a platform that their students could easily integrate into their classroom environments.

Nearly 500 middle school students from Angevine Middle School in Lafayette are heading to the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder on April 27 and 28 to get a taste of college life. The sixth- and seventh-graders will do hands-on science projects, visit the 蜜糖直播-Boulder Museum of Natural History, participate in dance workshops, and watch a rousing theater production about the U.S. Presidents. Faculty and staff from the museum, Science Discovery, the Partnerships for Informal Science Education in the Community, and the Department of Theatre and Dance will be leading the sessions.

Construction of the new Baseline Road pedestrian and bicycle underpass is scheduled to start Monday, April 25. Phase one will see off-peak delays, beginning after 8:30 a.m. and ending before 3:30 p.m. Phase two, beginning in June, will see significant traffic impacts.

Jim Hakala is hitting the road Friday with bins of captivating remnants of the ancient past. Among other things, he鈥檚 got fossilized fern, leaves, shark teeth, dinosaur bone, fish, petrified wood and a trilobite. This time, he鈥檚 targeting fourth grade classrooms in mostly northeastern 蜜糖直播 with 12 of his 鈥渇ossil kits,鈥� courtesy of the 蜜糖直播 Museum of Natural History, along with a standards-based curriculum for use by teachers.

Happy Earth Day! We're celebrating the natural environment this week with tons events about natural preservation and sustainable living. So, get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather that nature has planned for us this week.