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In an effort to bolster international student success, Provost Moore's recently-established task force will meet with CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ students at town hall meetings scheduled for Feb. 9 and 10.

In recent weeks, the tenor of conversations about events shaping our nation has intensified noticeably. As a member of the campus’ leadership, I wanted to reach out to let you know we are closely monitoring how changes might affect our research community.

Today, Sports Illustrated published an article on domestic violence allegations against former assistant football coach Joe Tumpkin, who resigned on Jan. 27. CU administrators had knowledge of allegations of abuse in December but believed it was premature to take personnel action then because there was no restraining order, criminal charges, civil action or other documentation of the allegation. We regret these allegations were not reported sooner to OIEC.

Tuition and fees can be paid over the course of each semester by enrolling in payment plans. Saturday, Feb. 4, is the last day to enroll for the 2017 spring semester.

Now through Friday, Feb. 24, the Office for Outreach and Engagement is accepting nominations for the Anne K. Heinz Staff Award for Excellence in Outreach and Engagement.

Mary Kraus and Larry Levine update the campus community on the learning management system evaluation initiative, including recent progress and next steps.

Student volunteers with the CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ chapter of Bridges to Prosperity have launched a crowdfunding campaign to build pedestrian bridges in Swaziland and Bolivia.

At least one former Colorado football player is guaranteed to win a Super Bowl ring Feb. 5 when the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons square off in Super Bowl LI.

Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation Terri Fiez has selected a team housed within the Grand Challenge initiative to execute a definition study exploring how research computing on the cloud might benefit CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ and its partners in the future.

The university and the city have finalized terms of an agreement on future electric services should a city-owned electric utility begin providing service to customers in ÐßÐßÊÓƵ. The agreement goes before City Council on Feb. 7.