Our state team worked with healthcare faculty to request flexibility in state rules for education and licensure requirements to ensure CU students could graduate and practice.
In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, CU’s federal relations team worked with university leadership, institutions of higher education across the state, and the Colorado congressional delegation to ensure critical support for students, research and the State of Colorado.
CU President Mark Kennedy met with lawmakers and key agencies to advance a number of CU’s aerospace and defense priorities. Kennedy also hosted a lunch with CU in D.C. students and CU Boulder Student Government leaders.
Congressman Joe Neguse hosted a roundtable with aerospace and defense leaders as well as climate scientists from CU to discuss climate resiliency.
Second Lady Karen Pence visited the Marcus Institute for Brain Health (MIBH) as part of her Healing from the HeART Initiative.
CU’s federal team has actively monitored and lobbied for improvements to federal guidance that impacts the university’s international students, including a now-withdrawn Department of Homeland Security initiative as well as a White House proclamation on nonimmigrant visas.
Briefs for summer 2020
After a long and unprecedented state legislative session, Monday, June 15 marked Sine Die for 2020.