Five University of Colorado faculty members provided expert testimony before House and Senate committees as experts in their respective fields.
Brett Roude joined CU as the Assistant Vice President of Federal Relations and Health Policy in late January.
Several legislators were able to attend University of Colorado football games during the 2021 season.
The University of Colorado supported the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program several times in 2021.
CU advocated for federal coordination, a national wildfire strategy, and science policy bills focused on wildfire risk and damage reduction throughout 2021.
The 2021 State Legislative Session, which was an unconventional legislative cycle due to COVID-19, adjourned sine die on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.
Early this year, Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper virtually joined leadership from University of Colorado, UCHealth, and CU Anschutz Medical Campus to learn more about the state of vaccinations, patient care, and infection rates of COVID-19 in the state of Colorado.
CU President Mark Kennedy met virtually with members of the Colorado congressional delegation to discuss CU’s topline priorities for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022
CU President Mark Kennedy and Incoming President Todd Saliman met with campus leaders from CU Boulder and UCCS to discuss ongoing federal research priorities and key partnerships.
CU Boulder professor and Director of CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences), Waleed Abdalati, testified in a hearing held by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.

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