CU Innovation & Efficiency Awards: Past Submissions by Category [1]
Past submissions by Category
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Communication
Content Management System [3]
Content-rich and Engaging Learning Resources [4]
Crafting a Story with CU's Financials [5]
CU Advantage Website [6]
Department of Neurology | Reimagining HR [7]
Dining Equipment Maintenance Master Plan [8]
EBS Devices [9]
Efficiencies in Animal Receiving [10]
Electronic Research Visit Status Dashboard [11]
Engineering Cloud Computing [12]
Event Tracking Process [13]
Executive Advisory Council Database [14]
Facilities Safety Hazards App [15]
Financial Onboarding & Training [16]
Google Apps for Community Safety Officials [17]
Graduate Student Tracking Database [18]
HUB Project: Creating a Departmental Information HUB in the Office of Admissions [19]
Implementation of Electronic Veterinary Medical Records [20]
Improved Efficiency in Immunization Compliance Management [21]
Improving the Library's Internal Communications [22]
Inclusive Excellence Initiative [23]
Infrequent Traveler Messaging [24]
Invention Evaluation and Licensing Process Enhancements [25]
Laboratory Registration Program [26]
LynxConnect Goes Digital [27]
Mailchimp [28]
OCG Stand Up Meetings [29]
Online Capstone Scheduling Form [30]
Online Meeting Agenda & Minutes Builder [31]
Policies as if People Mattered [32]
Policy Explainer Videos: Getting to “Yes” on Compliance [33]
Portal Zone Creation [34]
Process Mapping [35]
Quality Assurance Program [36]
Reporting System Blog [37]
Research Administrators Meetings [38]
Research and Innovation Office Bulletin [39]
Residence Life Paraprofessional Staff Training [40]
Residence Life Professional Staff Duty Handbook [41]
SASC Upgrade [124] [42]
School of Medicine Administrative Professional Development Toolbox [43]
Shared Survey Design Service [44]
Slack and Trello [45]
Slack for Team Communication [46]
Sponsored Project Administrative Check List [47]
Sponsored Project Reporting [48]
Sponsored Project Routing Process Tool [49]
Standard Operating Procedure Tool [50]
Strengthening the Academic Infrastructure for the College of Nursing [51]
Total Compensation Snapshot [52]
UIS Project Communications Templates [53]
Using Google Hangouts for Flash Meetings [54]
Zello App Communications Technology [55]
Customer Service
Asia Internship Program [57]
Campus Recreation Fusion Software [58]
Chemistry Laboratory Kits - Facilitating Student Success Using Novel Purchasing Methods [59]
Chromebook for UCCS Orientation [60]
CPE for CPAs [61]
CU Non-employee Reimbursements [62]
CU Online Store – e Commerce Transaction [63]
Customer Service Training Program [64]
Data Analysis and Financial Account Reconciliation for Waste Disposal Systems [65]
Developing the UCCS Orientation Mobile App [66]
Dining Equipment Maintenance Master Plan [8]
Disability Services Coordination [67]
Education Management System [68]
Efficiencies in Animal Receiving [10]
Efficient Panel Review Process for Award Submissions [69]
Electronic Consults: A Valuable Treatment Option for Patients and Providers [70]
Enhanced Employer Vetting [71]
Establishing a Multi-Departmental Shared Instrumentation Program [72]
Event Lighting [73]
Fabrication Request System [74]
Facilities Safety Hazards App [15]
Four Voices Framework for Operational Excellence [75]
Google Apps for Community Safety Officials [17]
Grade Polling & Hold Removal Automation For Leeds School of Business [76]
HR Service Center [77]
Human Resources and Student Employment Offices [78]
Implementation of Electronic Veterinary Medical Records [20]
Improved Efficiency in Immunization Compliance Management [21]
Incentive Application System [79]
Inclusive Excellence Initiative [23]
Integrated Recreation and Wellness Centers [80]
International Travel Process for Student Clubs [81]
LynxConnect Goes Digital [27]
Mail Merge for CPE Certificate Issuance [82]
Mobile Device Management Model [83]
Office and Custodial Supply Delivery [84]
OIT's Jamf Pro Expansion [85]
On Boarding Process [86]
Paperless Advising Techniques [87]
Parking and Transportation Services [88]
PreAward Core [89]
Quality Assurance Program [36]
Remote Learning Delivery Optimization [90]
Residence Life Streamlined Expense Reporting and Tracking [91]
SASC Upgrade [124] [42]
Shared Survey Design Service [44]
SLHC-WHS Partnership on Electronic Medical Records and Health Claims [92]
Stop Lift Document Imaging Process [93]
Student Employment Master Plan [94]
Student Hunger and Homelessness Initiatives [95]
UCD Events Management System [96]
UIS Project Communications Templates [53]
UPS Package Delivery Process [97]
Veterans Benefit Module with OnBase Integration [98]
Web-Based PCI Data Security Standard Assessment [99]
You ROCK!!!! Peer Recognition Program [100]
Finance & Accounting
Annual Financial Reporting Online [102]
A&S Budget Office Position Analysis Tool [103]
A&S Divisional Faculty Personnel Report [104]
Arts and Sciences Faculty HR Efficiencies [105]
Asset Inventory Management System [106]
Bundled Projects in Non-Capital Construction [107]
Commercial Paper to Fund Construction Projects [108]
Crafting a Story with CU's Financials [5]
Deferred Maintenance Projects [109]
Electronic Coding Process [110]
Electronic Expense Filing System [111]
Electronic Inventory Management [112]
Expense Clearing Training Videos [113]
Financial Reconciliation Process and Form [114]
Gift Fund Tool Suite [115]
Going Paperless! [116]
Internal Sales Compliance Analysis Project [117]
Journal Entry [118]
Monthly Budget Review and Presentation [119]
PI Dashboard [120]
Portal Zone Creation [34]
PSAM Reconciling Tool [121]
Simplifying Quarterly cFTE Submissions [122]
Space Inventory and Survey Training Videos [123]
Streamlining Cash Transfer and Chartfield Request Processes [124]
Summer Research Salary Tool [125]
Supplemental Financial Information in HTML [126]
Utility Record Processing [127]
Web-Based PCI Data Security Standard Assessment [99]
HR Management
ColoradoSPH Human Resources Work Center [2]
Department of Neurology | Reimagining HR [7]
Employee Onboarding & Welcome Experience [129]
Expediting Name Changes Through Workflow [130]
HireRight [131]
HRMS Electronic Access Request Form [132]
HR Service Center [77]
Human Resources and Student Employment Offices [78]
Job Process Tracking Spreadsheet [133]
On Boarding Process [86]
Payfactors Integration [134]
Process Mapping [35]
Qgenda [135]
Total Compensation Snapshot [52]
Using OnBase Workflow to Automate HR Documentation Collection [136]
Utilizing Smartsheet to Improve the Hiring Process of Faculty and Staff [137]
Procurement
Auraria Library Linking Form: Streamlining the Purchase of Scholarly Materials [139]
Bundled Projects in Non-Capital Construction [107]
Chemistry Laboratory Kits - Facilitating Student Success Using Novel Purchasing Methods [59]
CIRES Travel Pre-Approval and Tracking Process [140]
CU Non-employee Reimbursements [62]
CU Online Store – e Commerce Transaction [63]
Department Procurement Automation and Streamline Using Chatbots [141]
Efficiencies in Computer Ordering [142]
International Travel Process for Student Clubs [81]
Laboratory Mopping System Evaluation Process [143]
Online Gift Cards [144]
Reducing Costs of Effective Antimicrobial Therapy for Research Animals [145]
Residence Life Streamlined Expense Reporting and Tracking [91]
Tableau Server Project (UIS) [146]
Total Supply Chain Integration Model [147]
University-wide Project for Green Cleaning Chemicals [148]
Sponsored Projects/Research
Billing Automation [149]
Department PreAward Automation and Streamline [150]
Electronic Research Visit Status Dashboard [11]
Establishing a Multi-Departmental Shared Instrumentation Program [72]
E-Storage for Research Administration [151]
Executive Advisory Council Database [14]
GM Financial Report [152]
Grants & Projects Budget Template [153]
Grant Proposal Management Utilizing the REDCap Portal [154]
Grant Summary Statement [155]
High-Throughput Metabolomics [156]
Internal Sales Compliance Analysis Project [117]
OGC Proposal Routing Process Improvement Project [157]
Personalized Post Award Work Centers [158]
PI Dashboard [120]
PreAward Core [89]
Quality Assurance Program [36]
Research Administrators Meetings [38]
Research and Innovation Office Bulletin [39]
Researcher Training Program - Navigating the Red Tape of Research at JILA [159]
‘Ride-sharing’ in Research: An Innovative Model to Increase Efficiency in Providing Research Support [160]
Sponsored Project Administrative Check List [47]
Sponsored Project Reporting [48]
Sponsored Project Routing Process Tool [49]
Summer Research Salary Tool [125]
System Integration Empowers Business to Do More with Content [161]
Sustainability/Environmental
Autoclave Program for Managing Biohazardous Waste [163]
Building Safety Audits [164]
Creating A Virtual Desktop Environment [165]
Data Analysis and Financial Account Reconciliation for Waste Disposal Systems [65]
Environmental Sampling for Research Rodent Health Surveillance [166]
Establishing a Multi-Departmental Shared Instrumentation Program [72]
Green Darkroom: Creating a Modern Photography Lab [167]
Green Labs Initiative [168]
Laboratory Registration Program [26]
Office and Custodial Supply Delivery [84]
Reliable Compressed Air [169]
Regulated Medical Waste Step-Can Program [170]
Retrofit Kaivac Machines [171]
Safe Sharps/Needles Disposal Program [172]
Steam Weed Control [173]
Tableau Server Project (UIS) [146]
Time-Motion Analysis for Efficient Waste Pick-up [174]
University-wide Project for Green Cleaning Chemicals [148]
UPS Package Delivery Process [97]
Water Fill Trucks [175]
Technology
APInvoice@cu.edu [138]
Auraria Library Linking Form: Streamlining the Purchase of Scholarly Materials [139]
Autoclave Program for Managing Biohazardous Waste [163]
Automated POI Creation and Extension Process [128]
Automated Processing of Electronic XML Transcripts [176]
Automation for Research Computing Infrastructure [177]
Billing Automation [149]
Building Safety Audits [164]
Campus Recreation Fusion Software [58]
Chromebook for UCCS Orientation [60]
CIRES Travel Pre-Approval and Tracking Process [140]
Content Management System [3]
Content-rich and Engaging Learning Resources [4]
Crafting a Story with CU's Financials [5]
Creating A Virtual Desktop Environment [165]
Critical Patch Updates for PeopleSoft Systems [178]
CU Non-employee Reimbursements [62]
CU Online Store – e Commerce Transaction [63]
Department PreAward Automation and Streamline [150]
Department Procurement Automation and Streamline Using Chatbots [141]
Developing the UCCS Orientation Mobile App [66]
Digital Signatures: Implementation of Adobe Sign at UCCS [179]
Docusign [180]
EBS Devices [9]
Education Management System [68]
Efficiencies Realized Via Self-Signed Certificates for SAML Communications [181]
Efficient Panel Review Process for Award Submissions [69]
Electronic Consults: A Valuable Treatment Option for Patients and Providers [70]
Electronic Inventory Management [112]
Engineering Cloud Computing [12]
E-Storage for Research Administration [151]
Event Tracking Process [13]
Executive Advisory Council Database [14]
Expense Clearing Training Videos [113]
Fabrication Request System [74]
Facilities Safety Hazards App [15]
Gift Fund Tool Suite [115]
Google Apps for Community Safety Officials [17]
Grade Polling & Hold Removal Automation For Leeds School of Business [76]
Graduate Student Tracking Database [18]
Grant Proposal Management Utilizing the REDCap Portal [154]
Grants & Projects Budget Template [153]
Grant Summary Statement [155]
Green Darkroom: Creating a Modern Photography Lab [167]
Green Labs Initiative [168]
High-Throughput Metabolomics [156]
HireRight [131]
Human Resources and Student Employment Offices [78]
Implementation of Electronic Veterinary Medical Records [20]
Improved Efficiency in Immunization Compliance Management [21]
Improving the Library's Internal Communications [22]
Incentive Application System [79]
Infrequent Traveler Messaging [24]
Introduction to Engineering Online Course [182]
Laboratory Mopping System Evaluation Process [143]
LynxConnect Goes Digital [27]
Mail Merge for CPE Certificate Issuance [82]
Mailchimp [28]
Mobile Device Management Model [83]
OIT's Jamf Pro Expansion [85]
Online Capstone Scheduling Form [30]
Online Meeting Agenda & Minutes Builder [31]
Paperless Advising Techniques [87]
Parking and Transportation Services [88]
Payfactors Integration [134]
Personalized Post Award Work Centers [158]
PI Dashboard [120]
Policies as if People Mattered [32]
Policy Explainer Videos: Getting to “Yes” on Compliance [33]
Portal Zone Creation [34]
Prefect Data Orchestration [183]
PSAM Reconciling Tool [121]
Qgenda [135]
Reliable Compressed Air [169]
Remote Learning Delivery Optimization [90]
Retrofit Kaivac Machines [171]
Robotic Programming [184]
Simplifying Quarterly cFTE Submissions [122]
Space Inventory and Survey Training Videos [123]
Sponsored Project Reporting [48]
Sponsored Project Routing Process Tool [49]
Standard Operating Procedure Tool [50]
Stop Lift Document Imaging Process [93]
Streamlining Cash Transfer and Chartfield Request Processes [124]
Steam Weed Control [173]
Supplemental Financial Information in HTML [126]
System Integration Empowers Business to Do More with Content [161]
Time-Motion Analysis for Efficient Waste Pick-up [174]
Typhon [185]
UCD Events Management System [96]
Using Google Hangouts for Flash Meetings [54]
Using OnBase Workflow to Automate HR Documentation Collection [136]
Utilizing Smartsheet to Improve the Hiring Process of Faculty and Staff [137]
Veterans Benefit Module with OnBase Integration [98]
Video-Based Training [186]
Water Fill Trucks [175]
Web-Based PCI Data Security Standard Assessment [99]
Zello App Communications Technology [55]
Training/Education
Asia Internship Program [57]
CPE for CPAs [61]
CPE Instructor Course Development Guide [188]
Content-rich and Engaging Learning Resources [4]
Customer Service Training Program [64]
Employee Onboarding & Welcome Experience [129]
Engineering Cloud Computing [12]
Expense Clearing Training Videos [113]
Fabrication Request System [74]
Financial Onboarding & Training [16]
Forever Buffs Network Mentorship Program [189]
Four Voices Framework for Operational Excellence [75]
Graduate Student Tracking Database [18]
HUB Project: Creating a Departmental Information HUB in the Office of Admissions [19]
Inclusive Excellence Initiative [23]
Infrequent Traveler Messaging [24]
Introduction to Engineering Online Course [182]
Invention Evaluation and Licensing Process Enhancements [25]
Job Process Tracking Spreadsheet [133]
Paperless Advising Techniques [87]
Policies as if People Mattered [32]
Policy Explainer Videos: Getting to “Yes” on Compliance [33]
Process Mapping [35]
Remote Learning Delivery Optimization [90]
Reporting System Blog [37]
Researcher Training Program - Navigating the Red Tape of Research at JILA [159]
Residence Life Paraprofessional Staff Training [40]
Residence Life Professional Staff Duty Handbook [41]
SASC Upgrade [124] [42]
School of Medicine Administrative Professional Development Toolbox [43]
Space Inventory and Survey Training Videos [123]
Standard Operating Procedure Tool [50]
Strengthening the Academic Infrastructure for the College of Nursing [51]
Student Employment Master Plan [94]
Typhon [185]
Video-Based Training [186]