Tag: Cu Anschutz
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Plaintiffs win $10M settlement against CU Anschutz School of Medicine for COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Eighteen plaintiffs will receive more than $10 million in damages after settling with the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine Monday over claims the school denied religious exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccination mandate. The $10.3 million settlement ended more than four years of litigation after the school denied religious exemptions to the vaccine mandate…
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CU workers organizing to demand collective bargaining
Workers across the University of Colorado system are organizing for a unified message for its leadership: create a path to collective bargaining. This week, a day of action will be held at the university system’s four campuses to provide information about collective bargaining and discuss ongoing workforce challenges. This “Day of Action” will take place…
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CU Anschutz gets $2 million gift from Céline Dion Foundation for autoimmune disease research
The Céline Dion Foundation gifted $2 million to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, where Dion is being treated, for new cures and research on autoimmune neurological disorders, according to a news release. Dion is getting treatment at the campus for stiff persons syndrome, a rare, chronic and progressive autoimmune neurological disease that causes…
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Anschutz Foundation donates $50 million to CU Anschutz
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus celebrated a triumphant moment in 2017 — the Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices had recommended new treatment practices for shingles — based on a vaccine initially developed at the campus. Shingrix had just become the second vaccine approved to prevent shingles, a…