Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Phased distribution of vaccines for the SARS-CoV-2 virus has begun in Colorado. CU Anschutz planning efforts are detailed on the vaccine information page, and current safety protocols remain in place.

The CU Anschutz Medical Campus is creating vaccine working groups to ensure eligible staff and students are included in appropriate phases based on the CDPHE distribution plan, and to prepare the campus for the possibility of additional doses. The campus is  working closely with our hospital partners, as well as CDPHE and the Tri-County Health Department. 

When you are eligible for vaccination, you will be contacted by the university or one of the hospital partners.

Read the latest vaccine update and FAQs >

All CU Anschutz employees, students*, and members of their households have access to free COVID-19 testing through March 31, 2021. To help slow the rate of infection in Colorado, please take advantage of this benefit offered by our campus. 

For those who are asymptomatic or symptomatic and/or have been exposed to someone who has tested positive, you can register for testing either on campus** or through a drive-up location in Aurora. 

You will receive your results within 24-72 hours, either through an email or text message providing a log-in, or through My Health Connection (UCHealth). 

Have questions? Check out the FAQ.

*All ColoradoSPH students are eligible to participate.

**If you register for on-campus testing, all members of your party must have first completed their own daily health questionnaire and entered through a campus check-in location (selected via the questionnaire) for a wristband before making your way to Ed 1 at your appointed time. Fulginiti is closest to the testing site, but any campus check-in location is acceptable.

If you plan to go to your office while on campus, you also need to email Christine Gillen for approval. If you are symptomatic, you absolutely cannot enter office space, and should be tested and immediately return to your home.

As you work remotely, you may need to pick up additional equipment and items from your offices on campus. ColoradoSPH employees should communicate with their supervisors about the university-owned items they wish to take home (tracking of these items is necessary). Employees can go to their offices to pick up items after receiving approval and going through the steps below.  

We receive reports of anyone using a badge to access a building on campus and who is not approved. Anyone who needs to be on campus must adhere to the return to campus processes established by leadership at the CU Anschutz campus. 

Steps to take beforehand:

1. Be invited and approved to return by leadership. Contact Associate Dean for Administration and Finance Christine Gillen to receive specific approval. 
2. Take the required, one-time Skillsoft training “CU: COVID-19 Return to Campus - CU Denver | Anschutz”.

3 steps you must take each day you will be on campus:

1. Complete the health questionnaire each day before arriving on campus, and bring your confirmation email to a designated check-in point (details regarding check-in points are in the questionnaire).
2. Bring and wear your CU Anschutz badge and a face covering at all times, indoors and outdoors.
3. Visit the designated check-in point (selected in the health questionnaire):

• Show your health confirmation email
• Get your temperature taken
• Pick up your wristband in a specific color for each day*

*Everyone in a university building during business hours must have a building access wristband.