[1:21] This meeting will come back to order.
Regents and guests, as a reminder, this
[1:26] meeting is being livereamed and
recorded. Um, we will have Regent uh
[1:31] Vanril and Regent Hood joining us
remotely for the for the meeting today.
[1:36] The meeting will be back to order. We
are joined today by Dr. Jay Albreight
[1:40] Albbright for a presentation on
pediatric sports medicine and to give us
[1:44] an introduction of Dr. Albbright uh
we've asked Chancellor Elellman to
[1:50] speak on his behalf.
[1:55] » Uh good morning regents. when uh Leonard
called me and said that he wanted to uh
[1:59] he wondered who our speaker was going to
be today and he said it's got to be
[2:02] something about athletics and I
threatened to put our ultimate frisbee
[2:06] team uh up here but decided that we
would get serious and have have
[2:11] something that we're really proud of
which is our pediatric sports medicine
[2:14] program. It's uh we all know the stories
about about youth and sports and the
[2:19] injuries that that are that can somehow
be sometimes be lifealtering um for
[2:24] young kids and our pediatric sports
medicine program is a is one of the best
[2:29] in the nation. So with that I'm going to
turn it over to Dr. Albbright who uh who
[2:33] heads it up. Dr. Albbright,
[snorts]
[2:37] » thank you very much. It's uh quite an
honor and privilege to be here. I'd like
[2:41] to thank the board and Chancellor Hman
for uh giving me an opportunity, but
[2:46] plus he told me that the uh the captain
of the ultimate frisbee team was
[2:50] otherwise pre predisposed and couldn't
be here. Um so um just to give you an
[2:58] overview of who we are, I'm a associate
professor of the CU orthopedics
[3:03] department uh under the the watchful eye
of Eve Berger uh who is the first female
[3:10] uh chairwoman of uh orthopedics. Um uh I
work with Christina Wilson. She's our
[3:17] medical director. I'm the surgical
director of the sports program. I've
[3:20] been in in Colorado for 13 years. uh
moved from Florida originally from Iowa.
[3:26] Uh I am a NEPA baby that's my father's
an orthopedic surgeon sports started
[3:32] sports medicine University of Iowa 50
plus years ago. Uh so he ap and he
[3:37] trained me too so he apologizes in
advance for what I'm about to say as
[3:40] well. Um but uh in general we team up
with uh Children's Hospital Colorado who
[3:47] gives us some fantastic support as well
as teaming up with our adult sports
[3:51] medicine providers like Eric McCarti who
heads up see sports in general. Um this
[3:58] is a busy slide. Um 13 years ago this
was a much smaller slide. Um we've grown
[4:06] tremendously over the time. Last year,
you heard from David Howell, uh, who is
[4:10] our our director of clinical research,
but also heads up our concussion
[4:14] research at at Children's and at the
university. Um, we brought him in. Uh,
[4:19] we're fortunate to steal him from Boston
Children's. Uh, but, uh, you can see
[4:23] Christina Wilson is one of our primary
care. She's a medical director, primary
[4:27] care sports provider. We have seven now.
When I started, we had three. Uh, we had
[4:32] one surgeon and and no APS, and we had
one research assistant. We had about 14
[4:39] uh athletic trainers. We had about six
sports medicine the physical therapists
[4:44] and no clinical nutrition. Now we have
all this um and we have a huge vast um
[4:52] network of team providers that can give
care to the kids that we have in the
[4:56] state. Um so when I first got here uh we
had these partnerships uh across uh the
[5:05] area
mostly front range Denver metro in
[5:09] Broncos came in and over time you can
see we kind of sprouted wings so to
[5:14] speak and now we as we keep going and
then as of last year whoops went one too
[5:21] many as of last year we now take care of
over two million kids in the state of
[5:28] Colorado um and all these partnerships
and we only do it with again 11
[5:35] providers s, you know, between PAS,
surgeons, and primary care sports
[5:40] providers. Uh, but, you know, just to
kind of put it in perspective, we're not
[5:46] just in the state of Colorado. We take
here's all the different sites, schools,
[5:51] everything that we kind of take care of.
Uh, from a school standpoint, we reach
[5:56] as far north as Longmont, as far south
as Colorado Springs. I get to go
[6:01] everywhere uh out to Conifer uh to
Elizabeth
[6:07] the but the entire front range we again
take care of uh you know seven statewide
[6:14] region. I get kids from Montana that fly
in for me to take care of their ACL. Uh
[6:20] we get kids from New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Texas. Uh you name the state uh in this
[6:25] region, we we get a kid from there. Um
so again we started with about 14
[6:31] athletic trainers. I'm proud to say we
have 82 uh athletic trainers at this
[6:36] point. Um and counting. So my goal of of
conquering the world of sports medicine
[6:43] is coming along. Um but uh we have
athletic trainers that work with us in
[6:49] clinic. I have uh two we have four or
five athletic trainers that assist us in
[6:55] surgery as well. uh Dr. Vanderberg, Ker
Vandenberg and I are two surgeons. Uh we
[7:01] have athletic trainers that train in
residency. We have one the first
[7:06] pediatric athletic training residency in
this country. Uh at Children's um we uh
[7:14] have um
athletic trainers in our clinics. Not
[7:19] just now you started off in sports
clinics, now we have them across the
[7:23] entire orthopedic institute at
Children's from spine to hand to hip to
[7:28] sports uh and everywhere in between. Um
we have uh kid uh we have 28 a uh uh
[7:36] high schools around this area that we
take care of with uh around 33 athletic
[7:42] trainers there and we have all the clubs
that you saw uh on the previous slides.
[7:47] Um what is an athletic trainer you may
ask? A lot of people don't know what an
[7:51] athletic trainer is. uh it's a
profession of medical profession where
[7:56] they are not just the trainer that you
see for the Broncos or for for CU uh but
[8:02] they do are encompass prevention
examination diagnosis treatment rehab of
[8:08] emergent acute or chronic illnesses and
medical conditions a lot of it's
[8:13] muskeletal but a lot of it's all over um
there six years of muskal training and
[8:19] they carry their own certification
including the state of Colorado. Um,
[8:23] what we do, what I get to do, what we
all get to do is we get to teach the
[8:27] next generation as well, which is where
I love uh working for the University of
[8:33] Colorado. [snorts] uh we get to teach
fellows both uh non-surgical as well as
[8:38] surgical fellows residents from all
these different uh whether it's uh
[8:43] physical medicine rehab family medicine
pediatrics emergency medicine as well as
[8:48] our ortho residents that I get to teach
both in clinic and in surgery we teach
[8:52] medical students we teach the physician
assistant students uh you can see we all
[8:56] do a lot of things including our PT
residents our dietetic interns um all
[9:03] that so which which is fun for me
because uh I get to make fun of them all
[9:07] in a way. Um we teach our community
partners, our our coaches, our parents,
[9:12] our uh patients and their families. Um
we have all these different things that
[9:16] we do throughout the day throughout the
year uh that we get to teach. We teach
[9:21] our not just that we get we get to teach
at our uh annual conference every year
[9:25] that happens on campus. Uh we do
concussion symposiums. we are online
[9:31] which is a bit new for a Gen Xer trying
to do podcasts and uh pediatric download
[9:37] things. It's uh I I talk in the
microphone a lot of times but mostly in
[9:42] front of people not online uh per se. Um
our athletic trainers are in different
[9:48] roles like I said we get to cover all
day events uh 200 plus team soccer
[9:54] tournaments in the summers. we got to
take care of uh uh you know whether it's
[10:00] high school football games. I have 30
high school football games I'm covering
[10:04] this this uh fall alone. And we have
over 150 football games that we have to
[10:10] cover as a group uh with the 28 high
schools we cover. I actually cover two
[10:15] local high schools that aren't exactly
partners uh with Children's or the
[10:20] university. I just do them. Yeah.
Because I have extra time, I guess. Um,
[10:26] recapping our just our encounters with
our just our athletic trainers. These
[10:29] aren't even clinic encounters. Over
43,000 athletic encounters, uh, you
[10:34] know, 6,000 injury evaluations,
treatment, rehab, uh, preventive care,
[10:38] patient education, and wound care. Even,
uh, lots of our athletic trainers doing
[10:44] a lot of great care in the community. uh
our clinical side of things, the seven
[10:50] primary care sports riders, the two
surgeons, two auh physician assistants,
[10:55] we see close to 26,000 patients a year.
It's a few uh I would like to see more.
[11:01] Between Dr. Vandenberg and I, we do a
thousand surgeries on pediatric
[11:06] athletes, adolescent athletes a year.
Um, coming soon in o October, November,
[11:13] we'll be moving into a new clinic space,
uh, including a new sports performance
[11:18] facility as well. The goal of sports
performance in my eyes is transitioning
[11:23] from an injury or surgery back onto the
field as safely as we can. Uh, as well
[11:30] as, uh, enhancing their athletic
performance. But you'll see my goal is
[11:35] to prevent injuries or reduce the risk
of injuries because um I love doing
[11:41] surgery. Let's put not put it not
mistake anything. But I would love in
[11:45] some instances like ACL reconstruction
or ACL injuries to put myself out of
[11:49] business. I would love to be able to
avoid reconstructing things. So, but I
[11:55] do get to do cool things. We get to do
cool things all the time. You heard from
[11:59] David How last year about the concussion
research. I would love to take
[12:02] responsibility for all that research. I
can't because I'm an orthopedic surgeon.
[12:06] I am not a primary care sports. When I
was in Orlando before I moved to
[12:11] Colorado, I did a lot of concussion as
an orthopedic surgeon, but that's
[12:15] because we didn't have the same team
type of team that we have now. Um, we
[12:19] get to do things. My team, uh, Aubrey
Armentoto
[12:24] scientist does female athlete clinic,
relative energy deficiency syndrome,
[12:28] which called reds. I had to look that up
a few times just because it used to be
[12:33] called female athlete triad but now it's
called reds but females aren't the only
[12:38] ones that get it. Men can males can get
it as well. Uh she also runs our runners
[12:43] clinic redundant. She also runs so I
guess that's a triple R. Um and um uh
[12:50] Emily Sweeney does our gymnastic clinic.
She also works with USA gymnastics. Um
[12:57] we also have uh part of our concussion
care is Julie Wilson who obviously works
[13:02] at US soccer. Uh we have we do national
collaborations a rock study group which
[13:07] is surgical study group on a condition
called osteocondritis desicans. Yes,
[13:12] OCD, not that kind, not the kind I have,
but uh it's a muskeletal disease that uh
[13:19] takes a national effort in order
actually international effort in order
[13:23] to try to figure out how to take better
care of this uh disorder which affects
[13:27] the joints and particularly the knee and
ankle and elbow. um as well as Prism
[13:33] which is pediatric research and sports
medicine which I'm founding member of
[13:37] and happy to be have served on boards
but a lot of national things. So we get
[13:42] to do surgical things too. So I'm just
going to switch gears to something I'm
[13:48] kind of passionate about um the ACL
injuries and children adolescence. It's
[13:53] uh taking a healthy active individual uh
and potentially bright athletic future.
[13:58] So, you don't know what a kid is going
to be when they're 12 or 13. How good
[14:02] they're going to be. Uh, good example is
a kid that I took care of when he was
[14:06] 12, did an ACL reconstruction on him.
Three years, four years later, he is one
[14:12] of the fastest kids in the country,
literally. Uh, he ends up getting a full
[14:16] ride scholarship to play uh, college
football at a different university. Uh
[14:22] and then he ends up going to the pros,
ends up uh going into medical careers
[14:28] doing sales for medical devices. Got a
email from him uh couple about a year
[14:34] ago thanking me for the care of his ACL.
I did when I look at him never would
[14:40] have guessed he would have been one a
good athlete in general but two one of
[14:45] the fastest kids in the country. No way
you would predict that. Uh so we have to
[14:49] take care of every kid that we see no
matter how young or how old like they
[14:55] can have that kind of future and my goal
is to bring them back from the thing
[14:59] that takes them out of the thing that
they love into what they can. Um uh
[15:04] their identity is try is tied to their
participation. They don't say I'm Jay
[15:08] Albbright. I'm a 4.0 student that you
know good grades. Yeah. I'm still in
[15:12] 49th grade. Uh, I did 28 years of school
from kindergarten to 20 to to where I
[15:18] started my practice, but I still teach.
So, I'm 49 years into it. Um, traumatic
[15:24] injury, definitely a traumatic injury.
It's worst thing they've had in their
[15:27] life. Then, if they're a growing child
or even without it that if you mismanage
[15:32] the their care either leads to repeat
injury, growth arrest, where you have to
[15:36] change your name, Diane, or does one leg
shorten the other? So, they lean just to
[15:41] explain that joke. Um so it's a problem.
It's been rising. It might be leveling
[15:48] off now but as s [clears throat] as
recently as 2007 2011 the increased
[15:54] incidence or rate of ACL tears was
rising in 5 point in 5 to nine year olds
[15:59] 10 to 14 year olds and 15 to 19 year
olds. It's it's good for me
[16:05] because I like doing surgery as I tell
my patients. It's bad for them because
[16:09] it's the hardest thing they'll do in
their life. Uh, more importantly in my
[16:13] opinion and one of the reasons why I got
to innovate in my career is young women
[16:18] have a six to eight times higher
likelihood of tearing their ACL playing
[16:21] similar sports like basketball uh now
flag football uh soccer and other
[16:26] cutting twisting jumping sports compared
to their male colleagues. And
[16:30] traditionally we have these other graphs
that we can use to try to re remake a
[16:36] new ACL. uh none of them do did great uh
for the adolescent population that nine
[16:43] to 19 year old. Um if you look at
hamstrings which when I first came out
[16:47] and practice was really the only source
of graft which is you know the things in
[16:52] the back of your leg that make a knee
bend um there was a 14 to 22% failure
[16:57] rate which if you look at adult
literature it's about 5% at maximum
[17:02] usually. So that was not adequate for
me. So I by necessity uh started
[17:08] thinking of different graphs, different
things. Did some research for a few
[17:10] years, tried to convince my father that
it was the right thing to do when I came
[17:15] up with this thing called um can well
I'll talk about that in a second. But uh
[17:20] you know we had to do better. I had to
think about how can we do better at
[17:24] least as strong as hamstrings. Protect
your growth points. No loss of strength.
[17:28] be smarter than than uh that's my gown
that my fellow put on the cords there to
[17:35] to keep things sterile and also delay me
from trying to get into the operating
[17:38] room as quickly as I wanted to because
they had to get another gown. So that's
[17:42] a smart fellow who tries to do more kind
of idea. Um limit anterior knee pain uh
[17:48] have a better retail rate than in
adolescence than uh 14 to 17%. So hala
[17:55] we found that's my wife's sign in her
office at home but uh uh we found the
[18:02] quadriceps as a graft. So instead of
taking what's called bone tendon bone
[18:07] which is from your kneecap down to your
tibial tubacle and the patellar tendon
[18:10] we found the quadriceps above which has
been around for 50 to 60 years when I
[18:14] when we found it quote unquote but I
started researching it. It's really a
[18:19] good graft. So I developed a surgical
technique on how to harvest it through a
[18:25] small incision. Uh how to prepare it and
get it uh to be able to place into a
[18:31] child's knee. Uh and then how to avoid
growth plates. So this is an 11-year-old
[18:37] BMX crash. Uh the ACL is the well the
arrows are pointing at the growth
[18:42] plates, but the ACL is that oblique
stripe that's going through the knee
[18:46] that isn't well it's not there anymore,
but it's partly there. Um and so we had
[18:51] to figure out how do we respect the
growth plates and not have to injure
[18:55] their growth plates. So this is a
technique we developed here at
[18:58] Children's uh borrowing from one of my
colleagues Alan Anderson who passed away
[19:03] quite a few years ago. Um he uh uh use
this technique to avoid the growth plate
[19:10] and I've adapted it so that now we can
use it in even really young kids down
[19:15] the age of nine. The other option, if
you're not doing that one, is a thing
[19:18] called the McKilly technique. Came out
of Boston, uh, which works really good.
[19:23] Uh, by the way, your your copyrights on
this one, by the way. Um, but
[19:28] [clears throat] we avoid the growth
plates as long as they have enough bone
[19:32] in the growth center at the below the
growth plate of the femur, uh, we can do
[19:38] this technique. So we use the quad. We
keep it during surgery. We keep it below
[19:43] the growth plate uh going out to the
side there on the femur. The tibia we
[19:48] can cross safely but only with a small
tunnel. Uh and we can then use the graph
[19:53] like this and place the bone from the
kneecap into the femoral side and the
[19:58] tendon across the knee to reconstitute
the ACL. And then we attach it down
[20:03] below with these suspensory little
buttons. So, as I tell my parents, we
[20:09] will be able to um we'll be able to uh
show you where to push, but they'll
[20:14] always be able to push their kids'
buttons, not just figuratively, but
[20:18] literally. Um we can do it safely and
and we do that with an X-ray to hold it
[20:23] in place. Um uh there's an X-ray of our
pin that's now this drill bit and I can
[20:29] check and make sure I'm not going to
injure the growth plate, but I also can
[20:31] put it in what's called the anatomic
position where the ACL is supposed to
[20:35] be. Uh so do that on a tibia as well.
Sorry it's not projecting as well but uh
[20:40] we can do it both safely on both sides.
[clears throat] Uh the quadriceps tendon
[20:44] autographed uh if you do a bone tendon
bone you have about 60% chance of having
[20:50] some kneeling or squatting pain going up
and down stairs long term 10 to 15 20
[20:54] years after. In our kids, we have a 80
to 90% report their knee is near normal,
[21:01] but they have about a well in my hands
about a 1 to 2% chance of having pain
[21:06] going up or downstairs, kneeling,
squatting. Uh the good thing is that
[21:09] button always, you know, usually hurts
for years and so I can always push on
[21:15] that and when they come in clinic and
offer that as a start stop button for my
[21:19] parents. They're not doing their
homework, push the button, they start.
[21:23] they're doing something stupid, push it,
they stop kind of idea. Um, our fa more
[21:27] importantly, our failure rates uh with
with this adolescent group is not 14 to
[21:33] 20%, now it's 1 to 5%. Uh, which uh I
was the first in the country to start
[21:39] doing this technique in kids and volume.
Now 80% of my colleagues around the
[21:44] country and world use this graph on a
routine basis was very prideful for me.
[21:50] Um, what's the future? uh the future. So
the one thing I'll say about ACL
[21:55] reconstruction, as good as we are with
it, it doesn't stop arthritis from
[21:59] coming. So I want to protect kids, get
them back to their livelihood, be able
[22:05] to get them back to the things that they
love to do, but also hopefully prevent
[22:09] them from having arthritis. I want their
knees to be like mine at my age. My
[22:14] knees don't hurt. Can't say anything
about anything else in my body, but my
[22:17] knees don't hurt.
um and I want don't want their knees to
[22:21] hurt when they're my age. So the the
goal is to be able to stabilize the knee
[22:25] and prevent arthritis at the same time.
So there's newer techniques, newer uh
[22:30] things that coming down the pike such as
ACL repair. I did that 10 years ago um
[22:36] here and we found that we had a 50%
failure rate. So just repairing an ACL
[22:41] in an adolescent by itself, not good
enough. So now we have a new biologic
[22:46] thing that's out on the market um
developed at Boston Children's by Martha
[22:50] Murray that we can institute and that's
where the exciting uh research in kids
[22:56] and adult care uh team seems to be
because we can with that technique if we
[23:03] can get an ACL to heal uh we can uh
reduce the risk of arthritis would seem
[23:09] by up to six times reduction. So, uh,
yesterday I did three ACL surgeries. One
[23:16] I was able to repair, two I couldn't,
and I did reconstruction. Uh, I'm not
[23:20] upset about having to reconstruct them.
I just like the idea of being able to
[23:24] repair. So, what that looks like is this
is an ACL. Top left picture, um, is ACL
[23:31] where it's torn right off the femur. Uh,
you can see the red streaking down down
[23:36] the the length of the ACL, but for the
most part, it looks good. So, we can use
[23:40] these sutures, pull the ACL back to the
femoral side. Uh, and then we have this
[23:45] upper right picture. You can I'm pulling
on the ACL showing it's actually once we
[23:50] Z that grows in everybody out. I'm glad
I left the other pictures. I have these
[23:57] » I have this I have a lot of other
pictures I took out because I didn't
[24:01] have time. But yeah, I would have made
somebody pass out maybe, but that's
[24:04] okay. Uh, and then so this that blue and
white suture you see in the top right is
[24:10] what's called a a rebar suture so to
speak. So it helps reinforce it. But
[24:14] over that we put this graft that then uh
we push into the knee with mixing it
[24:19] with the patient's blood which forms a a
clot or forms an environment where the
[24:24] ACL is much better chance of healing.
Normally it won't heal because the fluid
[24:28] in the joint, the joint fluid dilutes
blood, dilutes the healing factors and
[24:33] keeps it from healing. Well, this new
technique, which you can see the whole
[24:37] construct in the lower right, can help
change that environment, help us heal.
[24:43] So, if we can do that and get it to
heal, we have a much better chance of
[24:47] avoiding arthritis in the future, which
is where I think we that we go. So,
[24:51] thank you for your time and attention.
Uh I could talk about this for literally
[24:56] three days, let alone 20 minutes. So uh
any questions I'm happy to ask.
[25:01] » Yeah. Reading speaker.
>> Great. Thanks, Chair Monter. Um Dr.
[25:06] Albbright, you know, you you started and
uh Chancellor Elellman started by
[25:11] talking about the lifealtering work that
you do. Um the two million patients, the
[25:15] thousand surgeries you do a year. Um,
and you we're telling some of those
[25:20] stories about like you not knowing um
when you're treating someone what the
[25:24] potential is and what their bright
future is and how much their identity is
[25:28] tied up in that. So almost exactly six
years ago um and I have permission from
[25:33] the patient to talk about this today. Um
you um treated in the middle of COVID a
[25:40] young 13-year-old who had an OCD lesion
that you just described earlier. It's
[25:46] you know unusual. you need national
teams and doctors like you that are here
[25:50] that understand how to treat it to both
preserve their knee joint um and to make
[25:55] sure that you're maximizing um their
ability to have a bright future and um
[26:01] it was in the middle of COVID and um you
had you had told them at the time that
[26:07] it was one of the largest lesions you
had seen um and you um didn't want to
[26:14] have to tell this young woman that she
would have to retire medically from her
[26:19] sport because you knew how much their
identity was tied up in it. But you
[26:24] wanted to be able to help not only
repair her knee and make sure she had a
[26:29] bright future, but that um she still had
that drive in her. Um, and six months
[26:35] later when you saw her, you you said,
"I'm not gonna, you know, you know, she
[26:39] came into your office and said, um, you
you were not willing to clear her and
[26:43] you told her it'd be another two years
until she could tumble." Um, and she
[26:48] asked, "Can I go do something else?" And
you said, "Absolutely." And she said she
[26:52] wanted to go dive.
Um, and you said, "I'm 100% okay with
[26:58] that. Um, just watch out for your
shoulders." Yeah. [laughter]
[27:03] » Um that that young woman is now a full
scholarship division one diver and it's
[27:08] thanks to you and she wanted me to make
sure um to thank you and I as her mom I
[27:14] want to thank you because I think um you
can share these incredible things and
[27:18] those stories especially about these
unusual cases. You truly um the work
[27:24] that you do like truly changes lives and
alters them. And um you know I told her
[27:31] this morning that you were going to be
here. I said, "What do you want me to me
[27:33] say?" And she said, "Thank you." And you
were right about the shoulders. Um so um
[27:37] Dr. McCarti's got that covered. So um
but I I think you know there's these big
[27:43] numbers and and just really thank you
for your work that you're doing because
[27:48] it makes a difference in those two
million patients and in these individual
[27:51] ones. So I just wanted to thank you
personally.
[27:56] » [applause]
>> Thanks for sharing that reg
[28:01] I'll pay her later. By the way,
[laughter]
[28:04] » she keeps those pictures under her bed.
>> Sounds like you already have. Doctor,
[28:08] [laughter]
um, thank you, Mr. Chairman. You talked
[28:12] a little bit about uh growth plates
being one of the challenges of treating
[28:16] young people versus adults. Um will will
you share with us some of the other
[28:22] issues that um pediatric sports medicine
has with sports medicine that helps
[28:28] treat adult patients?
>> Uh you mean differences between peds and
[28:32] sports or peds and adult? Well, I think
the biggest difference besides growth
[28:37] plates is the window of activity if you
think about it. So if you look at high
[28:43] school athletes, 1% of them make it
college for a sport depending on the
[28:47] sport. Uh and then 1% of those are lucky
enough to play a professional sport. So
[28:54] if you look at our adolescents though,
they're all playing sports. They're all
[29:00] trying to get to that next level or just
have fun with their friends. And so
[29:04] their window is pretty short, but their
exposure is huge. And so the that's the
[29:09] challenge of pediatric uh sports in
general is the idea that we're going to
[29:16] train a 100 hours a week that we're
going to
[29:20] you know I I think the business of youth
sports is is great in some sense but is
[29:26] also really detrimental in others. you
know, uh the idea that we're going to
[29:31] when I played sports, uh I was okay at
them, uh was enough to get offers from
[29:38] different schools and stuff like that
and go into college, but I went to
[29:42] Michigan instead. Sorry. Uh especially
about the 1991 game, but that's
[29:47] [laughter] I tried to forget that one.
Didn't work.
[29:49] » Well, we we'll just take one more
second.
[29:51] » Yeah. Uh about [laughter] that. Uh yeah.
No, no. Uh at least Michigan didn't do
[29:57] that one. it was Big 10, cheated,
whatever. But, uh, the the exposure is
[30:03] so huge because instead of, you know,
having a couple practices a week and
[30:07] having one game on the weekend, now it's
three or four practices a week and it's
[30:11] a tournament on the weekend where you're
playing six games. And so that's huge
[30:16] amount of exposure which is the probably
the biggest challenge that we have in
[30:21] youth sports is both the early
specialization higher competitiveness
[30:26] which leads to more exposure which leads
to more injury and you know uh so that's
[30:31] the mitigating that or or managing that
kind of load not to use a professional
[30:36] basketball term load management but that
is kind of true in our youth sports that
[30:41] that's a big difference that we don't
have in our adult sports. Yeah, they
[30:45] train hard. They, you know, CU trains
really hard, but they have a prescribed
[30:50] number of games and they don't do
tournaments other than those the
[30:54] hopefully at the end of the season
tournaments like the NCAA tournament,
[30:58] uh, which I hope we all our teams get to
this year.
[31:02] » Thank you, doctor. Thank you, Mr.
Chairman.
[31:04] » You bet. You know, it's interesting you
say that. Um, when I was a kid, if you
[31:08] were a good enough athlete, you could
play three, maybe four sports if you get
[31:11] that summer baseball in. And my kid was
a pretty good soccer player, pretty good
[31:16] basketball and baseball player. And his
coaches forced him into picking one of
[31:21] those sports and he ended up in soccer.
And when he was a junior, um, having
[31:26] trouble with his back, we took him in.
He had a fractured facet. And they said
[31:30] it was because the overuse of that sport
and kicking with that leg that created
[31:35] that. and they said if he probably was
allowed to play more sports it would
[31:39] have given that facet time to heal in
his growth period. So it sounds like
[31:44] that's a lot of what we're seeing now.
>> Absolutely. uh if you look at gymnastics
[31:48] or uh linemen and football similar risk
of getting a what's called a spondyolyis
[31:55] or spondolistsis there'll be a test
later uh uh that where you're not only
[32:00] can fracture that and have pain but your
building blocks your vertebral bodies
[32:05] can start slipping on one another
>> uh and that can create neurologic in
[32:09] issues which uh are you know can be
really devastating at times and so it's
[32:15] it's definitely something that we need
to watch for all the time.
[32:19] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[32:23] » President,
>> thank you. So, thank you very much for
[32:26] the presentation and for your work. So,
just a
[32:30] a couple questions just on kind of the
structure. So, is the orthopedics
[32:34] institute part of the center for sports
medicine?
[32:37] » So, the sports medicine center at
Children's is part of the orthopedics
[32:41] institute. Got it. So Clay White is our
chair uh as our chief of pediatrics and
[32:46] we sit under uh E Berger who's the
department chair.
[32:50] » Okay. Um but yeah uh so we're part of uh
that bigger entity of this CU
[32:56] orthopedics which is 100 surgeons strong
relatively speaking and okay
[33:01] » we have a huge
>> volume not we're just a part of that
[33:06] » and all and all of the physicians in in
the orthopedics institute are faculty
[33:12] » correct?
>> Yeah. Yeah, we're uh 16 16 or 17. We
[33:17] keep adding people. Uh 17 pediatric
orthopedic surgeons. There's two of us
[33:22] to do sports predominantly, but we have
people from uh do spine, do hip
[33:29] specific, do hand specific work and so
wide variety.
[33:33] » Okay.
So, so one, so I've always been
[33:38] uh so the the number of entities
operating inside the Steman
[33:45] » clinic or what right on I25 is just
always
[33:50] » I struggle to remember who's on what
floor.
[33:53] » But um are you in that
>> at times? I uh 90 plus 99% of what I do
[33:59] is based out of children's but I also uh
do operate at that Steman Denver clinic.
[34:05] Okay. So yeah, so it's a wonderful space
uh and great work is done there with uh
[34:12] I could go through the list of our
faculty, but all of the Steman Denver
[34:17] faculty are part of our orthopedics
department along with our CU sports
[34:22] faculty. Uh Jason Drago and Stephanie
Meyer and Michelle Walcott. I can go
[34:28] through the list, but yeah, they're all
part of it. So and and unfortunately I
[34:32] want in addition to remembrance for 911
and 25th year of that I also want to
[34:39] remember Jason Snowmak who was one of
our colleagues that was taken from us
[34:42] recently tragically and very abruptly
and way too soon.
[34:47] » So what what sport produces the most
customers for you?
[34:52] » All of them. Um people say what's a safe
sport said none. It's not even safe to
[34:57] sit on your couch technically because I
have kids that fall off couches too. Um,
[35:02] volumewise it's football. Uh, just
because it's, you know, whatever number.
[35:07] So, if you look at CU, it's 99 people on
the roster and there's no other sport
[35:12] like it as far as volume. Uh, but
exposure hours, uh, women's soccer,
[35:18] women's basketball do produce, uh, quite
a bit of that volume.
[35:25] So, in fact, 55% of the ACL surgeries I
do are on women and 45% on men. Just to
[35:33] give you an idea of the volume.
>> And by women and men, do you mean boys
[35:37] and girls when you say that?
>> Yeah, boys. Yeah. In general, women,
[35:41] men, boys, girls.
>> Yeah. But [laughter]
[35:44] » young women, young women, young men.
Yeah.
[35:46] » Is is a 21 and under? Is that how you
define
[35:49] » uh 9 to 19 the how the WHO um
categorizes adolescence? Uh so early
[35:56] adolescence is that nine to puberty type
of thing and then early puberty until
[36:01] young adulthood which is 19 by their
definition. So um vast majority of what
[36:06] I do is under 19. However, I always tell
my families you don't graduate from
[36:10] seeing me. If you're willing to come to
Children's Hospital where my clinics
[36:14] are, I'm willing to see you. In fact, I
just had one of my patients uh mothers
[36:19] who um uh tore her ACL playing soccer
with her child uh is coming to see me so
[36:26] that I can take care of her ACL.
>> Do you hear that, Michelle? The mom tore
[36:31] her ASL playing soccer with her kid.
>> So, be careful.
[36:35] » We got it. Yeah. Yeah. I I'm
>> remind myself every time I try to go
[36:40] skiing with my children and they can
beat me now.
[36:46] Well, Dr. Albbright, we really
appreciate you taking time out of your
[36:49] schedule to inform us on what's going on
and thank you for helping young people
[36:53] across Colorado keep their dreams. I
know there's a young lady in Connecticut
[36:57] that's pretty happy right now because of
you. So, thank you for being here.
[37:01] Appreciate it.
>> Thank you. Appreciate it.
[37:08] [applause]
>> Okay. The next item on the agenda is a
[37:11] memorial resolution honoring Regent
Ammeritus Robert Bob Caldwell. Members
[37:17] of Regent Meredis Caldwell's family are
joining us online today and we are
[37:22] grateful to have them with us as we
recognize his service to the University
[37:25] of Colorado. Regent Renison, would you
read the resolution for us?
[37:30] » Honored to.
Whereas Robert Earl Caldwell known as
[37:35] Bob Buffalo Bob and Buff departed this
life on August 4th, 2026 in Boulder,
[37:41] Colorado at the age of 88. And whereas
Bob was born in Maywood, California and
[37:47] as a young man, Bob worked at his family
swim club, serving as a lifeguard,
[37:53] instructor, and eventually a swim coach.
And it was there that he met Linda
[37:57] Harvey. hand. Whereas Bob and Linda were
married on December 28th, 1962,
[38:04] and their 64-year partnership became the
foundation of a life characterized by
[38:09] devotion to family, enduring friendship,
shared adventures, and unwavering love.
[38:15] And whereas after graduating from Orange
High School, Bob traveled to Boulder,
[38:20] Colorado to attend the University of
Colorado, where he earned a degree in
[38:24] economics and became an active member of
Sigma Kai fraternity. And whereas Bob
[38:30] developed a love for the University of
Colorado and its community, a devotion
[38:34] that remained an important part of his
identity throughout his life and
[38:37] affectionately earned him the nickname
Buffalo Bob. And whereas following his
[38:42] graduation from the University of
Colorado, Bob served his country as a
[38:47] United States Naval Officer and flight
navigator at Moffett Field during the
[38:52] Vietnam War, exemplifying his lifelong
commitment to duty and service. And
[38:56] whereas Bob began a career in commercial
real estate in 1966 and went on to serve
[39:02] in leadership roles with Caldwell Banker
Commercial uh Shuck Commercial Brokerage
[39:08] and Grub and Ellis contributing to the
growth and development of commercial
[39:12] real estate markets throughout Colorado,
Washington, Oregon, and Northern
[39:16] California. hand. Whereas Bob and Linda
began donating football scholarships in
[39:21] 1978
and continued their generous support of
[39:25] the University of Colorado athletics,
academic initiatives, medical research,
[39:30] and numerous university programs,
ultimately establishing the Caldwell
[39:34] Family Scholarship. And whereas Bob
faithfully championed the University of
[39:39] Colorado throughout his lifetime,
serving on the board of regents from
[39:42] 1986 through 1992 and giving generously
of his time and supported the
[39:48] institution he loved. And whereas family
remained at the center of Bob's life and
[39:53] he treasured the life he built with
Linda and the love he shared with their
[39:57] children Christy, Robert, and Jeffrey.
And whereas Bob took great joy in being
[40:02] a grandfather to Kathleen, Anne, Lucian,
and Robert, and his devotion to his
[40:08] family was among the defining blessings
of his life. And now therefore, be it
[40:13] resolved that we respectfully recognize
and celebrate the life and legacy of
[40:18] Robert Earl Caldwell, remembering with
gratitude his devotion to family, his
[40:23] service to country and community, his
commitment to the University of
[40:26] Colorado, his generosity toward others,
and the friendship, encouragement, and
[40:32] joy he so freely shared. Hereby adopted
by the University of Colorado Board of
[40:36] Regents on September 11th, 2026. Thank
you, Regent Renison. Do I have a motion
[40:42] to approve the resolution?
>> So moved.
[40:44] » Can I have a second? It's moved by
Regent Renison and seconded by Regent
[40:49] McNelte to approve the resolution for
Regent Emeritus Caldwell.
[40:54] Is there any discussion? Any comments?
>> Mr. Chairman, I request a roll call
[41:00] vote.
>> Okay.
[41:02] Uh the question before us says approval
of the memorial resolution. Um,
[41:08] do I call that?
And our chief legal counsel will make
[41:12] that call.
[41:16] » Regent Chavez,
>> absent.
[41:20] » Regent Hood,
>> yes.
[41:23] » Regent James,
>> Regent McNelte,
[41:27] » Regent Renison,
>> yes.
[41:29] » Regent Scott,
>> yes.
[41:31] » Regent Spiegel,
>> yes. Regent Vandreel,
[41:35] » yes.
>> Chair Montter,
[41:37] » yes.
>> Okay.
[41:41] Um, the motion passes. To Regent
Caldwell's family, we want to thank you
[41:45] for joining us today. On behalf of the
Board of Regents and the University of
[41:48] Colorado, we extend our deepest
sympathies and our gratitude for Regent
[41:53] Caldwell's service to the university.
He's an inspiration to many of us that
[41:57] are on this board today. So, thank you
for taking your time and being with us
[42:00] today.
[42:03] » [clears throat]
>> The next item on the agenda is a
[42:06] resolution commemorating the 25th
anniversary of December September 11,
[42:12] 2001 terrorist attacks. Regent McNelte
will read the resolution. And before he
[42:17] does that, I just want to thank Regent
McNelte for spearheading this resolution
[42:21] and getting in front of it for the
entire board. Frank.
[42:25] » Thank you, Mr. Chairman. in solemn
remembrance of the 25th anniversary of
[42:28] September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks
by regions McNelte, Monta, Renison,
[42:34] Chavez, Hood, James, Scott, Spiegel, and
Vandreel. Whereas on the morning of
[42:39] September 11th, 2001, 19 Islamic
terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda
[42:44] carried out coordinated attacks against
the United States, hijacking four
[42:48] commercial airliners and crashing them
into the North and South Towers of the
[42:52] World Trade Center in New York City, the
Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and
[42:57] Flight 93 in a field near Shanksville,
Pennsylvania. And whereas these attacks
[43:03] claimed the lives of 2,977
innocent people from more than 90
[43:08] nations, including office workers, first
responders, military personnel, airline
[43:14] passengers and crew, and ordinary
citizens going about their daily lives
[43:18] and injured thousands more. And whereas
the selfless courage of New York City
[43:24] firefighters, police officers, Port
Authority personnel, emergency medical
[43:28] technicians, and countless civilian
volunteers who rushed toward danger to
[43:33] save others, stands as an enduring
example of American valor and sacrifice.
[43:39] Whereas the passengers and crew of
Flight 93, knowing the fate that awaited
[43:43] them, chose to fight back and thereby
prevented further devastation,
[43:48] demonstrating extraordinary bravery in
the face of certain death. And whereas
[43:53] the attacks of September 11th, 2001
united the American people in grief,
[43:58] resolve, and determination, inspiring a
generation of service members who
[44:03] answered the call to defend the nation
in the years that followed. And whereas
[44:08] 25 years later, the families of the
fallen continue to bear the weight of
[44:13] profound loss, and the scars of that day
remain visible in the skyline of New
[44:17] York, the rebuilt Pentagon, and the
quiet field in Pennsylvania. Whereas
[44:23] among those lost were 10 members of the
University of Colorado Boulder
[44:26] community, alumni and former students,
Nina Patrice Bell, Chris Siridini, Scott
[44:32] Thomas Coleman, Brian Thomas [ __ ]
Leslie Winningington Falenberg,
[44:38] Christopher Funen, Alyssa Horseman
Jones, Chandler Chad Keller, Joshua
[44:45] Rosie Rosenlum, and Adam Shelby White,
whose lives of professional achievement,
[44:51] acade academic distinction and personal
promise were cut short in the World
[44:56] Trade Center and at the Pentagon. And
whereas the University of Colorado has
[45:01] sustained their memory through lasting
tributes including the Chandler R.
[45:04] Keller Scholarship in aerospace
engineering sciences, the Leslie
[45:08] Whittington Memorial Fellowships in
Economics, the service of faculty who
[45:13] assisted with victim identification in
New York, academic research into the
[45:17] human and organizational dimensions of
the disaster, and ongoing remembrances
[45:22] by alumni and the broader CU community.
And whereas the passage of a quarter
[45:28] century has not diminished the duty of
Americans to remember the victims, honor
[45:32] the heroes, support the survivors and
first responders still suffering from
[45:37] related illnesses, and reaffirm the
values of freedom, resilience, and
[45:41] national unity that the attacks sought
to destroy. Now, therefore, be it
[45:46] resolved that we pause to remember and
honor the nearly 3,000 men, women, and
[45:51] children murdered on September 11th,
2001. and all those who have since died
[45:57] from injuries and illnesses related to
the attacks. Be it further resolved that
[46:01] we express our deepest gratitude to the
first responders, military service
[46:05] members, and ordinary citizens whose
courage and sacrifice define that day
[46:10] and the years that followed. Be it
further resolved that on this 25th
[46:15] anniversary, we renew our commitment to
support the families of the fallen, the
[46:19] survivors, and the responders still
living with the physical and emotional
[46:23] consequences of that day. Be it further
resolved that we affirm the enduring
[46:28] strength of the American people and our
resolve that the memory of September
[46:32] 11th, 2001 shall never fade and that the
United States of America continues to be
[46:37] a shining city on a hill serving as a
beacon of hope and optimism. Be it
[46:43] finally resolved that a physical
physical copy of this resolution be
[46:48] prepared and made available as a lasting
record of this solemn remembrance.
[46:54] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
>> Thank you, Regent McNelte. Is there a
[46:57] motion to approve the resolution?
>> Second.
[47:00] » It's been um moved by Regent Spiegel and
seconded by Regent Kellison to approve
[47:07] Renison. Sorry, Kelly. To approve the
resolution commemorating the 25th
[47:12] anniversary of the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks. Is there any
[47:16] discussion or comments that anyone would
like to make?
[47:20] » Reading Spiegel.
>> Great. Thank you, Chair Monttera, and
[47:24] thank you, Regent McNelte, for for
bringing this to all of us for
[47:27] consideration. Um, as many of you know,
you know, I'm from New York. I taught in
[47:32] New York City and as um as we talk about
the the first responders and the the
[47:38] general civilians, you know, I I today
always think about um my friends and
[47:44] colleagues who were were teaching,
especially the ones who were in the
[47:48] building that overlooked the World Trade
Center and had to evacuate um middle
[47:53] school and elementary school students um
during that day or or the families um
[47:58] that I had taught. I was already living
here at the time who um lost people that
[48:03] day. Um so, but one of the things that
I've held on to is one of my mentors
[48:08] when I taught in New York City, Shelley
Harwain, um worked with um schools and
[48:13] students across New York City and put
together a book of poetry um and
[48:17] responses, messages to ground zero. So,
I pulled it off my shelf this morning
[48:21] and just thought when we talk about the
hope and the optimism um that we also
[48:26] can take from that day. Um I I just
thought I'd share briefly um a poem from
[48:31] a seventh grader um who was one of the
students who saw the devastation and had
[48:35] to evacuate that day. Um because I think
that that's what we need right now is
[48:40] hope and optimism and peace.
The birds singing light and freedom. The
[48:46] flag waving proud. The wind blows my
hair while our flag is still there. My
[48:54] hopes are up. We are one nation always
strong. Nothing can break us. As we are
[49:02] always shiny, always. So, thank you for
for the opportunity to share that and
[49:07] thank you again um for remembering this.
>> Thank you, Regent Spagle. I was
[49:12] touching. Anyone else?
>> Reading James.
[49:17] » Good morning. Uh I don't know that many
of you know or don't know but my last
[49:22] duty station as a military officer as a
naval officer was the World Trade
[49:25] Center. Uh I was not there on obviously
911. I had left number of years before
[49:30] that. But the memories of 911 um the
World Trade Center uh ring important to
[49:37] me. Many times we were at the office
very early um because of things that we
[49:42] had to do with the military and we met
and greeted a lot of the prep workers
[49:48] and the line workers who worked at
Windows on the world on the top floor of
[49:52] the World Trade Center. Most of those
people were Latinos, Puerto Rican uh
[49:59] folks that had come to America looking
for a better life. And sadly, it was so
[50:05] many of them that we had lost on that
day. This morning at 5:30, I stood
[50:11] inside Fulsome Field with our ROC
students um at the University of
[50:16] Colorado Boulder. I was there with the
members of the Naval ROC battalion where
[50:20] I became the first black woman
commissioned through the naval um ROC
[50:24] battalion there. the RO students from
across the military branches uh included
[50:30] and joined by uh Congressman Jo Joe
Nagus and Major Lang uh the Air Force
[50:36] officer who has been responsible for
bringing the presence of uh uh Air Force
[50:42] ROC to UCCCs.
Together we honored Americans who lost
[50:48] their lives 25 years ago. Our ROC
students then climbed the steps of the
[50:53] stadium to represent the flights of
steps that the firefighters, police
[50:57] officers, and first responders climbed
inside the World Trade Center as they
[51:02] ran toward danger to make sure that
people were moved to safety. It was
[51:07] truly a beautiful tribute. As I stood
there, as I just told the chancellor, it
[51:12] was the first time that I'd been back at
the fieldhouse at 5 o dark 30 in the
[51:17] morning. Um, it was the first time I've
been there since I was a student and it
[51:22] hit me profoundly and it reminded me
that public service is not about
[51:27] comfort. It's about courage
and it's about protecting something much
[51:32] larger than yourself.
And that is exactly why what is
[51:38] happening on this board is so serious.
This is about whether disscent will be
[51:44] allowed to exist on this board and at
this university.
[51:48] There will be another regent who walks
into this room with a different
[51:51] experience,
a different perspective, and the courage
[51:55] to tell the majority that they're wrong.
I am fighting to protect that next
[52:01] regent, that student, and that faculty
member. Because when seven white regents
[52:07] can decide, simply decide that someone's
voice has become too inconvenient
[52:12] and they use the power of this
institution to punish them, we have
[52:16] crossed an extremely dangerous line.
That is not democracy.
[52:22] It's a dictatorship and that is not
America. [snorts]
[52:27] The power of the majority does not
include the right to erase the minority.
[52:32] Yet that is the precedent that this
board is creating.
[52:36] The governor of Colorado has said that
this board was wrong for what they did.
[52:40] Attorney General Philiser has said that
this board was wrong to censure and
[52:44] sanction a regent for doing her job.
Wellington Webb, the first black mayor
[52:49] of Denver, came to this board to speak
about silencing black voices. And this
[52:54] board cut his microphone. Think about
that. That should be troubling for every
[52:59] person sitting at this table.
And then this board has the audacity to
[53:03] accuse me of failing to honor our
fiduciary responsibilities to the
[53:08] University of Colorado.
This board has spent more than $1
[53:12] million on lawyers, investigations, and
precedents in the pursuit of one elected
[53:18] official. $1 million.
Does anybody sitting on this board
[53:24] believe that the responsibility of
stewardship is using these university
[53:28] resources in the correct way?
Does anybody on this board believe that
[53:33] our students are better served because
of it? Does anybody believe on this
[53:38] board that our faculty is better served
because of it? Does anybody believe on
[53:44] this board that the reputation of this
university has been strengthened because
[53:49] of it? or have seven white regions
decided that $1 million
[53:55] is okay because they cannot tolerate
being challenged. [snorts]
[54:00] And you cannot claim to defend this
university while creating a precedent
[54:04] that tells every future regent to speak
carefully, disagree carefully because if
[54:10] the majority does not like what you say,
they can come after you.
[54:16] This is what I refuse to allow for the
next black regent, the next Latino
[54:22] regent, our next LGBTQIA regent, or the
next student that challenges this
[54:29] university, the next faculty member that
challenges this university and refuses
[54:34] to stay quiet. Their voices must be
protected
[54:40] because this moment dis this moment when
disagreement becomes punishable,
[54:45] representation becomes meaningless. And
I will not help create a University of
[54:50] Colorado where people must choose
between speaking the truth as they see
[54:55] it or keeping the approval of the
majority. I will fight for the right to
[55:02] challenge power and no white majority on
this board should ever have the power to
[55:10] make anybody believe otherwise.
This is what America stands for. This is
[55:17] why I chose to become a University of
Colorado Naval ROC midshipman. Why I
[55:23] chose to serve this nation and why I
chose to be a regent. I will fight to
[55:29] make sure that America and this
university and our students and faculty
[55:34] are protected.
>> Mr. Chairman,
[55:38] » Regent McNeli,
>> thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, colleagues,
[55:41] when I sent this resolution around, um,
not one of you hesitated to sign on to
[55:46] it and for that I am grateful. Um, in
some places a resolution like this would
[55:52] be controversial.
Not here. regardless of political
[55:57] affiliation, background, upbringing,
you all signed on and did so without
[56:04] hesitation. And for that, I am grateful.
Mr. Chairman, I am going to ask for a
[56:08] roll call vote. And upon completion of
that vote, a moment of silence to
[56:12] remember those who we lost on September
11th, 2001. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[56:19] » So, granted, uh,
Carrie, did you want to do the roll call
[56:23] vote?
>> Sure, Mr. Chair. Regent Chavez,
[56:27] » excused,
>> is excused.
[56:29] » Regent Hood,
>> yes.
[56:32] » Regent James,
>> yes.
[56:34] » Regent McNelte,
>> yes.
[56:36] » Regent Renison,
>> yes.
[56:38] » Regent Scott,
>> yes.
[56:40] » Regent Spiegel,
>> yes.
[56:42] » Regent Vandreel,
>> yes.
[56:46] » Mr. Chair,
>> yes.
[56:48] » The question before us is approval of
the resolution. We have made a roll call
[56:53] vote. The motion passes. Thank you,
Frank, for putting that together for us
[56:57] in this unbelievable day that we will
never forget. Someone told me the other
[57:02] day that 25% of people in America today
were not here when the attacks occurred.
[57:07] I think it's incumbent upon us as
educators and as patriots of this
[57:12] country to make sure that that
generation, the generations to come,
[57:16] understand what happened that day in the
impact it had on this country and how so
[57:21] much it brought this country together
with one view that keeping our country
[57:25] free and safe and alive is the most
important thing you have to do as a
[57:29] responsibility as an American. So, thank
you for bringing that forward and thank
[57:33] all the regents for remembering it in
whatever way you remember it.
[57:40] » Yes. I'd like to take uh a full minute
as a moment of silence and just think
[57:44] about those that can't be with us.
>> Thank you, Mr.
[58:50] Thank you for that. And finally, we'll
move to regent general discussion.
[58:54] Regents, the floor is open.
[59:01] » Mr.
>> Mr. Mr. Chairman.
[59:02] » Um
Mark, please go ahead.
[59:08] » Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh I will say I
had a poem prepared for today as is my
[59:15] tradition. However, uh Regent Spiegel
has exhausted our poetry quota for the
[59:21] day and with better and more fitting
verse. I did ask um that Amber and
[59:27] Amanda uh arrange to display this poem
and I wanted to talk about my motivation
[59:32] for it. However,
>> uh within this last month, I had two
[59:38] different occasions where I was engaging
in conversation with friends who have
[59:43] children about and and then we were
talking about college and college
[59:48] affordability
and I brought up the CU promise
[59:53] and both of them in in both cases where
I brought up the CU promise, they didn't
[59:58] know what it was and I explained it to
them and things got very intense and
[1:00:04] very emotional. Um, I mean, frankly,
these families were crying. They're
[1:00:08] families of modest means. And the way
that we have
[1:00:14] the the way that we keep our compact
with the citizens of the state blew
[1:00:18] their minds and the promises that we
have have been making recently and the
[1:00:25] way that we serve them was unknown,
unappreciated and profoundly
[1:00:31] appreciated.
And I just want to share with us this
[1:00:36] with us to remind us just how important
it is that we remember that we're
[1:00:41] serving the people of the state and just
how meaningful
[1:00:45] our
uh our dedication to them and is and how
[1:00:50] when we do this the impact it has on
them is and on the future of Colorado is
[1:00:56] truly natural. I wanted to mention that
to everyone because I know it can be
[1:01:01] easy to forget the incredible power of
what we do and I was reminded really
[1:01:10] powerfully of this so I wanted to share
that. Thank you Mr. Chairman.
[1:01:13] » Thank you Regent Vandreel. We appreciate
the reminder and your thoughts.
[1:01:19] » Excuse me.
>> Yeah. I regent Spiegel just requested
[1:01:23] that we all get a copy of that promise.
I think it
[1:01:26] » great. It'd be great to have I think
Regent McNelte.
[1:01:31] » Okay.
>> Great.
[1:01:37] » Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, so we
go through these meetings and a lot of
[1:01:41] information is thrown at us and we have
public testimony and u members of this
[1:01:47] unit community or members of the public
testify. Um, but and I I'm not I'm not
[1:01:52] blaming you, Mr. President, for
forgetting the chancellor reports. Um
[1:01:56] but through those chancellor reports we
hear a lot of really interesting stuff
[1:02:03] that the University of Colorado is
doing. um whether it's uh Independence
[1:02:08] Plaza which is going to be the new home
of of CU Denver and I think bodess as um
[1:02:15] part of the foundation for hopefully
rebuilding Denver and that vibrant
[1:02:20] experience that I when I was young I was
down there working and had the
[1:02:24] opportunity to enjoy or um Boulder
looking at new opportunities to pair
[1:02:29] with research partners. um appreciate
the innovation and the optimism uh in
[1:02:34] going out and finding taking care of
existing partners and finding new
[1:02:38] partners. Uh UCCCS providing a real a
very real quality onampus experience for
[1:02:44] the students. Um and uh their success in
athletics I think is an important part
[1:02:51] of that. Um you all know how much I
value the student athlete and what
[1:02:55] athletics does for young people and our
presentation here today on on even
[1:03:00] anshoot's part of making that happen. Um
and our host campus uh the the three
[1:03:05] points that that Don shared advanced
biologics creating a platform for
[1:03:10] individual care and then uh AI um using
AI to to deal with the data lake that we
[1:03:18] have out there now. Um Mr. Mr.
President, I I I hear this and I think
[1:03:23] what other universities could possibly
be doing all of this stuff at one time
[1:03:28] and yet here we are at the front end
front edge on each of our campuses with
[1:03:35] remarkable
positive measures to highlight. Um it's
[1:03:40] a credit to you. It's a credit to the
men and women uh that report to you. Um
[1:03:46] and uh I I would like to think that some
of that credit goes to the border
[1:03:49] regions as well. Um but um it it really
is extraordinary uh the work that's
[1:03:53] being done here at the University of
Colorado and um I wanted to take a
[1:03:57] moment I did take a moment to recognize
that because that can't be lost on what
[1:04:02] we hear and do and experience at our
meetings. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[1:04:05] » Thank you, Regenti. And I couldn't
concur any harder. President Solomon,
[1:04:11] any other comments?
I just want to make a last comment and
[1:04:16] um thank uh Chancellor Elellman in the
Anshutes campus for hosting us. I know
[1:04:22] we oftentimes forget what it takes to
put on a meeting and our team works with
[1:04:26] your team very closely, but we
appreciate you opening up your campus to
[1:04:30] us and allowing us to see a glimpse of
what you do every day. It's pretty
[1:04:34] spectacular. And as Frank said, every
one of our campuses has something that
[1:04:38] they're extremely proud of. and the more
we hear about that, the more we can brag
[1:04:42] about it to our constituents. So, thank
you for that. We appreciate it. Um, this
[1:04:47] concludes the public portion of our
meeting. We will take a brief break and
[1:04:51] meet at 9:50 in executive session.