Program gives Parkinson’s patients newfound life with movement, music
The collaborative program allows CSU faculty and students to provide multiple levels of physical and emotional stimulation for local residents living with Parkinson’s disease.
College of Liberal Arts Latest News
Think Tank tackles tough issues around free speech on campus
Presidents' Panel keynoted day focused on topics affecting campuses across the nation.
Celebrate! Colorado State award winners for 2018
Each year, CSU celebrates the teaching, research and service achievements of CSU students, alumni and friends, academic faculty, administrative professionals and classified staff.
Wind Symphony presents "State of Imagination"
The Colorado State University Wind Symphony 2017-2018 season highlights the University’s commitment to excellence through the "State of" series. And on April 16, the group is performing the final installment of the series, "State of Imagination."
Wear green, get some love on I Love CSU Day
Feel the love Wednesday, April 18, on I Love CSU Day.
College of Liberal Arts elevates ACT Human Rights Film Festival
Now in its third year of production by the Department of Communication Studies, the ACT Human Rights Film Festival is partnering with the College of Liberal Arts Dean's Office and three academic programs, and engaging more than 50 CLA faculty and students in festival film curation, programming, and publicity.
College of Liberal Arts Community
VIDEO: Scholarship, artistry on display at CURC 2018
CURC celebrates the achievements of undergraduate students from a wide variety of disciplines.
Program gives Parkinson’s patients newfound life with movement, music
The collaborative program allows CSU faculty and students to provide multiple levels of physical and emotional stimulation for local residents living with Parkinson’s disease.
School of Global Environmental Sustainability announces 2018-2019 Global Challenges Research Teams, Resident Fellows
SoGES announced the selection of four Global Challenges Research Teams and six Resident Faculty Fellows.
Women leaders in the College of Liberal Arts observe national Equal Pay Day
April 10 is Equal Pay Day and women leaders in the College of Liberal Arts are participating.
Chinese student pursues graphic design at CSU
International student Feixue Mei is studying graphic design 4,000 miles away from her home in Wuhan City in the Hubel province of China.
College of Liberal Arts elevates ACT Human Rights Film Festival
Now in its third year of production by the Department of Communication Studies, the ACT Human Rights Film Festival is partnering with the College of Liberal Arts Dean's Office and three academic programs, and engaging more than 50 CLA faculty and students in festival film curation, programming, and publicity.
Faculty Friday
Faculty Friday: Kathleen Galvin
Kathleen Galvin, a professor in the Department of Anthropology and director of the Africa Center in the School for Global Environmental Sustainability, works with vulnerable communities at risk from climate and other global changes.
Faculty Friday: Beth Tropman
Beth Tropman, a professor specializing in "meta-ethics" within the Department of Philosophy, loves to challenge her students with tough questions around moral truths.
Faculty Friday: LEAP Instructor Edition
Meet a group of instructors from the LEAP Institute for the Arts: Antonio Cuyler, Sandra Ceas, and Emelie Borello.
Faculty Friday: Peter Harris
Peter Harris may originally be from 'across the pond,' but he's now an expert in international relations and U.S. foreign policy and an assistant professor in our Department of Political Science.
Research & Creative Scholarship
Under the surface: How CSU economists tracked a disease in Flint’s water crisis
At first glance, it seems like an unlikely pairing: How could economists conceivably help decipher what caused the public health crisis in Flint, Michigan, in 2014-15?
NEA grant to CSU gives boost to literary press’s publications
A Colorado State University center that gives students real-world experience in the publishing industry has received an infusion of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
REDI offers webinar on rural economic development
On Jan. 8, 2018, the Colorado Trust hosted a webinar on rural economic development featuring Stephan Weiler, Dept of Economics, Dawn Thilmany and Becca Jablonski, Dept of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
CSU professor joins Swedish project to study global overpopulation
A Colorado State University professor has joined forces with a faculty member in Sweden on an interdisciplinary project to study a “growing” problem: global overpopulation.
English professor awarded prestigious NEA creative writing fellowship
English Professor Camille Dungy has been awarded a prestigious $25,000 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Economics Ph.D. candidate’s research helps schools in Nepal, sparks NGO collaboration
Economics Ph.D. Candidate Niroj Bhattarai raises money for gender-specific restrooms in Nepal, documents increases in school attendance, and sets paths for continued research.
Events
English department hosting two speakers for Earth Week
During the celebration of Earth Week, the Department of English is hosting two special speakers: award-winning poet and professor Ross Gay and professor and author Thomas S. Davis.
Oregon State’s Guerrini to speak as part of Furniss Lectures April 26-27
Anita Guerrini, professor of humanities and history at Oregon State University, will be speaking at Colorado State University this month as part of the 53rd annual Furniss Lectures.
Wind Symphony presents “State of Imagination”
The Colorado State University Wind Symphony 2017-2018 season highlights the University’s commitment to excellence through the "State of" series. And on April 16, the group is performing the final installment of the series, "State of Imagination."
Open house for Institute for Research in the Social Sciences set for April 23
The Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRISS), which is focused on supporting all colleges and departments across the CSU campus with social science research, is hosting a networking open house on April 23.
University of Manitoba prof to speak on ‘economic cosmopolitanism’
Radhika Desai will be speaking on Thursday, April 12, at 6 p.m. in Clark A 205.
Giving
Bodaken Philosophy Symposium launches March 26 with lecture by bioethicist Emanuel
Ancient Greek symposia were once a gathering of prominent members of society for an evening of music, food and vibrant discussion on literature, politics and philosophy.
Great Conversations members join the ‘Club’
With a 2017-2018 Great Conversations membership, donors receive membership to the 1870 Club for the 2018 calendar year.
St. Paul’s Cathedral and a sense of place
"The stories we tell, about people and about history, are necessarily about place. By attending to the interactions between place and people and to the multiple stories these interactions tell—we discover a more complex understanding of London’s cathedral"
Straayer Center for Public Service Leadership launches at Colorado State University
For hundreds of CSU students, their college experience was highlighted by the rumble of a well-loved van, the buzz of debate in the House and Senate chambers, the camaraderie built in legislative offices, and the consistent support and lessons shared by John Straayer.
The Conversation
Recent stock market sell-off foreshadows a new Great Recession
In early February, concerns about inflation and rising interest rates sent global financial markets into a frenzy, prompting the biggest single-day drop ever in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Understanding the US political divide, one word cloud at a time
Descriptions never seem to do justice to how these divides are experienced, which speaks to the wisdom of the writing rule, “Show, don’t tell.”
Before the US approves new uranium mining, consider its toxic legacy
Uranium – the raw material for nuclear power and nuclear weapons – is having a moment in the spotlight.
3 key quotes from Trump’s first State of the Union, explained
“It is time to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure … I am asking both parties to come together to give us the safe, fast, reliable and modern infrastructure our economy needs and our people deserve.”
College of Liberal Arts Magazine
Telling her story: women and girls’ empowerment around the world
Inspired by her grandmother’s assistance to those suffering the repercussions of civil unrest in Colombia, Juliana Vélez now fights for women’s rights around the world through an organization called HerStory.
Resource economist reflects on international career
David Fischer, the first person to receive a Ph.D. in economics from CSU, taught natural resource economics around the world. Among other accomplishments, he developed a framework for studying large-scale environmental accidents.
Bringing communities together through memories, stories, and the National Park Service
From Japanese American confinement camps to National Heritage Areas, Alex Hernandez brings communities together for historic preservation projects as an assistant program manager and historian for the National Park Service.
Many roads: a study of traditional art by a non-traditional student
Annie Seipel is a non-traditional student in almost every sense of the word. At age 45 Seipel is on the brink of finishing her bachelor’s degree combining her interests of Arabic and metal-working.