CSU 2020 graduates take a Commencement Walk across the Oval
Graduates enjoyed a week of glorious weather to celebrate their accomplishments after a particularly challenging year.
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CSU art students create medals in the shape of hands for health-care workers
Metalsmithing and jewelry majors participated in a global outreach effort to give medals in the shape of a hand to professionals who have put themselves at risk caring for others during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Colorado State University ranks as top performer in 2020 Sustainable Campus Index
CSU once again was recognized as one of the country’s most sustainable academic institutions by one of the leading sustainability organizations in higher education.
Helping the ski industry with better climate data
The Colorado Climate Center is bringing together key weather and climate forecasting tailored specifically for winter mountain recreation businesses.
Research expenditures top $400 million, in historic first for CSU
Colorado State University’s spending on research activities reached a record $407 million for fiscal year 2020, a 2% increase over last year.
CSU innovators break record with 69 new patents in the past year
The new patents were issued to researchers and inventors in six colleges and Facilities Management, through the University’s technology transfer office, CSU Ventures.
COVID-19
College of Liberal Arts faculty spend the summer preparing for fall
The new normal we live in has required many of us to tackle that infamous concept of “thinking outside the box.” And many faculty in the College of Liberal Arts have taken the challenge to heart: evaluating, revamping, and adjusting their courses to address the multiple teaching modalities required of education today.
Rams create the barre for at home dance class
Harvey brought the idea for a cost-effective portable PVC ballet barre to Workman who said it was “a no-brainer” for the University Center for the Arts’ scene shop to produce the kits. “Whenever there is an opportunity to help the education of our students, it is all hands-on deck,” he said, explaining how work study and practicum students rolled up their sleeves to help their fellow students.
Study: Pandemic-induced stress could be increasing the risk of child abuse
Parents and children surveyed about the COVID-19 pandemic in late April and early May of 2020 – when most schools and day care providers closed their doors – said they had become more stressed out.
CSU offering visual and performing arts events this fall
The visual and performing arts at CSU remain engaged this fall. Learn more about participating in adapted events and opportunities.
College of Liberal Arts Community
2020 GradShow award winners embrace new virtual platform
Award winners were announced Nov. 18 by the Graduate School and the Office of the Vice President for Research following three days of professional development events, a keynote, and a virtual networking session.
Faculty Friday: Ajhanai Newton
Ajhanai Newton (Sociology, '15) is an instructor for CSU's Master of Sport Management. She researches leadership, gender, and race in collegiate athletics.
Video and photos of snow day at CSU
The flakes started falling on Fort Collins late on Oct. 24, and by the time the storm ended on Monday, the area had received more than 14 inches of snow.
Master of Public Policy and Administration students develop expertise as community leaders
The first Master of Public Policy and Administration cohort at CSU includes students with diverse backgrounds, talents, and ambitions.
Remote Rams: CSU graduate assistants Zoom in from overseas this semester
Amidst all the uncertainty created by the global pandemic, some international students have been able to start work on graduate assistantships for CSU from their home countries.
Faculty Friday: Youngsung Kim
Youngsung Kim is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Administration. His research focuses on public budgeting and finance, education finance, and local government management.
Research & Creative Scholarship
CSU team to document history of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Alaska
Two researchers from Colorado State University have been commissioned to conduct a two-year, $250,000 project chronicling the recent history of a national park in Alaska and Canada where the Klondike Gold Rush occurred in 1897-88.
Communication research team seeks first-generation alumni for study
A group of researchers from the Department of Communication Studies is launching a study to identify ways in which first-generation undergraduate students have successfully navigated the completion of their degree.
Food’s contributions to gentrification are focus of new book co-edited by CSU prof
The first essay in a new collection about the role that food plays in gentrification by a Colorado State University faculty member and his co-editors tells the tale of ink! Coffee in north Denver.
Undergraduate Herman Chavez’s nationally-recognized interdisciplinary research honors his Bolivian roots
College of Liberal Arts student Herman Chavez combines music and English literary theory in nationally-recognized research.
A public 'landemic'? CSU center seeks public lands stories from COVID-19 outbreak
The Public Lands History Center is launching an initiative to collect the community’s public lands experiences during the pandemic.
CSU political science faculty member offers insight on national economic stimulus bill
Assistant Professor Matthew Hitt studies American politics, and he can’t compare the federal response to the current COVID-19 outbreak to anything this country has seen before.
Events
'For the Love of Clark': History department to host virtual exhibition on Clark Building
The Colorado State University Department of History will be hosting a virtual exhibition on the Andrew G. Clark Building at 7 p.m. on Dec. 3, via Zoom.
Political science department hosting post-election 2020 Q&A event
Join the Department of Political Science and the Straayer Center for Public Service Leadership for "Election 2020 in Review" on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. MDT.
The Halloween Organ Extravaganza is a virtual go
CSU's popular 15th annual Halloween Organ Extravaganza will be held virtually, with two shows on Halloween night.
New exhibition titled ‘The Right to Herself’ opens at CSU’s Hatton Gallery
A new exhibition called The Right To Herself, which explores the vote as a promise for agency through diverse works of art, goes on display Oct. 20 at the Visual Arts Building at Colorado State University as well as the Lincoln Center Gallery in Fort Collins.
Community Q&A: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy and the Supreme Court vacancy
CSU's Straayer Center and Department of Political Science host a community Q&A about Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy and Supreme Court vacancy.
The Conversation
Trump’s right: Congress should give Americans US$1,000 a month right now to fight the coronavirus recession
An economist specializing in inequality explains how a basic income guarantee is just what low-wage workers and the economy need.
A quarter of US parents are unmarried – and that changes how much they invest in their kids
Families with different structures parent differently – and that can perpetuate inequality across generations.
America can afford a Green New Deal – here’s how
Democrats such as Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Markey are proposing an ambitious decarbonization plan that critics are calling unaffordable. A green economist explains how the US could pay for it.
When newspapers close, voters become more partisan
American politics has gotten more partisan in the last 50 years. One of the reasons: the closing of local newspapers.
College of Liberal Arts Magazine
A Liberal Arts Lens: Technology’s role in society past, present, and future
We’re aware of the role technology plays in shaping our individual lives, but how does technology affect and influence our society and our future? The specific skills and tools unique to the liberal arts can provide understanding as well as a way to navigate the ways technology does (or doesn’t) advance the human experience.
This content is not available in your country (yet)
Getting locked out can happen not just from your car or your home. Getting locked out can happen online when you’re not able to view certain films or media. Geoblocking, or regional lockout, is a way that media distribution companies protect their films. While we may think that the internet and other technologies have created a global village, media distribution practices and other uses of technology have prevented that global interconnection.
Recognizing and reporting signs of terrorism can help prevent attacks
Technology has played a large role in the growth of terrorism through recruitment of terrorists worldwide or through cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. Jordan Clark (’11) trains people to recognize warning signs of possible terrorist or criminal acts on social media and in other settings through the Community Awareness Program at the CELL in Denver, Colo.
Artificial intelligence, the future of work, and inequality
One of the most spectacular facts of the last two centuries of economic history is the exponential growth in GDP per capita in most of the world. This economic progress, unprecedented in human history, would be impossible without major breakthroughs in technology. Many believe we are on the verge of a new technological revolution that will see Artificial Intelligence (AI) automating a majority of tasks that are currently performed by humans. Should we see AI as liberating or as a destructive force?