Summertime Standouts 2019
CSU students made an impact this summer around the globe, across the country, and even close to home.
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CSU prof, alum collaborate on exhibition of art by women of southeast Africa
A recent graduate of Colorado State University and her faculty mentor played a key role in creating an exhibition of female African artists that has moved from CSU’s Gregory Allicar Museum of Art to a museum in South Africa.
CSU fundraising continues to soar to new heights in 2018-19
CSU's fundraising continues to soar Beyond a Billion with fourth-largest fiscal year total in history.
CSU played key role in restoration of Apollo 11 Mission Control Center
The Public Lands History Center at Colorado State University played an integral role in restoring the Johnson Space Center’s Apollo Mission Control Center that was used during the Apollo 11 moon landing 50 years ago.
Fort Fund supports ACT Human Rights Film Festival in 2020
For the fourth year, the ACT Human Rights Film Festival received generous support from the City of Fort Collins’ Cultural Development & Programming and Tourism Accounts (Fort Fund).
'I’m not going to lose'
Shadae Lawrence is heading to the 2019 NCAA Track and Field Championship meet in Austin, Texas.
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Summertime Standouts: Jayleen Serrano
Jayleen Serrano, a senior art student concentrating in graphic design, spent the summer in Seoul studying South Korean cinema, culture, and history.
Summertime Standouts: Craig Somers
History graduate student Craig Somers spent his summer interning with the Public Lands History Center and the City of Greeley's Historic Preservation Office.
Center for Public Deliberation celebrates expansion with July 17 event
The Center for Public Deliberation at Colorado State University hosted an “Engaging Change” event on July 17 to celebrate some recent changes to its facilities, staff and business model.
First European ‘Energy Transitions’ education abroad program a success
This summer, six CSU students sought to understand how transitioning to renewable energy is as much of a cultural question as it is a technical one.
Husband-and-wife instructors chronicle pregnancy journey through dance, film
A husband and wife who teach dance at Colorado State University teamed up with another faculty member and a university videographer to tell the story of having their first baby — all through their own choreography.
Husband-and-wife instructors chronicle pregnancy journey through dance, film
A husband and wife who teach dance at Colorado State University teamed up with another faculty member and a university videographer to tell the story of having their first baby — all through their own choreography.
Faculty Friday
Faculty Friday: Ray Miller
Ray Miller is an assistant professor within the Department of Economics, finding that his study of health disparities and inequality overlaps with CSU's interests in the economics department.
Faculty Friday: Zach Hutchins
Zach Hutchins, an assistant professor in the Department of English, studies early American literature. His fascination with all things early American stemmed from growing up in Massachusetts and visiting colonial sites with his mother.
Faculty Friday – Heidi Hausermann
Heidi Hausermann is an assistant professor of geography within the Department of Anthropology, finding that her experiences and interests in anthropology, geography, and environmental science are right at home at CSU.
Faculty Friday: Michael Humphrey
Michael Humphrey, an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Communication, first came to CSU as the advisor to student media. Years later, he earned his Ph.D. here and continues to teach and mentor students interested in online storytelling.
Research & Creative Scholarship
Sociology’s Carolan receives Fulbright to study precision agriculture and farm robotics in Canada
A Colorado State University faculty member in the Department of Sociology is teaming up with a Canadian researcher at the University of Ottawa to study the economic and social effects of precision agriculture.
Liberal arts offers another look at sustainability initiatives through SoGES Resident Fellows Program
Three faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts were selected for the 2018-2019 Resident Fellow Program for the School of Global Environmental Sustainability. They have each been given fellowship to research complex issues across the globe.
Center for Literary Publishing Receives NEA Grant for the Ninth Time
The National Endowment for the Arts has granted the Center for Literary Publishing a $10,000 Art Works grant for 2019.
Night, weekend births have higher risk of delivery complications, CSU researchers find
A new study by Colorado State University researchers has found that the quantity of delivery complications in hospitals are substantially higher during nights, weekends and holidays, and in teaching hospitals.
Communication studies prof discusses Trump’s Twitter rhetoric in new ‘White Rage’ book
A Colorado State University professor has co-authored a book that examines how President Donald Trump has used Twitter and public speeches to provoke emotions with perceived threats to the white population.
Dunn’s Queerly Remembered Receives Outstanding Book Award
The National Communication Association has honored Colorado State University Associate Professor of Communication Studies Thomas R. Dunn with its 2018 Outstanding Book Award for Queerly Remembered: Rhetorics for Representing the GLBTQ Past. Dunn will receive the award at the104th NCA conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, November 9.
Events
Start the school year with ACT Year-Round and ‘We Are the Radical Monarchs’
On Aug. 22, the ACT Human Rights Film Festival kicks off the school year by screening an inspiring film about a group of tween girls who have learned that bystanders don’t catalyze change.
ACT Year-Round kicks off summer with ‘The Silence of Others’ June 6
On June 6, ACT Year-Round is hosting an exclusive screening of 'The Silence of Others' by Emmy-winning filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar (Made in L.A.) and executive produced by Pedro Almodóvar.
Screening the Past: Student documentary screening event May 9
Assistant Professor of History Thomas Cauvin is hosting a short historical film screening of five student-made documentaries on Thursday, May 9.
Bringing Broadway: CSU Theatre presents the musical A Man of No Importance
A Man of No Importance, the musical, is a tender story of family, friendship, and acceptance that teaches us it really is a wonderful thing to “love who you love.” It starts at the University Center of the Arts April 26.
Trump’s relationship with the news media focus of April 24 presentation
A talk titled “The Fabulist in the White House: How the Media Handle Trump's Tortured Relationship with the Truth," will be held at Colorado State University next week.
The Conversation
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.
Fossil fuels are bad for your health and harmful in many ways besides climate change
The coal, oil and natural gas industries are also connected with human rights violations, public health disasters and environmental devastation.
What 4 economists say about the state of the union
As Trump prepares to deliver his delayed State of the Union address, here's what four economists had to say about the state of the union.
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?