Over 10 years, Rebecca Skloot researched and wrote The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which investigates the personal stories, family history, and scientific implications surrounding HeLa cells. The Immortal Life raises questions about race, class, and bioethics in America.
CSU Fort Collins, CSU Pueblo and CSU Global are working with the Colorado State University System to launch an initiative called Your Voice, Your Vote, Your Rights.
Colorado State University kicked off a new educational initiative in early October as the words “Black Lives Matter” were painted in yellow on the pavement north of the Visual Arts Building.
The third largest fire in state history burned much of the forests that surround the campus. However, fire crews – assisted by mitigation measures put into place in recent years – managed to protect all of the structures on the 1,600-acre campus.
The 20th annual Diversity Symposium at Colorado State University is going fully virtual and features five days of educational sessions, engagements and keynotes on topics relating to diversity and inclusion for the university community.
The Zoom panel on Oct. 16 features seven alumni working in Washington, D.C., through this historic U.S. election season.
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.
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.
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.
The visual and performing arts at CSU remain engaged this fall. Learn more about participating in adapted events and opportunities.
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.
The first Master of Public Policy and Administration cohort at CSU includes students with diverse backgrounds, talents, and ambitions.
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.
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.
Despite the threat of COVID-19 and nearby forest fires that have blanketed the city in smoke and ash, the thousands of hours of planning paid off as Colorado State University made it to the halfway point of the fall semester this week.
Students in the Master of Arts Leadership and Cultural Management share their hopes for the future and why they chose CSU.
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.
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.
College of Liberal Arts student Herman Chavez combines music and English literary theory in nationally-recognized research.
The Public Lands History Center is launching an initiative to collect the community’s public lands experiences during the pandemic.
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.
Edward Barbier, one of the world’s foremost environmental economists, has been a busy man lately.
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.
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 fifth annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival at Colorado State University will be held virtually Oct. 1-10, featuring 21 films from around the world and 13 conversations with filmmakers.
The visual and performing arts at CSU remain engaged this fall. Learn more about participating in adapted events and opportunities.
The works of noted photographer Bihn Dahn are featured in a virtual exhibition at CSU's Allicar Museum.
An economist specializing in inequality explains how a basic income guarantee is just what low-wage workers and the economy need.
Families with different structures parent differently – and that can perpetuate inequality across generations.
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.
American politics has gotten more partisan in the last 50 years. One of the reasons: the closing of local newspapers.
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.
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.
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.
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?