21st international poster exhibition at CSU features Soviet collection from the 1980s
Held every two years, the Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition returns to various venues on campus Sept. 20 through Nov. 1 for its 21st edition.
College of Liberal Arts Latest News
CSU empowers community with new health education initiative in Fort Morgan
Colorado State University has developed a special partnership with the small eastern plains town of Fort Morgan in recent years, and the next step in that relationship is improving health awareness in immigrant communities there.
Colorado State University remains first in public engagement in 2019 Sustainable Campus Index
CSU was also recognized for research and campus engagement, and ranked fourth overall for universities that grant doctoral degrees.
Summertime Standouts 2019
CSU students made an impact this summer around the globe, across the country, and even close to home.
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.
College of Liberal Arts Community
Best of the best: CSU announces 2019 Distinguished Alumni
CSU will honor its 2019 class of Distinguished Alumni on Thursday, Oct. 3 at the annual awards dinner
Collegian moves up from No. 9 to No. 6 on list of best college newspapers in the country
The Rocky Mountain Collegian at Colorado State University has risen three spots in The Princeton Review’s annual ranking of the nation’s best college newspapers, from No. 9 last year to No. 6.
Military Veterans Turned Philosophy Majors: How Philosophy is Shaping Post-Service Life
Military Veterans pursuing philosophy in post-service life
2019 – 2020 CLA New Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty
The College of Liberal Arts welcomes 19 new tenure-track faculty this year.
Competitive Edge: Journalism alumnus applies his love of writing and sports at ESPN
On the surface, it may look like Brett Okamoto’s story is a case of being “at the right place, at the right time,” but Okamoto’s (‘08, Journalism and Technical Communication) job as ESPN Mixed Martial Arts reporter was no coincidence.
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.
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
CSU professor’s poem in New York Times Magazine reflects on 1963 KKK church bombing
English Professor Camille Dungy is one of 16 writers asked to dissect consequential moments in African American history through poems and stories in The New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project.
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.
Events
Great Conversations Season Kickoff: Does Technology Create or Heal Partisan Divides?
On Sept. 26, faculty panelists will open a discussion with the audience about technology’s impact and effect in our lives.
CSU hosts screening of ‘Dark Money’ and talk with film’s subject Sept. 24
A screening of ‘Dark Money,’ which was nominated for an Academy Award and featured at the Sundance Film Festival, will be held Sept. 24, followed by a talk with the star of the film, journalist John Adams.
Lecture on indigenous methodologies and research set for Sept. 26
Margaret Kovach (Sakewew p'sim iskwew), a professor of education at the University of Saskatchewan, will present "Indigenous Methodologies and Research: Recognizing the Distinctiveness of Indigenous Scholarship within University Zones of Contact."
Acclaimed artist Zora Murff to speak at CSU Sept. 6
Attend an artist talk with Zora Murff about his exhibition "Re-Making the Mark" at 5 p.m. Sept. 6 in the University Center for the Arts.
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.
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?