Pulitzer-winning poet and alumnus Komunyakaa visits CSU Thursday
CSU alumnus and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa will be on campus Thursday, April 21, to accept a Distinguished Alumni Award and give a public reading.
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Faculty member compiles slavery accounts from colonial America
A Colorado State University faculty member is poring over 18th-century newspapers for a book and online repository focused on accounts of slavery from colonial America.
CSU SpeakOut! is Program of the Year at Larimer County Detention Center
The men and women incarcerated in the Larimer County Detention Center (LCDC), along with its officers and staff, chose CSU's SpeakOut! writing program as their "Program of the Year" at a recent event to honor volunteers at the facility.
Award-winning poet Szybist reads at CSU on Sept. 17
Mary Szybist, winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, will be delivering a poetry reading on Thursday, Sept. 17, at Colorado State University.
Center for Study of Academic Labor hosts opening reception
The Center for the Study of Academic Labor (CSAL) will officially open its doors at an opening reception on 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, in TILT 221.
CSU, museum host science/literacy program for local 5th graders
Two Colorado State University faculty members hosted a two-week program with the Museum of Discovery in Fort Collins this summer to teach science and literacy to a group of local fifth graders.
Rams abroad: CSU launches service-learning program in Zambia
While most 20-somethings grew up picturing Africa through the eyes of Simba, Timon and Pumba, 12 students from CSU experienced “the real Africa” on a three-week service-learning trip to Livingstone, Zambia this summer.
CSU’s Garcia lands funding to study learning in games
A Colorado State University faculty member has received fellowship and grant money to study learning in a couple of unorthodox settings: role-playing games and teacher professional development that employs game design.
Crisis & creativity: Monfort Prof hosts symposium next week
Dan Beachy-Quick, the first Colorado State University faculty member in the humanities to receive a Monfort Professorship, is using a portion of the funding to host a symposium this summer to explore how the arts can inform solutions to the great challenges of our day.
CSU creative writing professor wins Guggenheim fellowship
Dan Beachy-Quick is the first CSU humanities professor to be awarded the prestigious fellowship.