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Mar 1
Iranian-American author and scholar Reza Aslan will serve as a Monfort Professor-in-Residence at Colorado State University March 9-10.
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Mar 2
Understanding the worldwide spread of plague – the pathogen that killed tens of millions of people during the mid-14th century Black Death in Europe – and the sporadic plague outbreaks that still affect wildlife species can help scientists predict its persistence and affects on wildlife and human health.
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Mar 2
The Governor’s Forum on Colorado Agriculture drew some of the top state and national leaders in the field of agriculture to Denver. In all, more than 225 people attended the day-long event on Feb. 18 at the Renaissance Denver Hotel.
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Mar 3
Mountain pine beetles have received widespread attention lately, but urban trees and nearly half a million acres of spruce and fir in Colorado also face significant insect and disease threats.
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Mar 4
Colorado State University will host a Monfort Professor-in-Residence panel discussion on media and arts in the contemporary world at 3:30 p.m. March 11 at the University Center for the Arts in the University Theatre. The panel discussion will be followed by a question-and-answer session and a reception in the University Art Museum Lobby. The event is free and open to the campus community.
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Mar 4
CSU will host a celebration of World Water Day on March 22 in conjunction with Hydrology Days, an annual CSU conference focused on hydrologic sciences and closely related disciplines.
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Mar 5
Learn how to join the Northern Colorado Phenology Observation Network with a hands-on workshop hosted by Colorado State University’s Natural Resource Ecology Lab on March 27 at the CSU campus.
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Mar 8
Colorado State University will host the final open planning and budget hearing for the campus community on Wednesday, March 10.
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Mar 9
Colorado State University students Travis Hall and Sarah Paliga are among 75 college students nationally awarded a full scholarship for the Council on International Educational Exchange South Korea Scholarship Program March 13-22.
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Mar 9
For their outstanding contributions through a vast array of publications and extensive research in their respective fields, Adele Howe of computer science, and LeRoy Poff of biology, have been named Professor Laureates 2010 by the Colorado State University College of Natural Sciences.
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Mar 9
Xcel Energy has honored Colorado State University with a 2010 Energy Efficiency Expo Award for energy conservation measures installed on the university’s Foothills Campus – the state’s only institution of higher education to receive the award this year.
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Mar 10
The 2010 Rocky Mountain Conference on Aging will focus on “Financial Abuse and Exploitation: Prevention Strategies and Tools.” The conference is from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 28, at The Ranch in Loveland.
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Mar 10
Colorado State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital is launching a new service to provide fast appointments for pets who need urgent care but who are not facing an immediate and life-threatening emergency. The service will compliment the already existing emergency services, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week while also providing students with better opportunities for hands-on veterinary experience.
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Mar 11
Colorado State University veterinary students are hosting the annual Cat Care Conference on Saturday, April 3 at the Junior Lecture Hall in the university’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, 300 W. Drake Road. The conference begins with breakfast at 8:30 a.m. with lectures starting at 9 a.m.
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Mar 11
Considering the recent media coverage of bark beetle-battling tactics that range from playing music that aggravates the insects to feeding host trees pureed crab shells, the Colorado State Forest Service advises landowners to carefully consider the preventive treatment options available to protect their pines.
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Mar 11
WHAT: Thirty-two natural resource managers from the Indian Forest Service have spent the past two weeks in training at Colorado State University to learn about protected area management, human-wildlife conflict mitigation and conservation social science as part of a partnership among CSU, the Indian Council for Forestry Research & Education and the Wildlife Institute of India. These managers are charged with protecting a diverse array of lands and wildlife including the Asian elephant, Asiatic lion, and Bengal tiger throughout the Indian subcontinent.
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Mar 11
WHAT: Thirty-two natural resource managers from the Indian Forest Service have spent the past two weeks in training at Colorado State University to learn about protected area management, human-wildlife conflict mitigation and conservation social science as part of a partnership among CSU, the Indian Council for Forestry Research & Education and the Wildlife Institute of India. These managers are charged with protecting a diverse array of lands and wildlife including the Asian elephant, Asiatic lion, and Bengal tiger throughout the Indian subcontinent.
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Mar 11
Many things can interfere with a student's plans to graduate: financial crisis, medical issues, personal issues, a career, a misunderstanding of requirements and so on. Once a student decides to leave the university, the complexity of life and responsibilities often create further obstacles for students to return and finish their degree. The challenges that often force them to leave are then compounded when a student doesn't know where to turn for support and resources.
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Mar 11
More than 150 Colorado State University students will devote Spring Break ’10 to community service and social and cultural education by participating in the university’s Alternative Break program. This year students will be traveling to one of 13 destinations to assist in a wide variety of service projects.
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Mar 12
Elephant experts from around the world, including one from Colorado State University, are calling for a moratorium on legal ivory sales to be upheld to protect elephant populations from being slaughtered for their valuable tusks. A policy commentary from 27 co-authors was published in the journal Science this week arguing that international regulating bodies must enforce rules and not allow legal ivory sales among nations failing to control illegal ivory trade, particularly when widespread illegal killing is dangerously increasing.
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Mar 12
WHAT: Wood chips will be flying when lumberjacks and jills from 11 universities chop and saw their way through the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Western Collegiate Challenge and the 71st annual Association of Western Forestry Clubs’ Logging Conclave at Colorado State University. ESPNU will be covering the collegiate challenge as it has done for several years.
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Mar 12
A group of Colorado State University students will do something a little different during Spring Break this year. They will travel to the Four Corners region with volunteers from CSU’s Little Shop of Physics on an educational outreach tour.
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Mar 15
For the third consecutive year, students from Colorado State University’s theatre program took home major awards at the regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival held in Reno, Nev.
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Mar 16
Interested in learning what to do if a cat or dog is facing a medical emergency? Colorado State University’s veterinary students are sponsoring a day-long workshop on first aid for cats and dogs. The program is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 3 at the university’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, 300 West Drake Road.
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Mar 16
Colorado State University Director of Bands, J. Steven Moore, was inducted into the American Bandmasters Association, or ABA, during the organization’s annual convention in March in Charleston, S.C.
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Mar 17
Do you keep the salt shaker on your table, often eat away from home, purchase a lot of packaged foods and buy groceries without checking food labels? If so then you’re an average American who likely consumes about 4,000 milligrams of sodium a day. Three out of four Americans have more salt in their diet than the suggested maximum, and you may be surprised to find that you are one of those people. Did you know taste alone will not reveal whether a food is low or high in sodium?
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Mar 18
Other speakers at the colloquium include:
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Mar 18
Beginning March 24, student groups at Colorado State University will join the Fort Collins community to host a weeklong celebration in honor of Cesar Chavez, a celebrated Mexican-American activist.
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Mar 18
Colorado State University’s Colorado Forest Restoration Institute is hosting a conference, “Beyond the Bugs: Future Range of Variability for Forests and Communities,” April 19-21 in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Participants will deliberate economic, social and ecological desired conditions for the next forest generation and forest-reliant communities.
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Mar 18
According to the World Health Organization, about 60 million women in developing countries give birth each year with only the help of an untrained attendant or with no help at all. Many of these deliveries take place at home or in unsterile rural clinics, where the risk of infection is high.
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Mar 22
Bill Farland, vice president for Research at Colorado State University and formerly top scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency, has been named to two prestigious National Academies of Science committees that address environmental issues and their impact on human health.
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Mar 22
Colorado State University’s Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands and the Colorado Natural Heritage Program have received more than $900,000 in federal stimulus funds to conduct a series of ecological inventories for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers along the Upper Missouri River.
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Mar 22
Colorado State University tuberculosis researcher Anne Lenaerts will represent tuberculosis research on World TB Day, March 24, an honor bestowed on only three people in the world. Lenaerts will represent North America for the event, coordinated by the World Health Organization and the Stop TB Partnership. About 2 million people die each year of tuberculosis.
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Mar 22
On Thursday, March 25, the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University will host one of 30 global classrooms showing a live feed of the State of the Planet panel sessions taking place in New York, Beijing, New Delhi, Nairobi and London. The panel discussions bring together some of the world’s most influential and innovative thinkers and leaders in a wide range of fields – from academics to media, government, policy and business spheres – to tackle critical global issues.
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Mar 22
Colorado State University and the University of Colorado have engaged in a heated rivalry for more than a century. The rivalry has primarily been apparent on the football field, but the two schools will take their rivalry to a whole new level at the CSU vs. CU Rocky Mountain Improv Throwdown 7 p.m. March 30 at Bovine Metropolis Theater in Denver, 1527 Champa St.
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Mar 22
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Mar 22
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Mar 23
Colorado State University alumna Rebecca Skloot will visit campus for a reading of her best-selling book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” The talk, hosted by the CSU Departments of Biology and English, is from 7-9 p.m. April 5 in Room 100 of the Engineering Building on campus.
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Mar 23
Some Colorado State University engineers are stepping back from the scramble to find renewable alternatives to oil and asking a pivotal question: Is algae as a biodiesel truly more environmental friendly?
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Mar 23
Colorado State University Libraries will host an evening with author Terry Tempest Williams as she discusses and reads from her newest book “Finding Beauty in a Broken World” on April 12. An impassioned plea for a better relationship between the natural world and humankind, Williams travels the world to see how broken pieces of history and earth can create something new and whole in this narrative of hopeful acts.
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Mar 24
Colorado State University’s Department of Design and Merchandising will present its 2010 Student Apparel Design Show “Haute off the Press: Designer’s Edition” at 7 p.m., Monday, March 29 and Tuesday, March 30 at the Lory Student Center main ballroom.
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Mar 25
North Area Community Forester Keith Wood of the Colorado State Forest Service said that although the first impulse may be to start sawing when a tree is damaged, homeowners should assess the situation first to avoid hurting themselves or further damaging the tree. Wood and the CSFS offer the following tips for dealing with snow-damaged trees; the tips were adapted from International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) recommendations:
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Mar 25
You’d be surprised what’s in the trash at Great Sand Dunes National Park.
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Mar 25
Chromatin proteins get their wires crossed and misbehave without a critical protein that acts as a chaperone, according to new research from Colorado State University appearing Friday in the journal “Molecular Cell.”
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Mar 25
WHAT: Two teams comprised of students and alumni from CSU and CU will compete for the audience vote for best improv performance in the CSU vs. CU Rocky Mountain Improv Throwdown. The “Questionable Shellfish” will represent CSU and “Left Right TIM” will represent CU. All fans are encouraged to wear green and gold or black and gold attire to show their respective school’s colors. Admission is $7.
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Mar 25
Warren Washington, an atmospheric science and climate expert who has advised five U.S. presidents, will speak April 9 in Denver at the fourth annual Colorado Global Climate Conference for high school students.
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Mar 26
Hunter Lovins, a renowned author and champion of sustainable development who Time magazine named millennium “Hero for the Planet,” will speak at Colorado State University’s second annual Cenergy Clean Tech Expo on April 19.
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Mar 26
While visiting a national park most people would not think of natural sounds and solitude as endangered species they would expect to encounter. Two new Colorado State University studies published recently in Park Science Journal indicate that visitors to the Bear Lake Corridor of Rocky Mountain National Park need to hike just more than a half-mile to get some peace and quiet.
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Mar 26
Anthropologists in Colorado State University’s Department of Anthropology will discuss their research in an open house 3-5 p.m. Monday, April 5 in Rooms 342-350 of the General Services Building on campus.
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Mar 26
Ready to kick off spring with a fun 5K that benefits furry friends? Join the Colorado State University veterinary students in raising money to help pets in need of urgent or critical care at the annual Fast and Furriest 5K. The run, slated for 9 a.m. Saturday, April 17 at the university’s historic Oval, welcomes runners and walkers with two or four legs. Any well-behaved pet weighing less than 500 pounds – dogs, cats, goats, iguanas, bunnies, ducks and the like – is welcome in the race, which also is a qualifier for the Bolder Boulder.
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Mar 26
Colorado housing markets are expected to remain relatively stable in 2010 even if homeownership rates decline slightly, according to northern Colorado housing experts surveyed by the Everitt Real Estate Center at the Colorado State University College of Business.
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Mar 26
Colorado housing markets are expected to remain relatively stable in 2010 even if homeownership rates decline slightly, according to northern Colorado housing experts surveyed by the Everitt Real Estate Center at the Colorado State University College of Business.
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Mar 29
Colorado State University Police Department detectives arrested Daniel Schinner on Thursday, March 11, in connection with a string of about 20 burglaries over the last month. The burglaries included the theft of items valued at $40,000, including computer hardware, electronics and personal items from university offices, labs and work areas in academic buildings. Schinner is not a CSU student.
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Mar 29
The Colorado State Forest Service currently is accepting Forest Legacy Program proposals from Colorado landowners. The program authorizes the U.S. Forest Service, through the CSFS, to purchase permanent conservation easements on private forestlands to prevent those lands from being converted to non-forest uses. The application deadline is July 23, 2010, for federal fiscal year 2012 funding.
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Mar 29
The Colorado State Forest Service currently is accepting Forest Legacy Program proposals from Colorado landowners. The program authorizes the U.S. Forest Service, through the CSFS, to purchase permanent conservation easements on private forestlands to prevent those lands from being converted to non-forest uses. The application deadline is July 23, 2010, for federal fiscal year 2012 funding.
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Mar 29
FutureVisions, a biennial symposium on the future of global information and communication technology, will be held at Colorado State University on Friday, April 2. FutureVisions speakers will look ahead at the next 10 years and describe the future in which college graduates in information and communication technologies will be working.
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Mar 30
A Colorado State University engineering professor whose research is helping to revolutionize weather radar has been named a Finland Distinguished Professor – a high distinction that comes with an award of $1.5 million (1 million Euros).
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Mar 30
This month, Colorado State University’s Center for Collaborative Conservation (CCC) and the Warner College of Natural Resources awarded 16 fellowships to form the second annual cohort of Center for Collaborative Conservation fellows. These fellows include nine graduate students, three faculty members and four conservation practitioners. Additionally, several undergraduate CCC interns will be selected to work with the new CCC fellows.
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Mar 30
Colorado State University’s Department of Sociology’s student-run Criminal Justice Organization will host Juan Melendez, an innocent man who spent nearly 18 years on Florida’s death row before his exoneration. The talk will be held 7-8:30 p.m. March 31 in Clark Building Room A104 on the CSU campus.
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Mar 30
Olympus, a precision technology leader designing and delivering innovative solutions in its core business areas of Medical and Surgical Products, Life Science Imaging Systems, Industrial Testing Instruments and Cameras and Audio Products, today announced the 2010 winners in the Olympus Innovation Awards Program: Paul Hudnut, instructor, Entrepreneurship Program-Management Department, College of Business, Colorado State University; Jerry Engel, faculty director and founder, The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and adjunct professor, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley; and Dr. Jeffrey Blander, course co-director, Division of Health Science and Technology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Mar 31
Plant Select, a collaborative effort of Colorado State University, Denver Botanic Gardens, and regional and national horticultural professionals, has announced seven new plants for 2010.
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Mar 31
The public needs more help today than ever in understand the complexity of scientific issues and research. Ever wonder how to sum up a research project to a friend without creating misinformation and confusion?