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Mar 1
Two Colorado State University researchers will conduct a workshop on organic vegetable production during the winter months. Frank Stonaker, director of CSU’s Specialty Crops Program, and research assistant Dan Goldhamer will offer the presentation from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 5, at Cure Organic Farm, 7416 Valmont Road, Boulder.
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Mar 1
The 23rd Range Beef Cow Symposium (RBCS) will be held Nov. 29-Dec. 1 in Mitchell, Neb. This popular educational event for cattle producers started in 1969 at Chadron, Neb., and is held every other year.
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Mar 1
A group of Colorado State University soil and crop scientists is in India to share information about new farming techniques that might help the developing nation boost food production in the face of a booming population.
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Mar 1
Jill Terry has been named the new program director of the Denver Executive MBA program in the College of Business at Colorado State University.
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Mar 1
Colorado State’s College of Business will offer “Coaching for Performance and Change” 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday, March 11, at the Denver Executive MBA classroom, 410 17th Street, Suite 2440.
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Mar 1
Colorado State University will conduct their annual Trash Audit on Wednesday, March 2, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on the east side of the Lory Student Center Plaza to determine how much of the university's waste could have been recycled or composted rather than thrown away.
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Mar 2
Colorado State University has joined with numerous bioscience industry partners on a new educational collaboration that includes the creation of online regulatory affairs courses and clinical trial management courses for the pharmaceutical, medical device, in-vitro diagnostic, and tissue industries.
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Mar 2
Temple Grandin – a Colorado State University animal scientist, autistic woman and global force for food-animal welfare – is the subject of an “Ingenious Minds” episode airing on the Discovery Science Channel at 8:30 p.m. MT on Thursday.
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Mar 3
If more utility companies were financially motivated to promote rooftop solar installations and energy conservation measures, they could be leading the charge for creating clean energy jobs. But the industry is likely to need new business models and regulatory reforms that make energy efficiency and renewable energy beneficial for all, according to Colorado State University and researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
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Mar 3
Miriam Nelson, a researcher at Tufts University and bestselling author of the Strong Women books, will be the keynote speaker at the Mary Scott Lecture Series at Colorado State University.
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Mar 3
In advance of National Autism Awareness Month, Colorado State University will host “Transition and Transformation: Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the College Environment,” a two-day symposium March 23-24 focused on meeting the unique needs of students with autism spectrum disorders in the higher education environment. The symposium is an effort to advance the discussion about a national issue of growing importance on college campuses.
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Mar 3
Colorado State University’s College of Business will host a panel discussion on integrity in financial reporting on Monday, March 7, from 9 -11 a.m. in the Bohemian Auditorium at Rockwell Hall on campus. The event is free and open to the public.
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Mar 3
The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, or CIRA, at Colorado State University on Thursday dedicated the building’s new wing to former CIRA director, Tom Vonder Haar.
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Mar 4
Colorado State University’s student Seedstock Merchandising Team will hold a joint bull and female sale with Leachman Cattle of Colorado on March 25-26. The CSU Seedstock Team, a select group of eight undergraduate students, selects, develops and prepares CSU cattle for an annual production sale. The students also participate in all aspects of the joint sale.
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Mar 4
David Alciatore, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Colorado State University, is also a billiards expert who uses the mechanics of pool to help students learn mechanical engineering and physics principles.
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Mar 7
Coloradans who want an inexpensive, long-term solution to prevent blowing snow from blocking driveways and access roads might consider snow fences grown from seedling trees.
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Mar 7
PPG Industries and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and Colorado State University’s solar and research development center have joined to reduce Cadmium Telluride module costs by 17 percent or under $1 per watt. The group has been awarded $3.1 million by the Department of Energy.
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Mar 8
Is it possible to build and operate school buildings that create dynamic teaching spaces for kids, conserve energy and cost less? Yes: A new study from Colorado State University found that Poudre School District in Fort Collins did just that. The district adopted a complete, top-to-bottom approach to sustainability and is now saving roughly more than $1 million per year.
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Mar 9
Colorado State University is one of the top dozen “bicycle-friendly” universities in the country recognized in a new ranking announced today by the League of American Bicyclists.
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Mar 10
The Department of Defense has awarded a Colorado State University chemistry professor a three-year, $1.3 million grant to develop an artificial, wound-healing material for battlefield injuries.
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Mar 10
Colorado State University’s College of Business and Everitt Real Estate Center will offer “Housing Colorado’s Future” from 9-10:45 a.m. Thursday, March 24, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 4705 Clydesdale Parkway in Loveland.
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Mar 10
Colorado State University’s College of Business will host author, physician, and competitive body builder Dr. Warren Willey from 9 a.m.-noon March 26 at the McKee Building at the Ranch, Larimer County Fairgrounds, in Loveland. Willey will offer his insights and unique perspectives on physical fitness and wellness for professionals.
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Mar 14
The Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Colorado State University will host its annual Open House from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2.
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Mar 14
Colorado State University’s apparel design, merchandising and production senior graduates are presenting their annual capstone fashion show – Fash(n)Fresh – at 7 p.m. Monday, March 28, and Tuesday, March 29, in the Main Ballroom in the Lory Student Center on Colorado State’s campus.
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Mar 14
A Colorado State University spin-off company has been formed to transition underused devices, tests and treatments from human medicine into companion animal veterinary markets.
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Mar 14
How can research at Colorado State University fit into economic development in Africa? “Africa Rising: New Research and Enterprise Solutions to Old Development Problems,” this year’s annual CSU Research Colloquium, poses answers about how research can provide economic opportunity and a bridge to stability.
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Mar 15
Amy Prieto, a Colorado State University chemistry professor and founder of one of the university’s most prominent startup companies, Prieto Battery, has been named the 2011 ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Faculty Fellow. The prestigious honor is given to one scientist who is chosen each year out of a national field.
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Mar 15
Colorado State University students will spend part of their spring break, March 16-18, on an educational outreach tour showing children in the Four Corners region how science can be fun.
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Mar 15
Colorado State University’s excellence in scholarly and research activities again earned the university multiple rankings in U.S. News and World Report’s annual recognition of America’s best university graduate schools.
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Mar 16
Following the 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile in 2010, Larry Roesner, Harold H. Short Chair of Civil Engineering Infrastructure Systems at Colorado State University, helped a team of urban water experts explore rebuilding the country’s water infrastructure.
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Mar 16
Colorado State University will join the Fort Collins community to host a weeklong celebration honoring Mexican-American activist Cesar Chavez beginning March 24. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Human Dignity and Spirit through Resistance, Endurance and Empowerment,” and events include films, theater productions and other activities.
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Mar 17
Colorado State University will celebrate the grand opening of the newly renovated, student-funded Student Recreation Center on Wednesday, March 23, at 4:30 p.m. in the Recreation Center lobby.
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Mar 18
Colorado State University alumnus Douglas D. Walker, a U.S. State Department Diplomacy Fellow, will deliver the keynote address at World Water Day at Colorado State University on Tuesday, March 22.
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Mar 21
Oils (yellow section on MyPyramid)
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Mar 21
Professional veterinary medical students in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are sponsoring the 8th Annual Fast and the Furriest 5K run/walk and 1K Kid’s Fun Run on April 23, benefiting animals in need of emergency, life-saving treatments.
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Mar 22
For their outstanding contributions to science in scholarship, research and outreach in their respective fields, Lorann Stallones of psychology and Laurie Stargell of biochemistry have been named Professor Laureates 2011 by Colorado State University’s College of Natural Sciences.
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Mar 22
Signs of life in Colorado’s economy emerged in south-central and western Colorado over the past decade, despite substantial job losses and negative effects on nearly every sector of the economy, according to a new report by Colorado State University.
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Mar 22
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Mar 22
In advance of National Autism Awareness Month, Colorado State University will host “Transition and Transformation: Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the College Environment,” a two-day symposium March 23-24 focused on meeting the unique needs of students with autism spectrum disorders in the higher education environment. The symposium is an effort to advance the discussion about a national issue of growing importance on college campuses.
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Mar 23
The wind-driven fires in Jefferson, Boulder, Teller and Larimer counties over the past two weeks, which have led to the evacuation of hundreds of homes and burned thousands of acres, herald the start of an early wildfire season in Colorado. With firefighters directly involved in structure protection on several of these incidents, the fires also highlight the need for landowners in the wildland-urban interface to address fire protection before flames race toward their homes.
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Mar 24
As political and social unrest unfolds across the Middle East and Africa, Condoleezza Rice – the 66th secretary of state of the United States – will speak at Colorado State University at 7 p.m. April 19 at Moby Arena. Her talk will be followed by a moderated question-and-answer session. Rice's lecture will address her experience as secretary of state as well as her thoughts on current world events, foreign policy and education.
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Mar 24
A Public Health Symposium on “Food Systems” will include two keynote speakers and experts from an array of food security and safety organizations from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. April 4 at the Hilton Fort Collins.
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Mar 25
The results of the Colorado Residential 2011 survey were released yesterday at “Housing Colorado’s Future in Fort Collins” hosted by the Colorado State University College of Business’ Everitt Real Estate Center.
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Mar 25
Colorado State University veterinary students are hosting the annual Cat Care Conference on Saturday, April 23, at the Junior Lecture Hall in the university’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, 300 W Drake Road. The conference for cat owners begins with a free breakfast at 8:30 a.m.; lectures start at 9 a.m.
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Mar 25
Colorado State University’s College of Natural Sciences will host Nancy Kellogg, a longtime science educator and a leading advocate for inquiry-based science education in Colorado, in a lecture on March 28 for the college’s Education and Outreach Center’s Spring Science Education Keynote Presentation.
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Mar 28
Colorado State University veterinarians and veterinary students will provide free eye exams to service dogs on May 6 at the university’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Guide dogs, handicapped assistance dogs, detection dogs and search-and-rescue dogs can participate in the eye exam event with an appointment. Registration for appointments begins April 1 and ends April 29. The hospital is at 300 W. Drake Road.
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Mar 29
Two Colorado State University students’ T-shirt designs recently were selected as top designs by Tommy Hilfiger in a contest for CSU students. Two of Nigel Joseph’s designs were chosen as the top two of three winning designs. The third design was created by Athena Caddel.
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Mar 29
Sam Baldwin, chief scientist for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, and Bill Ritter, former Colorado governor and director of Colorado State University’s Policy Center for the New Energy Economy, will speak at Colorado State University’s third annual Cenergy Clean Tech Expo on April 20.
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Mar 29
As a child, David Mogen, professor of English at Colorado State University, recalls telling his father that he wished the family could live in the West.
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Mar 30
Colorado State University has named Jeffrey A. McCubbin, Oregon State University executive associate dean and distinguished professor, as dean of the College of Applied Human Sciences. McCubbin will begin his new position on July 1.