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Apr 2
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Apr 2
Despite the cooler weather coming in, Colorado State University climatologists have officially confirmed for the U.S. Drought Monitor what many people in Colorado already know: About 98 percent of the state is experiencing varying levels of drought.
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Apr 2
Fashionistas and fans of style can preview leading designers of the future at the Colorado State University apparel design show. The show, put on by the Department of Design and Merchandising, is slated for 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21, in the University Center for the Arts Griffin Concert Hall, 1400 Remington St.
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Apr 2
Colorado State University’s College of Business 2012 Business Day will take place on Tuesday, April 3, and will feature renowned business professionals, including keynote speaker Chris Gardner. Speakers will discuss topics related to this year’s theme, “Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Ethics.”
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Apr 2
Colorado State University made the list of “Final Four” universities across the nation excelling in environmental education, according to Enviance Inc., an environmental data management company, and Environmental Leader, an energy and environment trade publication.
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Apr 3
Bug-loving students at Colorado State University will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Gillette Entomology Club – the oldest student group on campus – with a Bug Bash this week.
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Apr 3
With spring comes a familiar gardening dilemma: What to plant that will be beautiful and unique, while also flourishing in area landscapes?
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Apr 3
Celebrate! Colorado State this month with a series of events celebrating the people, history and spirit of the university, including “I Love CSU Day” on Wednesday, April 18.
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Apr 4
The Colorado State University forecast team today predicted a below-average 2012 Atlantic basin hurricane season due to a cooling of the tropical Atlantic and the potential development of El Nino conditions.
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Apr 5
Tom Gendron, chief executive officer of Fort Collins-based Woodward, and Dana Christensen, deputy lab director for Science and Technology at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, will speak at Colorado State University’s fourth annual Cenergy Clean Tech Expo on April 18.
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Apr 5
To mark National Autism Awareness Month in April, Colorado State University and Rocky Mountain PBS have teamed up to produce and air a documentary about the influence of Temple Grandin, CSU’s world-famous animal scientist who has overcome struggles with autism to revolutionize farm-animal welfare.
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Apr 5
David Pogue, New York Times technology columnist, and David Ferrucci, principal investigator of IBM’s Watson team that outsmarted TV game show “Jeopardy” champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, will lead Colorado State University’s FutureVisions Symposium April 12.
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Apr 6
Students in Colorado State University's Department of Design and Merchandising and student members of Fashion Group International of Denver are hosting a high-heeled relay walk to benefit the Able Women’s Career Closet. “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” starts at 9 a.m. Sunday, April 15, and all participants – males and females – are encouraged to wear high heels for the walk.
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Apr 6
Bug-loving students at Colorado State University will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Gillette Entomology Club – the oldest student group on campus – with a Bug Bash today, April 6.
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Apr 6
How do you measure uncertainty?
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Apr 10
Colorado State University veterinarians and veterinary students will provide free eye exams to service dogs on Friday, May 4, at the university’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
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Apr 11
Colorado State University today announced that it is partnering with NBC News to provide 25 high schools across the state with free, two-year subscriptions to the network’s online educational resource, NBC Learn.
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Apr 11
Colorado State University, which is exploring the feasibility of a new stadium on the university’s main campus, will have two public input opportunities next week to allow community members to ask questions and make comments about the proposed stadium concept.
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Apr 11
Steven Strauss has been named Professor Laureate by the College of Natural Sciences for his contributions to Colorado State University and the chemistry community.
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Apr 11
The Legends of Ranching Performance Horse Sale in late April will cap an academic year of learning for nearly three dozen Colorado State University equine students and the young horses they have trained for the sale.
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Apr 12
The “Nick Project” is part of a leadership course in the Department of Construction Management which completes small, construction-related projects through the department’s CM Cares community service initiative. The Nick Project includes building an accessibility ramp into the home and a front patio as well as replacing the existing driveway to the family home. The project has not yet been completed, and reporters are invited to the home to talk to students and the family about the renovation and see the construction progress.
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Apr 12
Susan Orlean, best-selling author of “Rin Tin Tin: The Life and The Legend,” will be speaking at 7 p.m. April 17 at the Fort Collins Hilton, 425 W. Prospect Road. The event is free and open to the public – no tickets are required. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. A book signing and sales will follow the program.
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Apr 12
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.
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Apr 13
A Colorado State University professor has earned an influential national fellowship that will allow him to work with the U.S. Department of State to shape federal policy on global food security.
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Apr 13
Charisse McAuliffe has been named managing director for the Institute for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at Colorado State University.
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Apr 13
The fifth annual “Bridging the Divide: Suicide Prevention and Awareness Summit” will be at Colorado State University May 18 to unite stakeholders to advance statewide and national efforts to impact the suicide rate in Colorado.
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Apr 16
Colorado State University biologist Shane Kanatous runs the only laboratory in the world that has isolated and grown primary muscle cells of Weddell seals. This summer, with seed money from the Office of Naval Research, he will set out to prove he can generate a similar primary muscle cell line from California’s northern elephant seals – all in the name of helping understand the unique physiology of underwater mammals.
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Apr 16
Colorado State University and the Arbor Day Foundation will hold a tree planting event on the historic Oval on Friday, April 20, to celebrate the university’s recognition as an official Tree Campus USA.
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Apr 16
Colorado State University will host the first combined meeting of the High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology and the Northern Colorado Intertribal Powwow Association, which will feature films, lectures, dances and three traditional grand entries.
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Apr 17
Colorado State University apparel design and production researchers and students are working to develop natural-fiber outdoor clothing that can charge MP3 devices, tablets, computers, GPS units and cell phones with built-in -- but comfortable to wear -- solar panels. The project is so impressive that it was recently selected to compete in a sustainability design competition in Washington, D.C., from April 21-23.
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Apr 17
Colorado State University will celebrate Earth Day with a week of green events starting Wednesday, April 18, and running through Monday, April 23.
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Apr 17
When members of an agricultural sorority serve a tasty barbecue lunch to 500 fellow Colorado State University students next week, they also hope to dish out interesting food facts and a dollop of appreciation for the farmers and ranchers who supply our food.
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Apr 17
The Center for Family and Couple Therapy is now offering specialized assessments for youth who are struggling with substance use or abuse. The new service is unique and has not been available within the Fort Collins and Northern Colorado communities.
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Apr 18
Colorado State University has begun enrolling students for a new program this fall that gives managers of zoos and animal sanctuaries the business and scientific knowledge to run these facilities.
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Apr 18
Colorado State University will host a spring symposium on Climate Change and the Built Environment Industry on April 27 at the Lory Student Center.
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Apr 19
Colorado State University veterinarians are offering a new, mobile service that provides unique, holistic and tailored veterinary care to equine athletes from birth through retirement.
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Apr 19
Colorado State University’s Clean Energy Supercluster has distributed its fifth round of seed grants to promote emerging technologies and education about clean energy solutions.
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Apr 19
Irwin Jacobs, founder of Qualcomm who oversaw the development of the 3G wireless network that runs all cell phones, will speak at Colorado State University on Friday, April 27.
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Apr 19
The National Association of Educational Procurement, the nationwide organization focused exclusively on procurement in higher education, has awarded Farrah Bustamante, strategic sourcing specialist at Colorado State University, with the Young Professional in Procurement Award.
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Apr 19
Colorado State University students, alumni and friends will join together this Saturday, April 21, to participate in CSUnity, a day dedicated to volunteering and bettering communities in Colorado and across the country.
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Apr 19
Colorado State University and the Arbor Day Foundation will hold a tree planting event on the historic Oval on Friday, April 20, to celebrate the university’s recognition as an official Tree Campus USA.
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Apr 20
Colorado State University and the Arbor Day Foundation will hold a tree planting event on the historic Oval today, April 20, to celebrate the university’s recognition as an official Tree Campus USA.
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Apr 20
Steven Strauss has been named Professor Laureate by the College of Natural Sciences for his contributions to Colorado State University and the chemistry community.
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Apr 20
For 25 years, members of the student organization, Hui `O Hawai`i, at Colorado State University have coordinated and hosted the annual lu`au to share and celebrate the Hawaiian culture. On Sunday, April 29, the Main Ballroom of the Lory Student Center will be transformed into an island paradise, and everyone is encouraged to attend.
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Apr 20
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Apr 23
The Colorado Center for Drug Discovery recently awarded grants to advance the discovery and development of medications created at Colorado research institutions to treat cancer, infectious diseases and other illnesses.
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Apr 23
Sheila Weinberg, a nationally recognized expert on state and federal finances, will be presenting “The Secrets of Political Math and Government Budgeting” from 6–9 p.m. April 25 in the Bohemian Auditorium of Rockwell Hall-West on the Colorado State University campus.
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Apr 24
Colorado State University signed an international Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ethiopia’s Hawassa University to provide collaborative research and teaching opportunities for faculty and graduate students at the two universities.
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Apr 24
Colorado State University President Tony Frank today named two new University Distinguished Professors: David Randall, atmospheric science, who is largely responsible for bringing a $40 million NSF center to CSU; and Phil Risbeck, art, who brought the university the world-renowned Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition, or CIIPE.
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Apr 24
Cardiovascular researcher Scott Earley and John McKay, a plant biologist, were named Colorado State University Monfort Professors on Wednesday. The recognition was made during the Celebrate! Colorado State awards ceremony.
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Apr 24
Branislav Notaros, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University, has been awarded the 2012 Board of Governors Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award for his innovative and unique approach to teaching.
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Apr 24
Matthew Hickey, a professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science, was named a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar in recognition of his exceptional teaching skills, his ability to make connections with students as a mentor and his leadership in ethics in research and teaching at the university.
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Apr 24
Colorado State University has experts available to talk with reporters about bovine spongiform encephalopathy. In addition to the experts listed below, Colorado State also has faculty experts able to address questions related to prion proteins, meat safety in the human food chain, and potential impacts of BSE cases on the economy and international markets. Contact information for those experts is available upon request.
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Apr 24
Colorado State University’s Carmen Menoni, internationally recognized for her research in optics and laser science, has been honored with the Scholarship Impact Award, one of the university’s most prestigious honors.
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Apr 25
When members of an agricultural sorority serve a tasty barbecue lunch to 500 fellow Colorado State University students today, they also hope to dish out interesting food facts and a dollop of appreciation for the farmers and ranchers who supply our food.
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Apr 25
They’re into cartoon characters, video games and candy like any other teenagers and young adults, and when they’re together, their autism spectrum disorders are barely visible. But an outing to the local shopping mall or navigating a college campus can be traumatic for young people with these disorders – a problem that Colorado State University faculty and students have addressed through social skills groups for more than 25 years.
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Apr 26
The School of Global Environmental Sustainability, the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, and the Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes have named 20 doctoral students and post-doctoral associates as 2012-2013 Global Sustainability Leadership Fellows.
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Apr 26
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Apr 26
You say potato. I say Colorado.
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Apr 27
Colorado State University students produce one of the very few student-run undergraduate research journals in the country.
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Apr 27
Colorado State University OnlinePlus announces two new music master's degrees designed for teachers - a Conducting specialization and a Kodaly emphasis. Both programs combine an online curriculum with exclusive on-campus summer sessions taught by CSU faculty and some of the most prestigious pedagogues from around the country to give students a well-rounded, practically applicable education.
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Apr 30
Four high-schoolers from Fort Collins have earned a trip to Washington, D.C., to compete against students from across the nation in the 2012 EnvironMentors National Science Fair, taking place May 23. EnvironMentors is a national initiative that connects high school students from underrepresented cultural, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds with environmental science learning. It offers students opportunities to explore programs in college and potential paths toward environmental careers.
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Apr 30
Russ Johnson will participate in his first Colorado State University System Board of Governors meeting Wednesday, after recently being confirmed to the Board by the Colorado Senate. Johnson, 61, is a Republican from Sterling who was appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper.