MOVE-IN 2015: New era for Center for Women’s Studies
Center finds home in Ethnic Studies department, hires full-time director, plans for undergraduate major.
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CSU sociologist co-authors book on how Hurricane Katrina affected kids
A couple of weeks before Hurricane Katrina hit on Aug. 29, 2005, sociologists Lori Peek and Alice Fothergill were talking about doing a joint research project on the subject they studied together in graduate school and had worked on independently since then: social vulnerability in disaster.
Media Tip Sheet: CSU experts available to discuss Animas River mine spill
CSU experts are available to discuss a variety of topics related to the mine waste spill that has impacted the Animas River in southwestern Colorado.
Ice cream and outreach: Open house a hit
The CSU and greater Fort Collins communities came together Wednesday for the annual Community Open House and Ice Cream Social.
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.
CSU researchers contribute to landmark study on Superstorm Sandy
Researchers at Colorado State University’s Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis played a key role in a landmark national study issued this week on the lingering effects of Superstorm Sandy, which struck the northeast coast of the U.S. in October 2012.
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.
Center for Public Deliberation hosts Kettering Learning Exchange
For the second time in five years, Colorado State University’s Center for Public Deliberation (CPD) hosted a four-day workshop for more than 30 U.S. and international participants involved in the Kettering Foundation’s “Centers for Public Life” learning exchange.
CSU author chronicles vexing recovery of family after Katrina
As the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, Colorado State University anthropology professor Katherine Browne is releasing a new book Standing in the Need: Culture, Comfort and Coming Home after Katrina.