Guest Column: The First Amendment in the classroom
We want faculty and students to use the classroom to create intentional learning environments where we can discuss difficult and at times controversial topics.
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Slow, Still, Defiant: A poet meditates on water
In his latest book of poetry, Walks Along the Ditch, Bill Tremblay (CSU Professor of English, 1973 to 2006) introduces us to the flow that has long provided a cadence to his life: poetry, water, t’ai chi. The poems walk us along the ditch with the poet: the water, the familiar Mountain West geography, the “smell of money” from Greeley, the morning song of meadowlarks.
Sharing the lessons learned during the 2013 Colorado flood
What can a historian do in response to life-threatening flooding like we’ve seen in Northern Colorado? Quite a lot it turns out. By documenting the communication, cooperation, and activity of disaster responders, historians capture the knowledge and information-sharing process that is so crucial to future response and recovery.
The Meaning of Water: Identity, place, and purpose
Water lies at the heart of what it means to be human and what it means to flourish in our own place in the world. From a philosophical and ethical perspective, our particular understandings and interpretations of water reveal our sense of identity (the who), our sense of place (the where), and our meaning and purpose in the world (the why).
Students learn from the pros during Argentina storm-sampling campaign
Sixteen graduate students across the U.S. participated in an intensive scientific field campaign as part of an Advanced Study Institute in atmospheric science.
Don’t add salt: Researchers seek origin of salinity leading to crop yield reduction
Ryan Bailey is investigating the origination of buildup-inducing salt in irrigation water that leads to crop yield reduction.
Department of Psychology welcomes Michael Thomas, Ph.D.
In Fall Semester 2018, the Department of Psychology welcomed Assistant Professor Michael Thomas as the newest Cognitive Neuroscience Psychology faculty member.
Assistant Professor Sara Anne Tompkins hired as graduate coordinator
The Department of Psychology is pleased to announce the appointment of Assistant Professor Sara Anne Tompkins as the new graduate coordinator for the department.
The endless adventures of a CSU entomologist
From discovering new butterfly species as an undergrad to being tracked by a jaguar and infected by a bot fly while conducting field research in a Costa Rican jungle, Paul Oper proves the life of an entomologist can be one of endless adventure.
The Demand for Water: Policy reform and new technologies offer solutions
Renowned CSU economist Edward Barbier has a few ideas about the world’s increasingly serious water crisis. He says we have mismanaged our freshwater supplies by not charging enough for the natural resource and by sticking to an antiquated system of determining water rights. By looking at governance, policy reform, and new technologies we could protect our freshwater ecosystems and secure sufficient water for our world’s growing population.