Fossil fuels are bad for your health and harmful in many ways besides climate change
The coal, oil and natural gas industries are also connected with human rights violations, public health disasters and environmental devastation.
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CSU ceramics students learn how to make their own clays, glazes
In the CSU pottery and ceramics program, students learn how to make all of their own clay and glazes from scratch to develop a particular color palette for their pieces, employing the periodic table of elements and an unexpected dose of science for an art class.
Making tongues go mainstream is goal of open-source, CSU-created product
The Cthulhu Shield is a circuit board connected to a mouthpiece, outfitted with electrodes that send electrical impulses to the tongue.
What 4 economists say about the state of the union
As Trump prepares to deliver his delayed State of the Union address, here's what four economists had to say about the state of the union.
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.
New staff bring talent and expertise to the Nancy Richardson Design Center
Two new staff members have joined the Nancy Richardson Design Center at Colorado State University as the new facility opens to students for the Spring 2019 semester.
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.