Scientists call for more controlled burns in West’s forests
Posted On Tuesday, October 8, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: Colorado State University, fuel reduction, high-severity wildfires, restoration treatments, Trees burned by the Rim Fire, University of Arizona, University of Washington
By Bettina Boxall
Some of the West’s leading fire scientists are calling for the increased use of managed burns to reduce fuel levels in the region’s forests, warning that climate change is leaving them more vulnerable to large, high-severity wildfires.
In a paper published Friday in the journal Science, seven fire and ...
MSU announces finalists, public forums for executive director of Extension position
Posted On Thursday, September 26, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MONTANA Tags: Colorado State University, Jeff Bader, Montana State University, Northern District department, Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology
Professionals from Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho and Montana are finalists for the position of Montana State University executive director of Extension.
The finalists are, in order of their visit to campus: Jeff Goodwin, state 4-H director at Colorado State University; Jeff Bader, Northern District department head at New Mexico State University ...
Colorado State University Wins National Awards From Council for Advancement and Support of Education
Posted On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: CASE, Colleen Meyer, Colorado State University, Colorado State University’s, CSU’s Alumni Association, National Awards, Tom Milligan
FORT COLLINS - Colorado State University’s Football 101, a unique program designed to introduce international students to American college football and its many traditions, has been awarded a Gold Circle of Excellence Award by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
CSU also won a Silver Circle of Excellence ...
Garcia Named Dean of UVM’s College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Posted On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 By USA Education News. Under VERMONT Tags: Colorado State University, dean of the College of Engineering, Luis Garcia, Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont
The University of Vermont announced today that Luis Garcia has been named dean of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. Garcia also will be named the Barrett Foundation Professor in the college. He begins work at UVM on Aug. 15.
Garcia, a highly accomplished administrator and researcher, is currently head ...
Colorado State University Expert in Small-Animal Liver Disease Earns Top Service Award
Posted On Monday, June 17, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: American College of Veterinary, Colorado State University, David Twedt, Internal Medicine, small-animal veterinarian
FORT COLLINS - Just two months after receiving an international award for scientific achievement, a Colorado State University small-animal veterinarian who has pioneered minimally invasive techniques for diagnosing liver and digestive disease has received the 2013 Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.
David Twedt, a professor ...
CSU’s Colorado Natural Heritage Program Releases New Field Guide to Colorado’s Wetland Plants
Posted On Saturday, May 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Colorado Natural Heritage, Colorado State University, Colorado's Wetland Plants, Natural Resources
FORT COLLINS - The Colorado Natural Heritage Program, a research unit in Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources, has just released the “Field Guide to Colorado’s Wetland Plants: Identification, Ecology and Conservation.” Although only about 2 percent of Colorado is made up of wetlands, they support almost 90 ...
Colorado State University Sustainability Fellow Named Emerging Policy Leader
Posted On Thursday, March 21, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: American Institute of Biological Sciences, Colorado State University, Paul Tanger, Policy Leadership Award.
FORT COLLINS - The American Institute of Biological Sciences in Washington, D.C., has selected Colorado State University Ph.D. candidate Paul Tanger as one of two people nationally to receive the 2013 Public Policy Leadership Award.
Paul Tanger is a 2012-2013 CSU Sustainability Leadership Fellow with the School of Global Environmental Sustainability, ...
University of Twente Donates Electron Accelerator to Colorado State University
Posted On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Colorado State University, Donates Electron Accelerator, peripheral materialsto, University of Twente
FORT COLLINS - The University of Twente in the Netherlands has donated a linear accelerator and peripheral materialsto Colorado State University to help enhance ongoing research collaborations with Professors Sandra Biedron and Stephen Milton in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The accelerator arrived on campus in January.
Biedron and ...
Guppy Study At Colorado State University Could Tell Scientists About Genetics of Conservation
Posted On Saturday, February 2, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Chris Funk, Colorado State University, Guppy Study, Lisa Angeloni, National Science Foundation grant
FORT COLLINS - Biology professors at Colorado State University have obtained a three-year, $400,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the effects of genes moving from one population to another.
Increasingly, wildlife managers are discovering the benefits of informing conservation action and policy with research on the genetics of populations. For ...
Colorado State University Celebrates Black History Month Throughout February
Posted On Thursday, January 31, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Black History Month, Brooklyn Friends School, Colorado State University, Quiz Bowl
FORT COLLINS - Colorado State University’s Black/African American Cultural Center has a full month of programs scheduled to celebrate Black History this year. From the kick-off event at noon on Feb. 1 to the Black Tie Affair on the evening of March 1, lectures, discussions, films, networking, even a Black ...
Uranium Research Projects Receive Funding
Posted On Thursday, January 17, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WYOMING Tags: Colorado State University, In-Situ Recovery of Uranium, School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming, Uranium Research
Research projects aimed at helping Wyoming’s reinvigorated uranium industry have received funding from the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) through its In-Situ Recovery of Uranium (ISRU) research program.
SER awarded research funding to three projects -- two to UW faculty members and one to a Colorado State University ...
Keep New Year’s Weight-Loss Resolution With Colorado State University’s Nutrition Center
Posted On Monday, January 14, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Colorado State University, Kendall Anderson Nutrition Center, losing weight, New Year’s resolution
FORT COLLINS - With so many fad diets to choose from, figuring out a strategy to keep that New Year’s resolution of losing weight can be overwhelming. But fad diets don’t work; a plan based on the latest research -- and the help of a professional nutritionist -- can result ...
Colorado State University Researcher Aims to Optimize Aging Experience for Graying Population
Posted On Friday, January 11, 2013 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Colorado State University, Graying Population, Manfred Diehl, National Institutes of Health, self-perceived age
FORT COLLINS - How does a person know when he or she is old? The answer is more complicated than one might think. A Colorado State University researcher is working to unravel the complicated interaction between how young or old a person feels – self-perceived age – and his or ...
Colorado State University Animal Cancer Center Bringing Holiday
Posted On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Animal Cancer, Colorado State University, Sick Children in Denver
An anonymous donor has provided funds to help the staff of Colorado State University’s Flint Animal Cancer Center provide kids with plush dogs and gift cards to Amazon.com at two hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses in Denver on Saturday.
The staff visited northern Colorado hospitals on Friday. Visits occurring on Saturday ...
Colorado State University Professor to Lead International Collaboration of Scientists to Look at Big Bang, Black Holes
Posted On Saturday, December 15, 2012 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Big Bang, Black Holes, Colorado State University, scientists
FORT COLLINS - Robert J. Wilson, professor at Colorado State University, has been selected to help lead the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment - an international science collaboration - for the next two years.
Wilson and Milind Diwan of Brookhaven National Laboratory will act as spokesmen and representatives of the international collaboration of ...
Medical Acupuncturist Joins Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital Integrative Pain Medicine Center
Posted On Saturday, November 24, 2012 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Colorado State University, Dr. Rebecca Blumberg, Hospital, Integrative Pain Medicine Center
FORT COLLINS - Colorado State University has expanded the Veterinary Teaching Hospital Integrative Medicine Service team with the addition of Dr. Rebecca Blumberg.
Blumberg has joined the Center for Comparative and Integrative Pain Medicine where she will offer acupuncture among other integrative pain medicine techniques.
Her interest in integrative pain management developed throughout ...
Colorado State University Students Sing the Praises of Farming in Justin Bieber Video Spoof
Posted On Friday, November 23, 2012 By USA Education News. Under COLORADO Tags: Colorado State University, Farming, Justin Bieber, Video Spoof
FORT COLLINS - Students studying agricultural sciences at Colorado State University are tapping Bieber Fever with a winning video spoof that touts farming.
Members of the CSU Collegiate Farm Bureau club produced their take on Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend” for a first-time Colorado Farm Bureau video contest. The CSU chapter won first place ...