By Gary Polakovic Spur, defined (verb): “Something that makes you want to do something or that causes something to happen.” – Merriam- Webster dictionary. In three new science-themed buildings near downtown Denver, Colorado State University System is building a portal for public engagement to help solve big global challenges in food, water, and health. With CSU […]
Creating Stronger Teams, Creating Stronger ScienceBy Meg Suter Researchers at Colorado State University have never shied away from asking big questions: How do we cure disease? How do we feed 8 billion people? How do we build an equitable society? For centuries, scientists and researchers have pondered these questions and worked to address them. However, as our world becomes more connected […]
The Air We BreatheBy Alan S. Rudolph The Cameron Peak Fire smoke plume descends on Horsetooth Reservoir, west of Fort Collins, Colo., Sept. 7, 2020. Photo: William A. Cotton, CSU Photography In the last two years in Colorado, we have experienced historic wildfires and a pandemic that has brought attention to the air we breathe like never before. Many […]
Extending Reach Using a One Health ApproachBy Sue VandeWoude and Claire Tucker The CSU One Health Institute works to solve complex problems at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health through research, training, outreach, and advocacy. By taking a transdisciplinary approach that aligns expertise across departments and colleges, the institute supports initiatives to achieve outcomes that extend individual programs’ work. Community-engaged […]
Foothills Campus: A New Vision, A New DestinationBy V. Chandrasekar, David Paterson, and Alan Rudolph The Foothills Campus, located on the west side of Fort Collins, is widely known by many as a site for a Saturday afternoon Rams football game in the old Hughes Stadium. But the Foothills Campus is much more than that. It is the location of the most impactful […]
CSU Extension: Expanding Our Reach Every Day in Every CountyBy Ragan Adams In 1912, D.C. Bascom of Logan County became the first CSU Extension agent. In that year, he logged 14,000 miles, sharing farming techniques appropriate for the dry soils and high altitude of Colorado to homesteaders. Bascom also ordered “kids clubs,” where he taught children to raise livestock and grow corn and wheat. These […]
The New Age of BiosecurityBy Rebecca Moritz For all of us, the last two years have been challenging on multiple levels, both professionally and personally. As a person who has dedicated their career to conducting and supporting biological research, often focused on pathogens, preparedness, and response, the COVID-19 pandemic has been surreal. The current pandemic is vastly different from […]
Diverse Faculty Advancing COVID ResearchBy Marcela Henao Tamayo Health care workers often experience frustration when, despite their efforts, resources are insufficient to properly treat their patients. That was my experience while attending medical school in a developing country: I wanted to do more! The best route I found was through disease prevention, a perspective that could potentially have a […]
A Framework for ResilienceCSU Research leverages the strengths of its past and the ongoing passion of its land-grant culture to secure a prepared future Heading home after an evening hunting mice, a house cat pauses at the duck pond to drink. Earlier, in the growing dusk, the pond was visited by a family of rats from the nearby wood pile, a cottontail raising kits in the grassy field, and an assortment of wild birds who bathed and caught mosquitoes […]
Saving Lives: testing healthcare workers to minimize transmission of COVID-19By Mary Guiden and Lauren Klamm A team of faculty at Colorado State University is leading an effort to help the most vulnerable people in our communities – residents in long-term care communities – during the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this year, Greg Ebel, professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, tested samples from thousands of […]