CSU In The News Archive

CSU prof makes Scientific American’s honor roll

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May 15, 2009

A Colorado State University professor who helped start companies to produce clean-burning cook stoves for developing countries and biodiesel from algae has been named to Scientific American magazine’s list of top 10 innovators.

Seasons and Life Cycles

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May 15, 2009

Heidi Steltzer and Eric Post, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.

Chancellor tapped six days after applying

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May 14, 2009

The sole finalist for CSU’s chancellorship applied for the job the same day he met in a closed-door session with the chairman of the university’s governing board.

Climatologists predict 12 named storms’ this hurricane season

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May 14, 2009

Two climatologists from Colorado State University, both scorned and respected for their hurricane season forecasts, took to the podium Wednesday to discuss their prediction for 2009: 12 named storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes of Category 3 or worse.

Memory grows less efficient very early in Alzheimer’s disease

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May 14, 2009

Article: “Memory Efficiency and the Strategic Control of Attention at Encoding: Impairments of Value-Directed Remembering in Alzheimer’s Disease,” Alan D. Castel, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles; David A. Balota, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis; and David P. McCabe, …

Winn Feline Foundation to Host Symposium

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May 14, 2009

Michael Lappin, DVM, professor of small animal medicine at Colorado State University, will discuss “Vaccination and Systemic Disease in Cats.”

A Slightly Skeptical Look at Global Warming

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May 13, 2009

So far, in the 21st century, global warming has stabilized and no one really knows why,” writes Dr. William Cotton, a professor of atmospheric science at Colorado State University.

Ancient Elite Island with Pyramid Found in Mexico

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May 13, 2009

“Because Apupato was an island and relatively unsettled, it is a neat window into how the [Lake Pátzcuaro] basin looked like years ago,” said Christopher Fisher, lead investigator and archaeologist at Colorado State University.

Beetle-killed trees raise fire worries

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May 13, 2009

But several scientists have challenged just how much the pine beetle epidemic has elevated the risk of wildfires. A team of scientists headed by Bill Romme of Colorado State University several years ago concluded that the wrong conclusions were being …