COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY: Announced that Kurt Fausch, a professor in the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, was recently named the first recipient of the International Fisheries Science Prize, given by the World Council of Fisheries Societies.

In Fort Collins, where the Colorado State University College Republicans were dismantling their campaign headquarters, chairwoman Chelsey Penoyer, a 22-year-old senior, said she’s fascinated by how the Obama campaign energized minority voters, but flustered by the continuing chatter about race.

Bob Duffy, chairman of Colorado State University’s political science department, said Markey ran a strong race, particularly in areas like Weld County that rarely support Democrats.

Larry Penley resigned Wednesday night as president and chancellor of CSU after five years on the job.

Amid a growing chorus of criticism from faculty members and students, Larry Penley abruptly resigned Wednesday after more than five years as president of Colorado State University.

David Lerach of Colorado State University and a team of researchers compared two computer models of supercell storms — one in which the atmosphere was clean, and one in which it was riddled with microscopic dust particles.

“What that does is stop the momentum of right-to-work,” said Ray Hogler, management professor at Colorado State University.

“It’s a strange phenomenon,” said John Straayer, political science professor at Colorado State University. “On the one hand, we seem to have a public affinity for maintaining procedures that make direct democracy easy. But that’s combined with a certain level …

Larry Penley’s vision and long-term planning have served CSU well, but details in achieving those goals may have cut short his time at the university.

There is some new insight on the sudden resignation of Colorado State University President Dr. Larry Penley.