CSU In The News Archive

Meet the beetles: They’re in Colorado

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July 11, 2008

Maybe they piggybacked in on civilization, like pigeons, pugs and crab grass. Or they could have been here all along. That’s the theory Colorado State University entomologist Whitney Cranshaw likes.

Roses face plenty of thorns

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July 11, 2008

Yet peril lurks on the horizon, and without vigilance, the bloom may soon be off the rose. At the American Rose Society’s annual spring convention, three noted experts – Whitney Cranshaw, professor of entomology at Colorado State University; Baldo Villegas, …

Scientists studying tree die-off in Boulder

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July 11, 2008

“We’re trying to understand the biology, what’s going on, how the beetle is transmitting the fungus, how the fungus is attacking the tree,” said Ned Tisserat, professor of bioagricultural sciences and pest management at CSU. “Because if we can figure …

Weather makes for better bug season

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July 11, 2008

Colorado State University entomologist Whitney Cranshaw said the number of miller moths trekking across Colorado’s Eastern Plains and Front Range are up slightly from last year, but a cooler than normal spring slowed the growth of the caterpillar stage and …

Bumper stickers, road rage linked

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July 07, 2008

The Colorado State University study, published in a June edition of the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, scientifically draws the conclusion that drivers who decorate their cars with “territorial markers” – such as bumper stickers, personalized license plates or window …

CSU launching Global Campus for online learners

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July 07, 2008

The Colorado State University System is launching Internet courses based on the needs of employers and employees, going head to head with private, job-oriented colleges that tailor their degree programs to the business and professional worlds.

Noise inescapable in some flagship national parks

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July 07, 2008

Manmade noises also have an effect on wildlife: higher stress levels, prey that can’t hear approaching predators as well and even interruptions of bats’ echolocation, said Paul Bell, a psychologist at Colorado State University who works with the Park Service’s …

Ritter: Follow the West

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July 07, 2008

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden is one of the federal research centers in the state. The Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory has formed a partnership among NREL, the Colorado School of Mines, the University of Colorado at Boulder and …

The West Is ‘New Frontier’ For Presidential Race

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July 07, 2008

John Straayer, a political science professor at Colorado State University, says at least through the Democratic National Convention next month, Colorado is likely to keep getting a lot of attention. He says it’s also important that Colorado has a growing …