FortZED is the brainchild of UniverCity Connections, which unites Old Town, Colorado State University and the Poudre River Corridor.

“Across the board there are still jobs to be had,” said Brett Beal, assistant director of CSU’s Career Center.

John Straayer, a political scientist at Colorado State University, went further. “You really must add the Obama factor,” he said, saying the Illinois senator is responsible for much of the Democratic groundswell.

Boston residents should be happy to hear the test results, said Amy Pruden, a professor of environmental engineering at Colorado State University who has studied the effects of antibiotics in drinking water.

“Think outside the box,” said Carol O’Meara, extension agent in horticulture entomology at Colorado State University Cooperative Extension. “People are planting the same trees over and over. You want something magnificent for your yard.”

Stan Slater, a professor of marketing at Colorado State University, said the measure isn’t being followed closely enough by beer drinkers to have an impact on Coors.

And a group of Colorado State University students has joined the effort to help better the world’s economy by collecting the common cell phone and turning it into cash for entrepreneurs a world away.

The American elms around the oval on the Colorado State University campus have become an integral and cherished part of the history of CSU and Fort Collins.

“There’s a lot of research in supply chain management that has been done about when this exact thing happens,” said Lisa Ellram, chair of the management department at Colorado State University’s College of Business.

Gov. Bill Ritter on April 24 signed a measure that will provide $26.5 million to speed the movement of bioscience research from state laboratories, such as those at Colorado State University, to the marketplace.