CSU In The News Archive

Weather volunteers mapping rain, snow and hail

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March 23, 2008

CoCoRaHS got its start 10 years ago after a devastating flood hit Ft. Collins, Colo. Researchers went back to look at the precipitation data that led to the flood but found that the rainfall had missed all the official gauges. …

At-home filters won’t totally scrub water

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March 22, 2008

Home water purifiers such as Brita or PUR are usually engineered to remove chlorine in the water to improve taste, said Ken Carlson, associate professor of environmental engineering at Colorado State University.

Poudre High students show off robotic creations

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March 22, 2008

Fort Collins Democrat Rep. John Kefalas agreed and said, as Colorado State University and the state as a whole continue down the road toward a renewable-energy economy, it will be students like those in the robotics club who can serve …

111 in Alamosa hit by outbreak of salmonella

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March 21, 2008

That treatment plant, expected to be in operation later this year, will remove natural arsenic from the city’s water, said Ken Carlson, an environmental engineering professor at Colorado State University.

Analysis: Can biotechnology save ethanol?

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March 21, 2008

Researchers at Colorado State University are developing software to make this easier for farmers to figure out, Erickson said. Farmers input information about their field, and the program computes the amount of residue needed to maintain soil quality. The rest …

Climate task force says city plan should align with state

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March 21, 2008

“If everyone is doing their job on these committees, the goals are a stretch,” said Tony Frank, Colorado State University provost and senior executive vice president, who worked on the effort to create the state plan. “If any city is …

CSU Launches Renewable Energy ‘Supercluster’

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March 21, 2008

Colorado State University has launched a renewable energy “supercluster” that will focus on moving research and development into clean energy and energy efficiency from the lab to the marketplace.