CSU In The News Archive

Wired for excitement

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July 16, 2005

The teenager is not crazy or the loser of a dare. Calvin Burdick is one of the roughly 8,000 people who this year will participate in the Challenge Course programs offered at Colorado State University.

Routine Tree Care Can Reduce the Risk of Devastating Storm Damage

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July 15, 2005

Eight hurricanes and fifteen named storms. According to Dr. William Gray, a meteorologist with Colorado State University and a leading hurricane forecaster, that’s what can be expected this hurricane season. We’ve already started seeing the affects and experts at the …

Exchange helps London police set up safe-schools initiative

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July 14, 2005

Part of a nationwide safe schools initiative in the United Kingdom, London’s Metropolitan Police Services has modeled its Safer School Partnership program after Fort Collins’ highly successful SRO program, which began in 1994. Supported by funding from the United Kingdom …

For fireflies, it’s a lightning year

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July 14, 2005

While tons of fireflies live in Colorado, the few species that light up are uncommon, said Whitney Cranshaw, an entomologist at Colorado State University, although he recently spotted some pinpoint lights in an onion field north of Fort Collins.

For fireflies, it’s a lightning year

Outlet:

July 14, 2005

While tons of fireflies live in Colorado, the few species that light up are uncommon, said Whitney Cranshaw, an entomologist at Colorado State University, although he recently spotted some pinpoint lights in an onion field north of Fort Collins.

New Hurricane-Forecast Tool Debuts (And Just in Time)

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July 14, 2005

William Gray, a pioneer in long-range hurricane forecasting who is based at Colorado State University, thinks seven hurricanes will form in the Atlantic Basin this year. (The region includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.) The professor of atmospheric …

Pingree Park knows the ropes

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July 14, 2005

Tucked into the pine trees of Pingree Park mountain campus, a ropes course designed to bring out both teamwork and personal drive just got a little more challenging. Colorado State University’s mountain campus has added a 45-foot-high climbing wall and …

Weather allowing for fish studies

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July 14, 2005

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and Colorado State University took the lead to evaluate larval transport and habitat use. At each targeted flow, they released 3 million biodegradable, color-coded beads that simulated drifting larvae and between 100,000 and 400,000 …

Anthrax test prolonged scare

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July 12, 2005

Both the state health department and Colorado State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory can test for anthrax. But CSU’s lab is authorized to test only “noncredible threat substances,” and because two field tests indicated the material was anthrax, the lab needed …