CSU In The News Archive

A Bug’s Light

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July 11, 2005

Boris Kondratieff, an entomology professor at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, predicts that the flickering critters will sprinkle the night skies in Colorado because of the wet June. Kondratieff said fireflies need water to develop their young.

Education with Altitude—Studies in the Rocky Mountains

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July 11, 2005

While most summer classes occur indoors, students in the College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University attend sessions at 9,000 ft., in a classroom without walls. Pingree Park, located 70 miles northwest of Fort Collins, Colo., provides an ideal …

Fla. residents keep Dennis in perspective

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July 11, 2005

Get used to it, says the dean of the USA’s hurricane scientists, who predicted that this hurricane season would produce more storms than average, as did last year’s. William Gray of the Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University says …

Hurricane Dennis Tracks Ivan’s Path of Destruction

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July 11, 2005

Dennis also bolsters earlier predictions that this would be an active hurricane season, with William Gray of Colorado State University predicting a total of 15 named storms and eight named hurricanes.

Four Named Storms in Early July Set Record

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July 09, 2005

Forecaster William Gray at Colorado State University has upped his 2005 Atlantic hurricane forecast three times since December, beginning with 11 named storms, then 13, then 15. Now he is saying the number of named storms will be “significantly above” …

Cancer Strides for Dogs Assist Human Therapy

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July 07, 2005

Some researchers caution that it’s too early to tell how large a role dogs will play in combatting human cancer. “You have to be very careful about moving from species to species,” says David Vail, a veterinary oncologist at Colorado …

Night Lights

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July 07, 2005

“As we develop, and water resources are further expanded, they indeed might spread,” said Boris Kondratieff, an entomology professor at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. “These local colonies can ebb and flow depending on water conditions.”

How Fish Hear And Make Sounds At Same Time

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July 05, 2005

Co-author Matthew Weeg received his doctorate from Cornell and worked in Andrew Bass’s laboratory before recently becoming a lecturer at Colorado State University.