Contributors: Stephen Mumme, Emeritus Professor in Political Science, Colorado State University, USA

Michael Seman, a professor at Colorado State University who has built a career researching the surprisingly strong economic impact of live music, recites a maxim he heard about Colorado: “Live music is part of our fabric, but it’s not our identity.”

West is the Colorado State Forest Service entomologist based in Fort Collins who recently flew the state looking at the health of the state’s forests and received a bird’s-eye view of how the aspen are turning.

Rose Rossell at Colorado State University in Fort Collins and her colleagues studied the chemicals that wafted off a corpse flower named Cosmo when it bloomed in May 2024 at the university’s conservatory. The emissions included a range of organic sulfur compounds.

Mara Waller, a senior research scholar at Colorado State University’s College of Business, suggests we can shift to a different time style when it serves us. In what cases might you want to adopt a different approach to time? How might doing so help you?

Colorado researchers think subtle changes in mobility could be early signs of Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. Dr. Neha Lodha, director of Colorado State University’s Movement Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Lab, believes ordinary activities, like cooking, walking and driving, offer clues.

Autism advocate and professor at Colorado State, Temple Grandin, says when she heard the president’s remarks, she immediately went to the research.

But there are still times when you need someone to win outside, and the guy for the Seahawks this season has been fifth-round rookie Tory Horton. The Colorado State alum went as low as he did in the draft for two reasons: concerns about strength of competition, and the knee injury that cost him half the season in 2024 for the Rams. Horton had been productive both with Nevada and Colorado State after a 2022 transfer, but few really knew how he’d hold up to the rigors of the NFL.

Erin O’Toole talked with Colorado State University horticulture specialist Karim Gharbi to learn more about why people find tarantulas so fascinating. Karim just got back from his own visit to the La Junta area – and shared some tips on how to spot tarantulas if you go.

Puppies with cleft palates do not survive long due to associated health risks. The high costs and variable success rate of surgery lead these canines to being euthanized, an article from Colorado State University stated.