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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Man sits atop Duncans Ridge overlooking Hoorsetooth Reservoir. (The Collegian file photo)

Medical personnel to staff Horsetooth Reservoir this summer

Jessie Trudell June 14, 2016

Medical personnel will now staff ranger boats on Horsetooth Reservoir, according to a news release from the Larimer County Department of Natural Resources.“This partnership is important so we can provide,...

Greater short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx)

Bats are fly, here’s why: CSU researchers study disease killing millions of bats in U.S.

Jessie Trudell March 3, 2016

Researchers at Colorado State University believe that bats play an invaluable role in our ecosystems — a role that is being seriously threatened. Colleen Webb, a professor in the Department of Biology,...

A close-up look at mosquitos in Greg Ebel’s lab. Ebel is the director of the Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory. (Photo courtesy of SOURCE.)

CSU professor leads West Nile virus research

Jessie Trudell February 11, 2016

A laboratory of Colorado State University researchers are looking into the relationship between mosquitoes and anthropod-borne viruses — known as arboviruses — such as West Nile."A lot of our work...

A 400 seat lecture room in Behavioral Sciences Building is packed full with mostly Freshman students enrolled in Chemistry 107.

Classroom Press with Jess: SOC 352 – Criminology

Jessie Trudell September 21, 2015

Last March, I was having lunch with one of my best friends in between classes. She was taking incessantly about the class she had just come from, PSY 252 — Mind, Brain and Behavior. I was immediately...

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CSU alumni Gabriel Dance describes experience with NSA leaks

Jessie Trudell May 11, 2015

Interpreting leaked National Security Agency documents, investigating the criminal justice system and working for the New York Times and Guardian are only a few experiences of Colorado State University...

Best-selling author Stephen M.R. Covey speaks to a full lecture hall of Colorado State business students during the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Leadership Symposium on Business Ethics in Clark A101 Friday afternoon. Covey spoke on ethical issues and the importance of trust in business.

Classroom Press with Jess: getting social with SOC100

Jessie Trudell May 7, 2015

This week on Classroom Press with Jess, I got social and caught a glimpse of what goes on inside the doors of SOC100 – General Sociology, taught by Jason Downing. Lucy Robb, a freshman biochemistry student...

Classroom Press with Jess: an unconventional classroom experience

Classroom Press with Jess: an unconventional classroom experience

Jessie Trudell April 30, 2015

Editor's Note: The 90.5 KCSU radio station is part of the same company, the Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation, as the Rocky Mountain Collegian. This week on Classroom Press with Jess, I did something...

A day in the life of a Colorado State University police officer

A day in the life of a Colorado State University police officer

Jessie Trudell April 23, 2015

Traffic stops. A lost student. A frantic individual on an unknown substance. An intoxicated man passed out on the side of the street. A visit to the hospital. An apartment fire. Backup from paramedics...

CSU environmental health students and professionals from various fields meet at the networking event.

Classroom Press with Jess: ERHS 492 – Environmental Health Seminar

Jessie Trudell April 22, 2015

This week, I took a gander into the exciting ERHS 492, which is an eight-week environmental health seminar course. A what, you ask? It’s an eight-week spring course specifically for juniors studying...

Senior music major and drummer, Keller Paulson, rehearses on Tuesday night in the University Center of the Arts. (Photo credit: Eliot Foust)

Classroom Press with Jess: MU100 – Taking Notes on Music Appreciation

Jessie Trudell April 16, 2015

Even if music is not your forte, tune in and take note on all MU100 has to offer. Music of all genres gets the appreciation it deserves in this class, while also serving as an arts and humanities credit. This...

Alyssa Breda, sophomore zoology major, holds a dart frog during herpetology lab.

Classroom Press with Jess: BZ329 – Herpetology is toad-ally cool

Jessie Trudell April 9, 2015

With all of the recent promotion by the Colorado State University Health Network to get yourself tested for STDs, you might mistake an article on herpetology as another ploy to get yourself into that doctor’s...

Classroom Press with Jess: A taste of PSY252 - Mind, Brain and Behavior

Classroom Press with Jess: A taste of PSY252 – Mind, Brain and Behavior

Jessie Trudell April 2, 2015

It’s not all about the psyche in this psychology class. I did some nosing around to get a taste of what PSY 252, Mind, Brain and Behavior could teach me about senses. This week, I sat down with...

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