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Sen. Michael Bennet speaks at Colorado State with Kathay Rennels

August 9, 2012

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet spoke at Colorado State's Northeast Regional Engagement Center in Sterling, Colo. on Tuesday. He discussed his efforts to reauthorize the Farm Bill to an audience of nearly...

Provost names interim dean of the College of Engineering

Provost names interim dean of the College of Engineering

July 31, 2012

Steve Abt has been named the interim dean of the College of Engineering, by Provost Rick Miranda. Abt will take the place of Sandy Wood, who resigned to take a position at Oregon State University. Abt...

Hitler is offensive, same-sex weddings are not

July 31, 2012

A couple in Lakewood, Colo. were denied a wedding cake by a local cake shop started quite the stir yesterday. Dave Mullin, 28, and Charlie Craig, 31 were told that because gay marraige is not legal...

Nuclear Regulatory Commission awards Colorado State near $600,000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission awards Colorado State near $600,000

July 31, 2012

Colorado State University has been given a grant for almost $600,000  by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to develop a statistics course and hire a radiochemistry scientist. According to Professor...

Durango man mistaken for Aurora shooter

Durango man mistaken for Aurora shooter

July 24, 2012

With several cases of mistaken identities arising around the common name of the Aurora shooter, James Calvin Holmes III, of Durango might be the most ludicrous. The Durango Herald said: Physical characteristics...

Colorado State uses High Park Fire as a chance to study mercury

July 24, 2012

  Though the High Park Fire was tragic on many levels, but it presents a unique chance for Colorado State researchers to study the way that fire transports mercury in a landscape. The study began...

Colorado man accused of illegally downloading porn sues back, claims he has never watched porn

July 24, 2012

Jeff Fantalis, a Colorado man, was accused of illegally downloading Porn, chose not to stomach this accusation and filed a a counter suit.  According to Beta Beat, in a 53 page counter claim,  he...

Swansea City takes on Colorado Rapids: A room of Welsh people didnt help us notice

Swansea City takes on Colorado Rapids: A room of Welsh people didn’t help us notice

July 24, 2012

Tonight Swansea City will play the Colorado Rapids at 7 p.m. at Dick's Sporting Goods Field. Box Score World Sports Wire said: The Swans arrived in Denver on Sunday night and are currently preparing...

Colorado State Professor sheds light on legal steps in Aurora shooting

July 20, 2012

CSU sociology professor Prabha Unnithan said there are many legal unknowns facing James Holmes, the suspect in an early Thursday morning shooting in an Aurora movie theater that left at least 12 dead...

CSU receives two national awards for natural resources stewardship

CSU receives two national awards for natural resources stewardship

July 17, 2012

The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Network 2012 National Awards have been given to Colorado State University’s Public Lands History Center and Warner College of Natural Resources Associate Dean Peter Newman.

Colorado Springs police have difficulty apprehending man and beast

July 17, 2012

Since Friday, authorities in Colorado Spring have had a warrant out for the arrest of Brian Hedglin, 40, for the murder of his girlfriend. This morning he surfaced in Utah, according to The Gazette. Capt....

Coloradoan investigates lack of discussion on Hughes Stadium

Kristin Hall July 17, 2012

According to the Fort Collins Coloradoan, CSU staff, administrators and consultants have not been examining the ways in which Hughes Stadium could be improved, but rather communications are focused...

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