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Nancy Richardson Design Center opens, aims to foster creativity

Nancy Richardson Design Center opens, aims to foster creativity

Meagan Stackpool January 28, 2019

After years of conversation and planning, the Nancy Richardson Design Center celebrated its opening Friday, allowing students to explore new design opportunities.  Nancy Richardson and her husband,...

The Al-Kitaab textbooks are used by Arabic students in their first two semesters of the language. (Susie Heath | Collegian)

From studies to shelves: the story of the college textbook

Samantha Ye January 23, 2019

For Colorado State University students, textbook culture means a lot of staring down price tags and making sure the online homework systems don’t crash the night an assignment is due.  So much more...

Gathered at University of Northern Colorado’s University Center UNC student, Austin Huber, vapes a “phat cloud”. Austin was the founder of the event, created to rid Greeley of its stink by vaping. He planned to create more events similar, to bring people together.
(Anna Baize | Collegian)

Vape and tobacco banned on CSU campus, all state property

Ravyn Cullor January 23, 2019

Juuls are officially too cool for school. Vaping and using any tobacco products were outlawed on state-owned property, including on the Colorado State University campus, after former Gov. John Hickenlooper...

Collegian file photo

CSU Public Saftey Team alerts students, employees about menacing suspect

Julia Trowbridge December 14, 2018

The University's Public Safety Team sent a text alert and an email out at 7:28 p.m, providing an image of a suspect and alerting students and employees of him. Students and employees also sent another...

Andrea Reeve, Marilyn Thayer and Oscar Felix discussed some of the things that they have done throughout their career to help first generation students. As first generation students they shared first hand accounts of some of their challenges and the ways that they have tried to help students in the same positions they were in. (Josh Schroeder | Collegian)

CSU honors first-generation legacy

Charlotte Lang December 10, 2018

Colorado State University was the first university to identify and provide scholarships for first-generation students and it intends to honor this legacy by recognizing and acknowledging those students. At...

Finals week survival guide photo illustration (Collegian file photo)

CSU offering extended hours on campus for finals week

Julia Trowbridge December 10, 2018

Although Colorado State University students might not get enough sleep this week, the University is making sure to help students get all their studying in.  It's that time of year when the Morgan Library...

Erica Lafferty, Jake Ferguson and Alexandra Smith work on one of the lessons for the 4th-8th graders at the Little Shop of Physics event on Dec. 8. (Joshua Contreras | Collegian).

Oglala Lakota College and Little Shop of Physics bring fun to science class

Ravyn Cullor December 10, 2018

Sharing may be caring, but collaborating on interactive science lessons can change the course of an education. For nearly 10 years, the Little Shop of Physics, based out of Colorado State University,...

CSU Online, formally known as the Division of Continuing Education, offers 1.105 credit courses, 337 noncredit courses and 20 free online courses from all eight colleges and nearly all departments and special academic units. (Photo illustration by Clara Scholtz | Collegian)

CSU Online grows revenue, course offerings with steady intention

Samantha Ye December 6, 2018

Colorado State University Online has been breaking their own records at a comfortable pace, just the way they like it. Over the last 10 years, the University division has more than doubled their gross...

Colorado State University’s Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Effectiveness reports the number of primary political science majors at CSU increase from 271 to 413 between Fall 2014 and Fall 2018. (Mackenzie Boltz | Collegian)

Enrollment in political science departments increase at CSU, nationwide

Blake O’Brien December 6, 2018

When President Donald Trump goes somewhere, so does the attention. So, it’s no surprise that enrollment in political science programs has skyrocketed since the 2016 elections. Colorado State University’s...

ASCSU Chief of Staff Zachary Vaishampayan presents President Tristan Syron's recommended corrections to the vetoed Election Managers Job description. (Matt Tackett | Collegian)

ASCSU president vetoes bill regarding elections manager position

Stuart Smith December 6, 2018

Following the veto of a job description bill by Associated Students of Colorado State University President Tristan Syron, the Senate decided to scrap it and rewrite the job description next semester. The...

Sign posted outside the El Centro office in the Lory Student Center, on Dec. 3. 
(Collegian | Anna von Pechmann)

Latinx students discuss U.S. response to migrant caravan

Matthew Bailey December 5, 2018

Scenes of Central American caravan migrants fleeing from tear gas after rushing towards the Tijuana-San Diego border were televised across the nation and heavily shared over social media platforms last...

Chemistry professor Andrew McNally Ph.D student Michael Hilton, postdoctoral research associate Xuan Zhang, Ph.D. student Benjamin Boyle, postdoctoral research associate Juan Alegre-Requena and chemistry professor Robert Paton have discovered a new, straightforward reaction for applications in synthesizing drugs. (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

CSU chemists create new method for drug discovery

Julia Trowbridge December 5, 2018

Recognized as revolutionary by Chemical & Engineering News, Colorado State University has found a new chemical tool for synthesizing important molecules. CSU chemistry professors Andrew McNally and...

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