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CSU faculty, researchers discuss circular economy model, future of sustainability

Chloe Waskey, Staff Reporter April 7, 2025

Soil scientist Eugene Kelly and sustainable textile researcher Sonali Diddi delivered a talk April 3 exploring the circular economy model as a potential pathway to a low-carbon economy. The model has become...

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Doctoral candidate’s machine learning assists in African leopard tracking

Katie Fisher, Science Editor April 2, 2025

While African leopards span the continent, inhabiting a variety of environments like grasslands, rainforests, deserts and savannas, their migration population changes can often be difficult to track —...

April Fools': CAM the Ram diverts 2024 YR4 asteroid, avoiding Fort Collins collision

April Fools’: CAM the Ram diverts 2024 YR4 asteroid, avoiding Fort Collins collision

Kat Fish April 1, 2025

Editor’s Note: This is a satire for April Fools’ Day. Real names and the events surrounding them may be used in fictitious/semi-fictitious ways. Those who do not read the editor’s notes are subject...

(Updated) DeSalvo Meme

April Fools’: Nick DeSalvo cloning scandal unearthed in chem research building

Cosmic Misfortune, Photo Director April 1, 2025

A secret cloning facility underneath Colorado State University’s Chemistry Research Building was discovered by university staff March 31. With it, evidence of an experiment on Associated Students of...

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Anatomical advancements: Clapp Lab develops VR anatomy education software

Katie Fisher, Science Editor March 31, 2025

On the second floor of Colorado State University’s Health Education Outreach Center, 100 virtual reality headsets hang from retractable plant hangers in the immersive learning teaching lab. The product...

Colorado Forest Service measures forest carbon emissions

Colorado Forest Service measures forest carbon emissions

Rebekah Barry, Staff Reporter March 27, 2025

A recent study published by the Colorado State Forest Service took a deeper look into the impact of Colorado's trees and how they store carbon. The findings reported that some of Colorado's forests release...

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Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere affected by NOAA layoffs

Katie Fisher, Science Editor March 26, 2025

A Category 5 hurricane slams a local coastline, tracked every inch by satellites as it moves down the shore. Tornado sirens wire to life at the first alert of a vortex formation. Services are all possible...

Chad Miller, associate professor at Colorado State University, begins his talk, "Tiptoeing Through the Tulips: Exploring a Colorful History," at the Fort Collins Welcome Center March 12. In 1636, tulip prices rose quickly and then plummeted the next year, demonstrating a market trend known as "tulip mania," Miller explained.

Ram Talks: Chad Miller discusses tulips’ enduring impact on status, history

Sananda Chandy, Staff Reporter March 16, 2025

Walking through the welcome center with bowls of organic yellow tulip petals and not an empty chair, a chorus of chatter stops. The audience begins curiously listening to Chad Miller, who excitedly waves...

Colorado State University students and faculty and Fort Collins community members make their way to Old Town Square on College Avenue, chanting and cheering in support of the nationwide protest Stand Up for Science March 7.

Gallery: Stand Up for Science protest

Abigail Burns, Staff Photographer March 13, 2025

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Hundreds in FoCo community rally against censorship in Stand Up for Science march

Chloe Waskey, Staff Reporter March 11, 2025

Nearly 1,000 Colorado State University students and Fort Collins community members gathered at the Lory Student Center Plaza Friday, March 7, to march in the national Stand Up for Science 2025 movement....

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CSU technology aids in new evidence of early human ancestors in Europe

Hana Pavelko, Staff Reporter March 6, 2025

Modern-day humans, scientifically known as Homo sapiens, are the sole living members of the genus Homo. Our human ancestors originated from Africa, and recent studies indicate that humans do not have a...

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Sustainable water interdisciplinary minor redefines water education for students

Mckenna Van Voris, Staff Reporter March 6, 2025

Colorado State University’s sustainable water interdisciplinary minor, SWIM, is composed of 23 enrolled students and 43 alumni. This niche program allows students flexibility in their courses while studying...

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