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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

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Image of student-designed plates hanging on the wall at the "Community Smog" exhibition by Kim Abeles at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art in the University Center for the Arts.

‘Community Smog’ exhibit visualizes wildfire pollution through art

Evan Borman, Staff Reporter February 4, 2025

The five senses are incapable of perceiving reality — which is to say, air pollution and the effects of climate change. "Community Smog" is a collaboration between artist Kim Abeles and the community...

A graphic with the words Collegian Science surrounded by small, cartoon-like drawings of DNA, an atom and bacteria.

Discover these 5 hidden gem research labs at CSU

Katie Fisher, Science Editor February 4, 2025

From understanding how humans are shaped by their local environment to the cutting edge technology of virtual reality and transcranial magnetic stimulation that are reshaping scientific fields, here is...

A full case of a large moth species is stored in the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Jan. 24.

Gallery: C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity houses unique specimens

Lauren Mascardo, Staff Photographer January 30, 2025

A case of multiple sepcies of moths from Montana are stored in the C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Jan. 24. The museum is currently working with a Montana non-profit to store and take data on these insects.

CSU’s bug museum preserves Rocky Mountain critters

Hayley Bisant, Staff Reporter January 28, 2025

No matter how many buildings a student has had to traverse to attend classes, there remain parts of campus that have never been explored. Colorado State University hosts a number of hidden gems throughout...

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CSU’s fermentation sciences program brews future industry leaders

Katie Fisher, Science Editor January 27, 2025

In its 12th year of operation, Colorado State University’s fermentation and food sciences major is serving up much more than beer and sourdough bread. With a rigid science foundation and a host of industry...

The laser bay of Colorado State University’s Laboratory for Advanced Lasers and Extreme Photonics Oct. 29. The bay is where the laser passes through several stages, with mirrors and crystals at each stage that shape and refine the laser as it goes, until it eventually comes out in the chamber where researchers can conduct experiments. Ghassan Zeraouli, a post-doctoral staff scientist at the lab, explained that the laser operates at about ten pulses per second. “We take those ten pulses, and we stretch them in time so that we can amplify them,” he said. “We start with smaller pulses, with less energy, and we use another laser to amplify those little pulses. The laser can be amplified in different stages.”

LaserNetUS, CSU’s Advanced Beam Laboratory fuel research collaboration

Cait Mckinzie, Photo Director January 27, 2025

Just a short distance outside of Fort Collins on the Colorado State University Foothills Campus sits one of the most powerful lasers in the world. Directed by professors and run by graduate students...

A woman with a hose washes off a cow

CSU Seedstock Merchandising Team inspires next generation of cattle ranchers

Allie Seibel, Editor in Chief January 23, 2025

Every year, the Colorado State University Seedstock Merchandising Team prepares to present their animals at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. It is the crown jewel event for the program, which...

A man with a green shirt, a black vest and a black cowboy hat steams a cowboy hat for a customer.

National Western Stock Show, CSU honor Western ag roots

Allie Seibel, Editor in Chief January 23, 2025

For 16 days each January, the National Western Center in Denver is overtaken with a sea of cowboy boots, hats and vendors hawking everything from souvenirs such as custom sized-hats, toys for children...

Bradlee Miller

Gallery: National Western Stock Show Pro Rodeo

Hannah Parcells, Content Managing Editor January 23, 2025

In a medical room, a young doctor wearing blue shirt prepares to take the heart rate of a middle aged male who is getting his heart work done

CSU provides support to next generation of health care professionals

Hana Pavelko, Staff Reporter December 5, 2024

As we look to the future, Colorado State University looks to prepare its students for their future careers. With almost 300 academic degree programs spanning over eight colleges to choose from, CSU graduates...

A man kneels down to tend to some crops while a sprinkler system runs alongside him.

DARE programs promote innovation through intersectional lens

Katie Fisher, Staff Reporter December 4, 2024

The technicalities of economics and agricultural disciplines collide in Colorado State University’s department of agricultural and resource economics. Housed in the College of Agricultural Sciences,...

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