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Out at the CSU Foothills Research Campus near Laporte, Maggie Gilman, a CSU compost intern rakes a pile of compost. The piles of compost can reach 131 degrees due to microbes in the soil breaking down organic material (Erica Giesenhagen | Collegian).

CSU student Maggie Gilman composts with passion

Jorge Espinoza • February 19, 2018

After a long day of classes, Maggie Gilman, a senior studying Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, puts on her blue overalls, steel-toed boots, a hat, a pair of gloves, and makes her way out to the Colorado...

Panelists from CSU discuss safety of GMO consumption

Panelists from CSU discuss safety of GMO consumption

Matthew Bailey • February 11, 2018

A moderator and a group of four panelists from a range of Colorado State University departments came together Thursday night to discuss one question in front of an audience in the Lory Student Theater:...

Annalise Maughn, a CSU chemistry graduate student, and James Neilson, a CSU chemistry professor, research the topic of understanding and controlling solid-state materials and their chemical components. The scientific journal "Chemistry of Materials"  has choosen Maughn's research paper from a Functional Inorganic Materials Lab run by Neilson to be featured as the editor's choice. (Photo by Olive Ancell | Collegian)

CSU graduate student revolutionizes solar cell research

Jorge Espinoza • February 6, 2018

Colorado State University graduate student Annalise Maughan’s research around perovskites is revolutionizing solar cells. Her article titled “Anharmonicity and Octahedral Tilting in Hybrid...

A logo sign outside of the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency on April 2, 2017 in downtown Washington, D.C. (Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA/TNS)

Defend Our Future discusses cuts to the EPA

Audrey Weiss • December 7, 2017

Defend Our Future, an environmental group at Colorado State University, discussed the implications of budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday evening.  Dr. Emily Fischer, assistant...

CSU group researches CRISPR mechanism

CSU group researches CRISPR mechanism

Julia Trowbridge • November 29, 2017

With Colorado State University being a top research university, it is no surprise a group has taken on investigating one of the hottest topics in the scientific community: the Clustered Regularly Interspaced...

Francis Commerçon studies biological sciences at Colorado State University. He studied conservation in China for his honor's thesis. Photo by: Zoe Jennings

CSU student researcher studies conservation in China

ZoĂ« Jennings • November 27, 2017

The two hardest things that Francis Commerçon has done in his life are interviewing 200 rural Chinese villagers and raising a wild owlet. Many who know Commerçon describe him as modest, intensely...

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