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A young woman dressed in a "Jurassic Park" costume holds a dinosaur head and enthusiastically roars while riding her bike in a crowded Fort Collins Tour de Fat cycling parade Aug. 23. Tour de Fat is an annual event for community members to dress in costumes, bike and drink beer.

Gallery: Tour de Fat celebrates 25th year of uniting FoCo with bikes, booze

Aria Paul, Sofia Raikow, and Daryn Whitmoyer
August 25, 2025
Fort Collins community members donning costumes, such as Flint Tropics retro basketball uniforms, bike down Mountain Avenue together in the Fort Collins Tour de Fat cycling parade Aug. 23.

[Photo] Tour de Fat rides around FoCo for 25th year

Riley Paling, Staff Reporter
August 25, 2025
Image of a person looking at artwork.

Art Lab Fort Collins features ‘Expanding Into Space’ student photo gallery

Sofia Raikow, Staff Photographer
April 30, 2025
Student dancers, including Amethyst Aligaen, Alyssa Benik, Rylie Niemann, Kaitlyn Tayntor, and Jacqueline Urquidez, are spotlit while performing, “Muyé,” choreographed by Hannah Essig at Colorado State University’s Spring 2025 Dance Concert April 17.

Image of a man in his office.

[Photo] AeroEco Lab maps bird migration patterns, furthers ornithological research

April 9, 2025
The Associated Students of Colorado State University speaker of the senate candidate Brooke Reese speaks about the significance of the student body government next to discussion facilitator Adam Carlson during the interview and public forum event in the Lory Student Center at Colorado State University April 3. “That's what's so unique about student advocacy and student governance, is that we can incorporate whatever amount of voice that people want to bring to the table to the table,” Reese said.

[Photo] ASCSU Elections: Speaker of the senate candidate Brooke Reese outlines vision in public interview, forum

April 7, 2025
Associated Students of Colorado State University presidential candidate Jakye Nunley sits next to vice presidential candidate Joseph Godshall while speaking about the significance of ASCSU to the student body during the public interview and forum in the Lory Student Center April 3. “ASCSU is a body of your peers, your friends, your colleagues and people who are there to support you beyond the classroom and for programming and basic needs,” Nunley said.

[Photo] ASCSU Elections: Presidential, VP candidates Jakye Nunley, Joseph Godshall outline priorities in public interview, forum

April 7, 2025
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[Photo] Doctoral candidate's machine learning assists in African leopard tracking

April 2, 2025
PhD Candidate, Guo Cheng, is holding her laptop which she completes most of her work, contributing research to develop AI tracking technologies for African leopards, in her lab in the Engineering building at Colorado State University on Friday, Mar 28. “We have collected a lot of images, very individual. But for the library, it's very hard to capture images. So we get very limited data,” said Cheng.

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[Photo] Doctoral candidate’s machine learning assists in African leopard tracking

Katie Fisher, Science Editor
April 2, 2025
PhD Candidate, Guo Cheng, is sitting with a laptop in her workspace, the Applied Robotics Lab in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department where she spends a lot of her time working on research that is developing AI tracking technologies for African leopards in the Engineering building at Colorado State University on Friday, Mar 28. “You can use these images to estimate the population of leopards,” said Cheng.

A room with desks, computers, engineering equipment and machinery, the Applied Robotics Lab in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department is where PhD Candidate Guo Cheng spends a lot of her time working at a computer on research that is developing AI tracking technologies for African leopards in the Engineering building at Colorado State University on Friday, Mar 28. “It's just one job, but you can use different approaches to solve it,” said Cheng.

PhD Candidate, Guo Cheng, is holding her laptop which she completes most of her work, contributing research to develop AI tracking technologies for African leopards, in her lab in the Engineering building at Colorado State University on Friday, Mar 28. “We often think about how the human involvement participate in the algorithm process to help the algorithm get better,” said Cheng.

PhD Candidate, Guo Cheng, is sitting at her desk with code displayed on her computer screen, which is part of her research developing AI tracking technologies for African leopards, seen in her lab in the Engineering building at Colorado State University on Friday, Mar 28. “You can see that every day it’s running the program here to upload the result,” said Cheng.

The lab space of PhD Candidate Guo Cheng consists of a desk with a computer monitor and photo posters on the wall. Cheng is contributing to research that develops AI tracking technology for African leopards, and her lab is in the Engineering building at Colorado State University on Friday, Mar 28.

On an entrance door, a sign reads, “Applied Robotics Lab,” part of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, where PhD Candidate Guo Cheng works on research that is developing AI tracking technologies for African leopards in the Engineering building at Colorado State University on Friday, Mar 28.

Interactive art installations including Expected, a pile of 8-ton blocks constructed from Colorado State University faculty documents, and Effort Distribution, made of interactive pie chart pieces, are arranged in the center of the Directions Gallery space and are informed by hung television displays that encourage spectators to pick up and move pieces of the art March 28. These installations are part of the "Knowing Her: Women’s Work and Leadership at CSU from 1925-2025" art exhibit, which focuses on women faculty members at CSU. The exhibit is located in the Directions Gallery in the Visual Arts building.

[Photo] ‘Knowing Her’ art exhibit honors past, present of women at CSU

Audrey Weishaar, Staff Reporter
April 2, 2025
Program Manager for Straayer Center for Public Service Leadership Sam Houghteling stands behind a podium and introduces discussion panelists March 6. Houghteling helped kick off Colorado State University’s Democracy Summit with a panel discussing local governance and innovation at the Lory Student Center. “This year's democracy summit focuses on the theme of democratic innovation and invites speakers from outside and within CSU to help us think deeply about our democracy,” Houghteling said.

President and CEO of Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce Ann Hutchison responds to a question about her personal connection to the community during a panel discussion for Colorado State University's Democracy Summit March 10. “Even though I did grow up on the eastern plains of Colorado, my family eventually made their way back to Fort Collins, and that's a really central part of my role as president, CEO of the Fort Collins area chamber,” Hutchison said.

Lee Drutman, a senior fellow at think tank New America and lecturer at Johns Hopkins University gives a keynote speech about democracy innovation during Colorado State University's Democracy Summit in the Lory Student Center March 6. “This is a system process, and it requires system solutions,” Drutman said.

[Photo] Democracy Summit hosts Lee Drutman for conversation on polarization, system reform

March 10, 2025
Senior fellow at think tank New America and lecturer at Johns Hopkins University Lee Drutman gives a keynote talk about democracy innovation for Colorado State University’s Democracy Summit in the Lory Student Center March 6. “Nine in 10 americans now view elections not as routine transfers of power but as existential battles for the nation's soul,” Drutman said.

The Lory Student Center’s Grand Ballroom is packed full of families and friends eating dinner together at circular dinner tables adorned with white tablecloths at the Ramadan Iftar Celebration at Colorado State University March 3.

Guests fill their plates at a buffet-style serving table with white rice, chana masala, butter chicken and more in the Lory Student Center’s Grand Ballroom, decorated with green lights and balloons for the Ramadan Iftar Dinner Celebration at Colorado State University March 3.

[Photo] CSU community gathers for annual Ramadan iftar to celebrate faith, unity

March 5, 2025
Sleeping Mask by Gillian Wearing, a hyperrealistic woman’s face, and Tattoo Mask by John Collins, a deep red and intricately detailed mask, sit on display in a glass case together at "The Body Construct: Between Flesh and Thought," an exhibition at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art in the University Center for the Arts Feb. 27.

[Photo] ‘The Body Construct’ exhibit explores identity, physical form

Annamarie Burford, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2025
A 2006 untitled artwork by Fang Lijun consists of 11 miniature painted ceramic male figures is in a glass display case at "The Body Construct: Between Flesh and Thought" exhibition at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art at Colorado State University Feb. 27.

In the open gallery space with dark gray walls, there are framed paintings, photos and glass-cased sculptures as part of the exhibition 'The Body Construct: Between Flesh and Thought' at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art at Colorado State University Feb. 27.

Executive Director of Trees, Water, and People, Sebastian Africano shares his perspective on the process of pursuing jobs internationally during the Global Career Panel facilitated by Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Peter Erickson for students in the Lory Student Center on Tuesday, February 25. “I speak regularly in the College of Business on how my job involves sales and relationship management, customer management, and marketing,” said Africano.

Executive Director of Trees, Water & People Sebastian Africano speaks about his profession in front of Colorado State University students in the Global Careers Panel discussion with CSU faculty and international business professionals Feb. 25. “There's a whole industry or sector that was trying to reduce fuel consumption (and) reduce exposure to smoke in cooking, and that became my niche," Africano said. "So I moved to Honduras in early 2025."

[Photo] Global Careers Panel introduces students to international work opportunities

March 3, 2025
Colorado State University students sit and listen to a panel discussion with professionals and CSU faculty about international careers in the Lory Student Center Feb. 25.

A woman with curly hair sits in a chair surrounded by vintage clothing and shoes.

Postdoctoral researcher, Sere Williams is sitting and dropping water samples into test tubes at a desk in her lab where she’s working on research under NASA’s astrobiology grant in the Molecular and Radiological Biosciences building on Colorado State University’s main campus on Tuesday, February 18. “It looks like being in the lab all the time. It looks like extracting DNA. It looks like reading papers,” Dr. Williams said.

[Photo] CSU aids in NASA's search for extraterrestrial life

February 27, 2025
A small, stuffed crocheted character in the shape of a heart sits on a shelf for display Feb. 14. Anya Marie, owner of Starry Cynders, sold many of their crocheted animals and characters at the Broken Hearts Club: an anti-Valentine's Day show at Mugs Old Town.

[Photo] Broken Hearts Club at Mugs Old Town offers unconventional way to celebrate love

February 17, 2025
Several framed, embroidered photographs and pieces hang on the wall, arranged around the gallery space at the “Remember Me” exhibit by Jane Waggoner Deschner at the Museum of Art Fort Collins Feb. 8.

A man and woman gaze closely at a wall full of framed portraits, all embroidered with notes of text, which are part of the “Remember Me” exhibit by Jane Waggoner Deschner at the Museum of Art Fort Collins Feb. 8.

[Photo] ‘Remember Me’ exhibit takes trip through time, explores human condition

Robert Sides, Staff Reporter
February 12, 2025
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.

[Photo] ‘Community Smog’ exhibit visualizes wildfire pollution through art

Evan Borman, Staff Reporter
February 4, 2025
A table with celebratory items and party poppers make up the display that provides information and context for understanding the origins of cultural New Year's traditions Jan. 24. This is one display at Ringing in the New: New Year Traditions Around the World, an exhibit at the Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures in Fort Collins.

[Photo] Global Village Museum honors international New Year's traditions

January 27, 2025
A table full of detailed items such as decorated eggs and flowers highlights traditions of the Persian New Year Nowruz Jan. 24. This was one display at Ringing in the New: New Year Traditions Around the World, an exhibit at Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures.

Program Coordinator for Student Success at CSU, Jocelyn Lapham on stage gives a speech to the attendees of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, “Mission Possible” celebration at the Lory Student Center at Colorado State University on Monday, January 20. “This landmark event took 20 years to come to fruition and had six distinct March leaders from the most prominent Civil Rights activist groups in the nation,” she said.

Fallen snow decorates the TILT, Institute for Learning and Teaching building in the oval at Colorado State University on Saturday, January 18.

Viewed from behind, a large audience in tiered seats watches someone speak at a podium.

[Photo] CSU keynote covers legacy of conservation classic 'A Sand County Almanac'

November 4, 2024
A woman in black clothing in an old house speaks to people, gesturing with her hands.

A person dressed as a scary almost-clown.

[Photo] Rams in the Corn: Anderson Farms’ haunted experience draws thrills, chills

October 28, 2024
Two women stand with their sons. All of them are in Halloween costumes, and they are standing in an outdoor field area.

An older woman in an orange-pink blouse sits next to a young man wearing a dark suit. The younger man is listening to the woman speak in the lobby of an office.

[Photo] Former state Sen. Polly Baca speaks to ASCSU on her impactful career

October 7, 2024
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