Tag: Colorado State University
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CSU expert shares air awareness strategies amid rising smoke, ozone risks
Wildfire smoke is blanketing parts of Colorado this summer following a dry winter, with large fires such as the Aspen Acres fire burning tens of thousands of acres and sending plumes across the state. Combined with frequent high-ozone days on the Front Range, poor air quality is threatening public health. The metro Denver area and…
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CSU and Adams State University team up on mechanical engineering degrees
ALAMOSA • Colorado State University is expanding its engineering and rural footprint, and David Cody and Scott Clayton are a big reason why. The two have worked closely together over the past two years as student and instructor, with Cody graduating as part of the first mechanical engineering cohort partnership between CSU and his hometown,…
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EDITORIAL: More work to do balancing ‘speech,’ tolerance on Colorado campuses
As a news report in The Gazette this week reminds us, what passes for political activism at plenty of the country’s higher-ed institutions continues to escalate, all too often, into repugnant antisemitism. Some of those campuses, unfortunately, are in Colorado. The national Anti-Defamation League has compiled its third annual “Campus Antisemitism Report Card,” an evaluation…
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Colorado landscape plants, trees, need winter watering during warm, dry weather
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Dry, sunny, warm and windy winter conditions have left many Colorado landscape plants short of moisture, and Colorado State University Extension specialists recommend supplemental watering to prevent root damage and promote healthier spring growth. Evergreens, newly planted trees and shrubs, grasses, and plants in exposed or south-facing sites face the highest risk from winter drought,…
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CU workers organizing to demand collective bargaining
Workers across the University of Colorado system are organizing for a unified message for its leadership: create a path to collective bargaining. This week, a day of action will be held at the university system’s four campuses to provide information about collective bargaining and discuss ongoing workforce challenges. This “Day of Action” will take place…
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EDITORIAL: An ag dividend for all of Colorado
Colorado is about to reap a hefty reward from ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to decentralize the federal bureaucratic behemoth. The north Front Range and Fort Collins will be the most direct beneficiaries, but our whole state and region will gain. That’s the upshot of an analysis by Colorado’s Common Sense Institute into the…
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Thousands remember Charlie Kirk at Colorado State University vigil Thursday
Thousands gathered into Colorado State University’s Canvas Stadium Thursday evening to remember the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In the first official event hosted by Turning Point USA — the youth advocacy group Kirk founded — since Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University last week, supporters, students, and free speech advocates littered a crowd dotted…
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Colorado State University emphasizes security for Charlie Kirk vigil Thursday night
Colorado State University officials moved Thursday’s Charlie Kirk vigil to a new on-campus location to better prioritize security measures, the university said Tuesday. The announcement comes less than a week after Kirk, the founder of conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA, was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University. Kirk was originally slated…
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Gov. Polis announces Monday as ‘988 Colorado Mental Health Line Day’
Gov. Jared Polis officially proclaimed Monday, Sept. 8, as 988 Colorado Mental Health Line Day in celebration of the crisis line established in 2022. “Our work to ensure every Coloradan has access to high-quality health care includes access to necessary mental health support. 988 Colorado is an important resource for many Coloradans and remains a…
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Why rookie Jahdae Barron’s No. 23 jersey number has special meaning | Broncos notebook
ENGLEWOOD — Broncos rookie cornerback Jahdae Barron changed jersey numbers in training camp to the regular season from No. 12 to No. 23. It carries a special meaning. The University of Texas product, selected No. 20 overall in the NFL draft, formerly wore the jersey number in college to honor someone he called “a close…