Celebrate Earth Month with special events on campus throughout April
In celebration of Earth Month, CSU is hosting a variety of events throughout April, including talks on important sustainability issues as well as workshops and even live music.
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The climate future is bleak. How scientists give their children hope without lying
“Climate change literally affects everything, and that’s why people need to know. What is one thing you love to do? Well, we can have a conversation about how that will be different.” (LA Times)
Science Meets Art: Stunning Satellite Imagery Reveals Massive Asian Dust Storm
An example of CIRA's dust RGB imagery, the false-color views were created using different wavelengths of infrared light to distinguish airborne dust from clouds. (Discover Magazine)
National Academy of Inventors meeting April 3
The Colorado State University chapter of the National Academy of Inventors is hosting a seminar event — Meet the CSU Startup Founders — in April.
Research brief: Impoverished, underserved school populations more exposed to air pollutants, study finds
U.S. schools located in impoverished areas or districts that represent historically underserved students are more likely to suffer from poor air quality, a team at CSU’s Department of Atmospheric Science has found.
From farm to degree: Engineering student’s future ripe with opportunity
The CSU graduate student always wanted to develop technologies to improve agricultural operations – and one day produce dragon fruit wine.
Colorado Water Center working to create pipeline for more diverse water workforce
Two Colorado Water Center initiatives aim to expand and diversify the water workforce by encouraging students from historically underrepresented backgrounds to pursue water careers.
Student hackers take control, learn how to protect transportation infrastructure
Hacking transportation infrastructure helps researchers anticipate dangerous cyber-attacks and design resistant systems.
Floods have devastated parts of California. Here’s why they’re so hard to forecast
The science of monitoring and forecasting floods is tricky, scientists say. Every step of the process has uncertainty, from on-the-ground measurements to complex computer models. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Poisons are a potent tool for murder in fiction – a toxicologist explains how some dangerous chemicals kill
What is a poison? Do all poisons act in the same way? Does the amount of the poison matter in terms of its toxicity? CBE Professor Brad Reisfeld wrote a Conversation piece about how poisons affect us.