New graduate training program to integrate food, energy, water
The National Science Foundation has awarded about $3 million to support the new program, called InTERFEWS.
Author Archives: Anne Manning
Open Insulin, ‘DIY bio’ and the future of pharma
The status quo of the U.S. pharmaceutical market may soon be turned on its head, according to CSU scientists.
Dismantling the dark, underground world of illicit supply chains
Professor Steve Simske has received a National Science Foundation grant supporting early-stage scientific research for studying, and dismantling, illicit supply networks.
Two teams come together to understand impacts of oil and gas development on air quality
The city and county of Broomfield has awarded a contract to Ajax Analytics and a CSU atmospheric science research group to provide insight into emission sources, emission rates and health exposures related to oil and gas activities.
Aircraft campaign to clarify chemistry of wildfire smoke
Throughout late July and August, a multi-agency, multidisciplinary team led by Colorado State University scientists will travel to Boise, Idaho, to conduct 15 to 20 smoke-observation flights.
Keck Foundation grants CSU $1 million to make and measure nanoscale spin waves
The next big advances in computer memory, digital storage and other electronics are going to come from very small places: the spins of individual electrons.
New Colorado law allocates $1.2 million to bolster CSU cybersecurity education
A $1.2 million appropriation in the new law will go to CSU’s efforts to train students and the workforce in modern cybersecurity practices and procedures.
New model quantifies communities’ vulnerability to the spread of fire
The model could add to the strategic toolbox that protects lives and livelihoods from destructive fires.
Women’s mentoring network with strong CSU ties receives national award
Emily Fischer, assistant professor of atmospheric science and a board member of the Earth Science Women’s Network, accepted the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring on behalf of the organization.
Study finds U.S. oil and gas methane emissions 60 percent higher than EPA reports
The Environmental Defense Fund-led study integrates over half a decade of research by a community of scientists, including CSU researchers.