During the this week’s National Hurricane Conference, CSU's Phil Klotzbach proposed a better a way to predict the damages of a devastating hurricane — do away with the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. (Orlando Sentinel)
CBE Professor Brad Reisfeld was recently appointed to a review committee of the National Academies studying a carcinogen called trichloroethylene.
"This is something that we’re going to have to continue to be aware of, be prepared for," Schumacher said. "You don’t have to live in the timber up in Summit County to have bad things happen." (Denver Channel 7)
According to Ryan Bailey, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Colorado State University, thinking about groundwater is a lot like thinking about your bank accounts. (Popular Science)
The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, has selected Professor Sudeep Pasricha for its Distinguished Speaker Program.
Jeffrey Pierce, a Professor at CSU’s Department of Atmospheric Science, and Sheryl Magzamen, an Epidemiologist with the Colorado School of Public Health, will discuss health risks related to wildfires that burn locally as well as “upwind” from the West Coast. (Estes Park Trail Gazette)
Offering degrees at Adams State University in the San Luis Valley will help reach a goal of attracting more students from Hispanic communities. “This degree leads into the engineering profession. We also want to create a more diverse mechanical engineering profession,” said Christian Puttlitz. (Denver Post)
A new video featuring CSU atmospheric scientists opens the window on understanding the worst drought in 12 centuries, a ‘megadrought’ with no end in sight. (Yale Climate Connections)
Several western states have experimented with cloud seeding to try to increase precipitation, but how well does that actually work? Atmospheric scientist William Cotton explains. (Colorado Sun/The Conversation)
As news of Emeritus Professor Vince Murphy's passing started to circulate, warm sentiments were repeated by faculty, students, and others in the university community who had known him.