Beyond 'The Lion King:’ Why are cultural stereotypes still found at so many zoos, museums?
Jessie Luna is an associate professor of sociology at Colorado State University. Her research investigates how cultural politics intersect with processes of capitalism to produce and naturalize social...
25 Sep 202421min
Is putting a price on nature the key to creating a greener economy?
Can you put a price on nature? Or maybe the better question is, should you put a price on nature?It may sound like a bizarre concept, but it’s one that renowned environmental economist Ed Barbier says...
4 Sep 202421min
Are Americans suffering a friendship crisis?
There are lots of different types of friends. Best friends, work friends. Facebook friends, even frenemies. Each has an important role in our lives that has been shown to impact our mental and physica...
30 Juli 202420min
Eye of the hurricane: How did the preeminent hurricane research center arrive at a landlocked university?
Despite its landlocked location, Colorado State University is well known all along the Atlantic coast for its seasonal hurricane forecasts. Each spring, these forecasts predict the total amount and po...
8 Juli 202419min
'Othello' to pizzagate: How social media misinformation plays out like a Shakespearean tragedy
In March, a New York state judge ruled that a lawsuit could go forward against several social media companies alleging that the platforms contributed to the radicalization of a gunman who killed 10 pe...
21 Maj 202425min
The greenhouse gas to beat: Why focusing on methane may be the key to addressing climate change
Methane is odorless, colorless, and invisible to the naked eye. But it's also one of the most damaging greenhouse gases impacting climate change. Colorado State University biology professor Joe von Fi...
5 Apr 202420min
More than 20 years after the Enron scandal, what have we learned?
Accounting may not be the sexiest topic but in the early 2000s everyone was talking about it after the energy company Enron was found to have committed widespread accounting fraud. Hiding billions of ...
7 Mars 202418min
From the Colorado River Compact to Lake Mead, how CSU’s water archivist curates Colorado’s complicated history
On the second floor of Colorado State University’s Morgan Library, there are hundreds of boxes and stacks of books all dedicated to just one topic — water.There’s a copy of the Colorado River Compact,...
29 Feb 202416min
