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
Healthy competition: Wearable health trackers can motivate healthier behaviors, but can they be taken too far?
Wearable health trackers monitor everything from how many steps we take in a day to how well we sleep at night. But does this technology actually encourage better health? Does hearing that little voic...
30 Jan 202410min
For CSU’s Seedstock Merchandising Team, success at the National Western Stock Show is in their genes
Much has changed over the years since Colorado State University first partnered with the National Western Stock Show when it began in 1906. Over the decades, it's become not only about selling livesto...
20 Dec 202311min
Hey Alexa: How does fast delivery work?
Since the COVID 19 pandemic began in 2020, same day/next day delivery — something that was previously considered more of a premium service — has become a normal and even expected way to shop. But what...
13 Nov 202321min
Is democracy in danger: How American media found its way in and how it can begin to get out
It's an indelible moment that poses the question: Is democracy in danger? On Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capi...
25 Okt 202320min
If the wells run dry: CSU researchers analyze what could happen if Colorado fails to meet deadline
After being found in violation of a 1940 water compact, Colorado has a deadline: retire 25,000 acres of irrigated land by 2029 or face the shutdown of thousands of wells, impacting hundreds of thousan...
26 Sep 202315min
