Clients wanted for Landscape Design and Contracting student capstone projects
Students in the program are seeking clients in the CSU community and beyond to partner with them on projects for their capstone course.
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AgNext and Elanco announce strategic alliance to advance livestock sustainability
Elanco’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Sara Place, will join CSU’s AgNext team and transition to her new role as associate professor of feedlot systems.
New research models how to slow spread of COVID-19 among firefighters in wildland fire incidents
Research from CSU and the USDA show that vaccines and social distancing are effective at limiting the spread of COVID-19 within and between wildland fire incidents, as well as reducing its impact on the wildland firefighting workforce.
CSU soil scientists to co-lead $19 million project on soil health, farmer well-being
The project, announced at the National Grazing Lands Coalition meeting Dec. 7, will help uncover how farmers’ and ranchers’ grazing management decisions impact soil health.
Ogallala Aquifer Virtual Summit to tackle tough questions on water conservation
The event is being led by the Ogallala Water Coordinated Agriculture Project team, headquartered at CSU and funded by the National Institute for Food and Agriculture.
Bacteria release climate-damaging carbon from thawing permafrost
Permafrost soils are increasingly thawing out as the Earth becomes warmer.
CSU researchers play role in discovery of new method for making key component of plastics
A research team that includes scientists from Colorado State University has discovered a previously unknown way that some bacteria produce the chemical ethylene – a finding that could lead to new ways to produce plastics without using fossil fuels.
Nathan Mueller named a ‘New Innovator’ by Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Mueller’s project will heighten understanding of snowmelt-dependent agriculture hotspots and how trends in water supplies influence water scarcity.
But it’s a dry heat: Climate change and the aridification of North America
Discussions of drought often center on lack of precipitation. But among climate scientists, the focus is shifting to warming temperatures as potent drivers of greater aridity.
Irrigation Innovation Consortium funds new projects for 2020
The projects are part of the university and industry collaboration that accelerates the development and adoption of water- and energy-efficient irrigation technology.