During Bennet’s visit, CSU faculty highlighted current projects including research into using solar panels in agriculture and the new Soil Carbon Solutions Center.
Colorado State University and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host a two-day conference in Fort Collins on Aug. 30-31, the first such event in a series at six universities around the country.
CSU's range of expertise in finding solutions to the climate crisis was on full display during the senator's April 19 visit.
The team is developing materials that function as chemical sorbents, similar to sponges, for the precise removal and recovery of certain nutrients from municipal and agricultural wastewater.
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.
Over the last several months, a CSU research team has teamed with Woodwell Climate Research Center on a Colorado-based project aimed at helping managers of rangelands, which cover large areas of both public and private lands, understand and monitor the delicate carbon balances across their grazed landscapes.
With a background in ecology, climate change research and soil carbon science, CSU Soil Carbon Solutions Center's Executive Director Jane Zelikova has approached the problem of climate change in a multitude of ways — from research and policy to filmmaking.
CSU is a founding partner in a $110 million U.S. Department of Energy research network, the National Alliance for Water Innovation, focused on treatment and reuse technologies for wastewater, seawater and other untapped sources.
Colorado State University students, faculty and staff recently presented their innovative work, competing for more than $20,000 in cash awards.
Hosted by CSU Ventures, Demo Day drew more than 450 people and showcased the work of eight colleges and 31 departments.