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Planet Under Pressure. New Knowledge Towards Solutions: Dispatch from Colorado by Kathleen Galvin

Submitted by Kerri McDermid on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 3:00am

Among the goals of the international conference, Planet under Pressure one was to provide scientific leadership for the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development – Rio +20. During the conference’s four days of sessions, there were many examples of successful solutions from the local level to the national to move towards a sustainable future.

Local High School Students in Colorado State University's EnvironMentors Chapter to Compete in National Science Fair

Submitted by Michael Streigh on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:41am

Four high-schoolers from Fort Collins have earned a trip to Washington, D.C., to compete against students from across the nation in the 2012 EnvironMentors National Science Fair, taking place May 23. EnvironMentors is a national initiative that connects high school students from underrepresented cultural, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds with environmental science learning. It offers students opportunities to explore programs in college and potential paths toward environmental careers.

Global Sustainability Leadership Fellows Named at Colorado State University for 2012-2013

Submitted by Kerri McDermid on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 3:26am

The School of Global Environmental Sustainability, the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, and the Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes have named 20 doctoral students and post-doctoral associates as 2012-2013 Global Sustainability Leadership Fellows. This program was developed to cultivate future innovators and thought leaders in the scientific community who could provide relevant, credible and easy to understand scientific information to policymakers, journalists and the public. Scientists, academic researchers, and other environmental professionals are a primary source of information who can guide complex decisions that determine the environmental future.

Colorado State University Signs International Memorandum with Ethiopia's Hawassa University

Submitted by Michael Streigh on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 7:22am

Colorado State University signed an international Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ethiopia’s Hawassa University to provide collaborative research and teaching opportunities for faculty and graduate students at the two universities.

The Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Opens November 10, 2012!

Submitted by Kerri McDermid on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 2:00am

The result of an unprededented public, private partnership between the City of Fort Collins and the Dsicovery Science Center, construction of the new 47,000 square-foot building on the corner of Mason and Cherry Streets began in September, 2010 and was completed in December, 2011. The new Museum features 16,000 square feel of permanent exhibit space, a 5,000 square foot changing exhibit gallery, the Digital Dome Theater, the Local History Archive, the Museum store, two fully-euipped classrooms, a Cafe, and the Rooftop Observation Deck.Current fundraising efforts are focusin on the $2.8 million remaining of the $26.7 million budget.

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