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The arts in April: Sculpture installation, exhibits, film, writing and more
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Read More: The arts in April: Sculpture installation, exhibits, film, writing and moreInternationally known artist and alumnus Pard Morrison will headline a series of Colorado State University arts events in April as he visits campus to install a sculpture at the entrance to the University Center for the Arts.
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2026 College Awards Announcement
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Read More: 2026 College Awards AnnouncementThe 2026 College of Liberal Arts awards are announced.
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More flamingo, anyone? How to dine like the ancient Romans
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Read More: More flamingo, anyone? How to dine like the ancient RomansFood has always been the great unifier. We gather around the table and work things out by breaking bread. For students in Colorado State University archaeology/anthropology instructor Emily Wilson’s class, food is teaching them a lot about what has – and hasn’t – changed in the past 2,700 years.
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Mercury rising: How does gold mining in Ghana impact health, environment?
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Read More: Mercury rising: How does gold mining in Ghana impact health, environment?CSU Associate Professor of Geography Heidi Hausermann and colleagues have won a $1.537 million National Science Foundation grant to study the health, social and environmental effects of rapidly expanding, small-scale gold mining and mercury pollution in Ghana and beyond.
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CSU team launches online tool to help prepare for, adapt to climate changes in African forests
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Read More: CSU team launches online tool to help prepare for, adapt to climate changes in African forestsIn June, a NASA-funded team of Colorado State University researchers traveled to Kenya to unveil a new interactive, online tool to help land managers and foresters working in Kenyan and African forests.
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When it comes to wildfires, history isn’t as useful as it used to be
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Read More: When it comes to wildfires, history isn’t as useful as it used to beThe impacts of wildfire can be devastating, but the widespread nature of those impacts and their full costs to society are still being researched.
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Were early humans cannibals? CSU paleoanthropologist talks about new findings regarding the oldest taboo
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Read More: Were early humans cannibals? CSU paleoanthropologist talks about new findings regarding the oldest tabooColorado State University paleoanthropologist Michael Pante talks about this important discovery, what it means for future fossil research, and what was it that led our early ancestors to eat each other.
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A case of cannibalism? Smithsonian, CSU researchers uncover how humans’ relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago
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Read More: A case of cannibalism? Smithsonian, CSU researchers uncover how humans’ relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years agoThe research is the first application of the 3D quantitative method — developed and published by CSU professor Michael Pante in 2017 — to a fossil specimen.
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Madison Brandt
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Read More: Madison BrandtAs part of her senior Honors thesis, Dr. Snodgrass’ Colorado State University Honors Program student, Madison Brandt, has created and self-published an ethnographic cookbook. For this book, Madison cooked with and interviewed the people and chefs of Fort Collins (both professional and non-professional) to document their food, recipes, lives, communities, and…
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CSU anthropologist: History offers lesson about decline of large mammals
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Read More: CSU anthropologist: History offers lesson about decline of large mammalsAs appearing in CSU SOURCE | 10.9.19 CSU anthropologist: History offers lesson about decline of large mammals Tony Phifer The effect of the extinctions of numerous large mammal species around 12,000 years ago is still being felt today and could provide a preview of what’s to come as several existing…