The Colorado Springs Business Journal is proud to announce the 2012 Rising Stars. Each year the Business Journal honors 40 young professionals under the age of 40 who have excelled in their professions and volunteered in our community. A Rising Stars award reception hosted by the Business Journal and sponsored by Security Service Federal Credit [...] [...]
Two Colorado State University professors are using a Colorado developed technology to uncover ancient secrets in Mexico. Christopher Fisher and Stephen Leisz used Light Detection and Radar technology to document thousands of architectural features from an ancient city in western Mexico that will provide insights into the formation of the pre-Hispanic Purepecha empire, andhelp unravel [...] [...]
Colorado State University grew its annual research spending nearly 10 percent his year, the fourth year that expenditures topped $300 million. The university has spent $2330.8 million during the current fiscal year, a record high for CSU, one of the top research universities in the nation. Research spending at CSU has increased 24 percent, even [...] [...]
A 2-year-old state law may open the door to the state’s newest winery along with new opportunities for Colorado-born winemakers. A proposed agreement between Colorado State University and Grande River Winery will establish a CSU winery at Grande River, taking advantage of a 2008 Colorado law that allows multiple wineries to share winemaking facilities. “I [...] [...]
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter will become director of Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy on Feb. 1. His term as governor ends Jan. 11. The center will be completely funded by private support, for the short-term by Fort Collins-based Bohemian Foundation and the San Francisco-based Energy Foundation. Ritter will work closely with CSU’s rural economic development [...] [...]
Colorado State University is offering a new program aimed at making companies more valuable through sustainable business practices. The new program, called SEE (Sustainability Executive Education), is being offered through CSU’s College of Business and the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Enterprise. “Business education at Colorado State University is entering a new era today [...] [...]
Colorado State University will increase undergraduate in-state tuition by 9 percent next year at its Fort Collins and Pueblo campuses. In-state graduate tuition will rise 15 percent at the Fort Collins campus and 9 percent at CSU-Pueblo. The CSU System Board of Governors approved the tuition hikes yesterday. The decision was made based on likely [...] [...]
Guns will continue to be legal on the Colorado State University System’s two campuses. The CSU Board of Governors voted Wednesday to rescind a campus gun ban, citing a Colorado Court of Appeals ruling last month that overturned a similar ban at the University of Colorado. The appeals court sided with Students for Concealed Carry [...] [...]
Fewer students are entering school to become large-animal veterinarians, resulting in a growing shortage among those on the front lines in protecting the nation’s food supply. Part of the problem is that treating large animals — beef or dairy cattle, horses, lamas, bison — is hard work with odd hours and, unless it is a [...] [...]
Colorado State University has graduated its share of graduates in every area of study, but it recently attracted national recognition by ranking 15th among all universities and colleges for the number of alumni serving as Peace Corps volunteers. The 2009 rankings were released this month by the organization. Since the early 1960s, 59 CSU alumni have [...] [...]