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Kapri Bibbs declares for 2014 NFL Draft, forgoing last years at CSU
Denver Post
12/29/2013
Colorado State sophomore running back Kapri Bibbs announced Sunday that his record-setting 2013 season will be his last at the college level.
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Temple Grandin (video)
WTTW Chicago
12/26/2013
We revisit a conversation with Temple Grandin, a well-known adult with autism, best-selling author, and professor of animal science at Colorado State University.
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CSU to test metro Denver waters with engineering program
Northern Colorado Business Report
12/27/2013
In its first semester, Colorado State University’s Denver South initiative will provide graduate-level classes to engineers from some of the world’s leading companies, including CH2M Hill and Lockheed Martin.
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Colorado awards nearly $3M to support innovation through Advanced Industries Program
InnovatioNews
12/23/2013
Eight early-stage and retention grants were made to Colorado companies as part of the first round of awards under the state’s new Advanced Industries Accelerator Grant Program. Companies receiving the grants included Prieto Battery Inc., Fort Collins, $150,000.
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Defense dollars arming CSU research
Northern Colorado Business Report
12/27/2013
Research dollars from the U.S. Department of Defense have surged nearly 150 percent at Colorado State University in the past seven years, even as once-robust federal research budgets have withered.
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Legal pot sales begin amid uncertainty in Colo.
Seattle Times
12/26/2013
It’s easy to see why the industry is attracting so many people. A Colorado State University study estimates the state will ring up $606 million in sales next year, and the market will grow from 105,000 medical pot users to 643,000 adult users overnight — and that’s not counting tourists.
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Growing your own marijuana in Colorado: Legal doesn’t mean simple
Denver Post
12/26/2013
Still, it’s not like home growers can call a Colorado State University extension agent for growing advice; those experts are prohibited from answering any questions related to marijuana. Even though Amendment 64 specifically allows advice on growing marijuana, greenhouse and nursery staff often shy away from the subject.
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Local wineries catch wave of industry growth
Fairplay Flume
12/26/2013
Across Park County and Colorado, wine enthusiasts are buying up more local wines, according to a report conducted by Colorado State University’s Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. The report, which was commissioned by the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board and released on Dec. 10, said the state’s wine industry has more than tripled its economic impact to approximately $144 million.
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This year’s crop freezing on the vines
Grand Junction Sentinel
12/26/2013
Western Colorado’s wine-grape crop faces another blow this year after record-low cold temperatures earlier this month killed vines and grape buds across the valley. “It’s been really cold and it was very early,” said state viticulturist Horst Caspari at Colorado State University’s Western Colorado Research Center on Orchard Mesa. “Our temperatures (in early December) were 18 to 20 degrees lower than normal.”
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Researchers from park service, university studying haze at Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Associated Press
12/23/2013
Researchers from the National Park Service and Colorado State University are studying haze levels in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota. Haze has become more noticeable in park’s north unit, which is surrounded by intensive oil and gas development.
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. Beetle kill forests’ uncertain future after the epidemic
Coloradoan
12/21/2013
Professor Skip Smith, head of Colorado State University’s Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, wandered on Friday through a lodgepole pine forest just west of Red Feather Lakes, and he couldn’t find a single living mountain pine beetle. But the evidence that the bark beetle had been there was clear.
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A Tragic Year For Wildland Firefighters Ends In Reflection
NPR
12/28/2013
Doug Rideout of Colorado State University’s West Fire Research Center is cautious about reading too much into this bad year. He says one large event doesn’t make a trend.
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On climate change, Florida’s been warned (w/video)
Tampa Bay Newspapers
12/20/2013
“We’re going to lose our forest,” A. Scott Denning, a professor of atmospheric science at Colorado State University, told the gathering. “We’re not going to have forests in Colorado 50 years from now.” If it sounds alarmist, Denning makes it clear that the problem is that serious. He says it’s simple, serious and solvable.
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Report: CSU, UNC had ‘weak’ financial health
Northern Colorado Business Report
12/26/2013
Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado had “weak financial health” during fiscal 2011 to 2012, according to a new report to the legislative Joint Budget Committee. The report came as CSU saw funding cuts from the state of Colorado and as the university invested in improvements to its facilities, said Rich Schweigert, chief financial officer of the CSU system.
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Budget software raises questions
Pueblo Chieftain
12/24/2013
On Friday, the CSU system released its own budget summary for CSU-Pueblo that suggested the school’s basic operating deficit ranges between $4.1 million in 2008 to as much as $16.3 million in 2010.
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Nutrition labels need to be visual
Boston Globe
12/21/2013
Ask Gina Mohr of Colorado State University. Two months ago, she brought home what she thought was “natural” ice cream from the supermarket, but her husband said it did not taste right. Turned out it was frozen dessert with artificial flavors that she views as unhealthy. Mohr said the current system still puts too much responsibility on consumers to decipher the health value of foods, especially when the removal of some ingredients may be cosmetic.
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Nuts pack nutritional benefits
Sterling Journal-Advocate
12/26/2013
Melissa Wdowik is an assistant professor at Colorado State University in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, and director of the Kendall Anderson Nutrition Center.
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CSU in the Blogosphere

Dr. Temple Grandin Shares Her Insights Into the Autistic Brain in a February 2014 PresenceLearning Webinar
Benzinga.com
12/23/13
Dr. Temple Grandin, a leading expert on and author about autism, will kick off the series with “The Autistic Brain” on Thursday, February 13th, 2014 at 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM PT (12:30 PM to 2 PM ET).
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Adding a New Dimension: Lidar and Archaeology
Optics and Photonics News
12/27/13
One of the targeted sites, Angamuco in the southwestern Mexican state of Michoacán, belonged to the Purépecha people, says Christopher Fisher, one of two Colorado State University archaeologists studying lidar data from this region. Based on their Angamuco survey, Fisher and colleague Stephen Leisz plan to begin excavating this month.
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Taking Piroplasmosis Seriously
TheHorse.com
12/16/13
Josie Traub-Dargatz, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, a professor at Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and researcher in infectious diseases, explains how veterinarians might have overlooked an infected horse under the old screening process.
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Understanding potassium’s role in the ruminant diet
Drovers Cattle Network
12/26/13
Dr. Terry Engle, a Professor at Colorado State University has a research focus on trace minerals. I asked him some questions regarding potassium and at what point do we need to be concerned about toxicity and what potassium toxicity looks like.
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Higher Ed News

5 Higher-Ed Trends for 2014
National Journal
12/30/13
The underlying forces that drove change in 2013 aren’t likely to change in the new year: declining public funding, changing demographics, advancing technology, and a tough job market.
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