Bringing history to life
Dan Tyler was not only passionate about his subject but also eager to teach it, with each of his lessons wrapped in his own humanity.
The Audit: The bumpy history of Colorado’s ski industry and its potentially problematic future
From voters rejecting a bid to host the Winter Olympics to the Earth Liberation Front’s attack on Vail Ski Resort, CSU Associate Professor Michael Childers says it hasn’t been all powder for Colorado’s snow business.
Sickness, suffering and supplication: A conversation about health and medicine during the Middle Ages and early modern era in Europe
John Slater and Nicole Archambeau are both historians who study Europe in the 16th and 14th centuries, respectively, looking at the ways in which people understood illness, pursued wellness and worked to heal themselves.
Ram Stories Symposium to feature student reflections on how COVID-19 impacted their CSU experience
The Ram Stories Symposium is slated for April 7 and will feature CSU students and employees discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic changed how they lived, learned and worked.
English students partner with Fort Collins Museum of Discovery to open art show focused on BIPOC joy
The BIPOC Joy Art Show challenges the constant focus on trauma that Black, Indigenous and People of Color are often reduced to, prioritizing happiness and hope over suffering and hardship.
Just a bunch of hocus pocus? CSU professor says America’s connection to witches is firmly rooted in history
CSU Professor and early North American history expert Ann Little spoke with The Audit about America’s history of witch trials and how society may not have come as far since that era as people think.
Archiving 150 Years of Agriculture in the Centennial State
Two history majors get archival research experience during their summer CSU Extension internships: Tobin Gold documents the agricultural history of the Sterling Irrigation Company and Aubree Vecellio helps with geolocation and visualizing historic images of the Colorado River Compact.
Maintaining the Land: How Grad Students are Helping Preserve the History of Routt and Grand County in the Face of Land Development
Riley Lynch, CSU watershed science alumna and anthropology graduate student worked with the Colorado Stormwater Center during her CSU Extension internship where she managed communications with over 300 applicants and the 20 selected program participants of the Rain Garden Pilot Program. She also co-taught the three-hour Certified Rain Garden Installer Course, sourced nearly 600 native plants, and led multiple rain garden installations with groups of youth and adult volunteers.
Ram Stories team will interview 200 CSU students to document their COVID-19 pandemic experiences
A team of Colorado State University researchers will spend the next academic year interviewing 200 students and recent alumni to obtain first-hand accounts of what it was like to be in college during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commitment to Learning, Commitment to Community
Commitment is the word that comes to mind when thinking about Donn and Linda Hopkins. Whether it’s a commitment to the community through police work and economic development, or a commitment to help others through local non-profit boards, this longtime CSU couple have been rightly named community ambassadors.