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In memory: Jean S. Griswold was a person who included all

September 29, 2025
Jean Griswold

Griswold, who was born on Oct. 6, 1929, built her life on a simple idea: People flourish when they are welcomed and invited into one another’s lives.

Remembering Jim Hansen: ‘The keeper of Colorado State University’s story’

September 15, 2025
Jim Hansen

James Emil “Jim” Hansen II, who chronicled the definitive history of Colorado State University in several books and founded the CSU archives, passed away on Aug. 27 at the age of 86 after a long struggle with Huntington’s disease.

CSU selected as new host for the Western Historical Quarterly

July 1, 2025

After a decade under the stewardship of the University of Oklahoma, the Western Historical Quarterly (WHQ), has been placed with a new Institutional Host at Colorado State University.   Founded in 1969, the WHQ has been the official journal of the Western History Association (WHA), an organization centered on the study and teaching of the diverse […]

Why protecting wildland is crucial to American freedom and identity

May 13, 2025
The Medicine Bow mountains as seen from CSU's Mountain campus

As summer approaches, millions of Americans begin planning or taking trips to state and national parks, seeking to explore the wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities across the nation.

Rams Write: Spring 2025

April 28, 2025
Book Covers

An analysis of American military commitments abroad. A debut poetry collection. A set of micro-essays organized by candy color. These are just a few of the diverse works published this spring by Colorado State University faculty and staff.

Democracy Summit 2025

March 3, 2025
A student talks with a vendor tabling at the democracy summit resource fair

The College of Liberal Arts is hosting the second Democracy Summit at CSU, March 5-7, 2025.

https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/research-creative/cla-democracy-summit/

Events are free and open to the public.

Up against Hank Greenberg, baseball’s first Jewish superstar, antisemitism struck out

October 4, 2024
Hank Greenberg hit 331 home runs with a batting average of .313 during his career. Sporting News via Getty Images

Hank Greenberg might be the best baseball player you’ve never heard of.

Kjerstin Thorson named dean of CSU’s College of Liberal Arts

June 12, 2024
Head and shoulders photo of a woman in a blue shirt and a black jacket.

Thorson previously served as the associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Communication Arts & Sciences at Michigan State University.

SoGES research addresses ‘saving bees,’ human migration and missing costs of climate change

June 5, 2024
In the top photo of the collage, a solitary Blue Orchard Bee is poking her head out of her 'insect hotel.' In the middle photo, climate change is just one cause of human migration. In the bottom photo, the burn scar after the Cameron Peak fire shows one type of cost from climate change. All three topics are being studied by SoGES research teams who were awarded two-year funding to study problems of global proportions.

Redirecting misplaced enthusiasm to “save the honeybees,” understanding migration during humanitarian crises such as in Gaza, and accounting for the missing costs of climate change are the topics which won funding from CSU’s School of Global Environmental Sustainability.

Celebrating our Spring 2024 Outstanding Grads

May 8, 2024
Outstanding Grads - Spring 2024

Join us in celebrating our esteemed College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Grads for Spring 2024 Commencement.