Ram alum happily writing about @ColoradoStateU. Previous @NPR @KUNC journalist. Fan of pop culture, true crime and not using Oxford commas. Thoughts/tweets=Me
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We’ve all heard “Don’t eat the yellow snow.” But are there other things we should avoid in snow?
Colorado State University snow hydrologist Steven Fassnacht says absolutely.
On CSU's The Audit, Fassnacht talks about what else might be lurking.
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Tarantulas, witches and cannibals. Oh, my.
To celebrate spooky season, we’re bringing back episodes featuring “terrifying” tarantula treks, “disturbing” cases of déjà vu, and the real history of America's “wicked” witches. Enjoy as CSU’s experts shine a light on things that go bump in the night. col.st/anj4d
CSU researcher and former wildland firefighter Camille Stevens-Rumann talks about why forests aren't regenerating like they used to post fire, the hard truths we have to face about the future of forests, and the damage the "Smokey Bear effect" has had.
“Optimistically, I like to say that we’re not saying goodbye to forests, but rather maybe we’ll see them on up the hill. I think we do have to adapt and think about the fact that those forests are going to look differently.”
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Before diving into the new season, hear past episodes exploring Colorado’s seasonal tarantula “mate’gration, the humble origins of the Pueblo Chile, how a landlocked university became THE place to study hurricanes, and a 400-year-old maritime mystery. col.st/Anj4D
"The professor said, 'There's a guy in Colorado forecasting hurricanes on a seasonal timescale.' I thought, 'That guy must be nuts.' ... I’ve been trying to follow in his footsteps ever since." Phil Klotzbach, CSU senior research scientist col.st/XERgi
"From his perspective, he thought this was the biblical apocalypse. All the world was just flipped upside down; suddenly the ocean is what’s glowing and the sky is dark." CSU Ph.D. student Justin Hudson col.st/LlNhc
I had so much fun digging into @ColoradoStateU's rock 'n' roll history.
As Canvas Stadium hosts its first cocert tonight as part of the CSU PBR Last Cowboy Standing, we look back at the acts that have performed at CSU. The legendary lineup includes U2 and the Rolling Stones. Plus Elton John helicoptering in just for fun.
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This episode of 'CSU's The Audit' uncovers the long documented phenomenon of milky seas.
In this clip, CSU researcher Justin Hudson reads an account from 1854, describring it as an almost apocalyptic sight.
Listen to the full episode and see photos here: col.st/LlNhc
CSU's Sue James has more than 30 patents to her name, but the secret behind her most recent bio-medical invention might surprise you. Hear the full podcast at col.st/qKYZk
"It's so fulfilling to do that kind of work, and you feel like you’re really making a big difference, not only to those people’s lives, but to your discipline because the students I’ve mentored are going to go on and do even more amazing things than I’ve done in my own career."
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Sue James loves the “aha” moment, but she says there’s still no energy like a classroom.
James has filed over 30 patents for her biomedical engineering inventions in addition to impacting student's lives.
Find out how she’s changing the world: col.st/qKYZk
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Curious why tarantulas risk life & limb for love? Whether chocolate is really “addictive”? Or what happens when we experience déjà vu?
Find the answers to these & other questions @ CSU's The Audit podcast col.st/Anj4D
ALT A close-up image of a tarantula on a highway.
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CSU researcher @anne_mook and colleague @PilarMorGin wanted to look deeper into the impacts of wildfires on communities around them.
What they found is that while the scars of wildfires run deep, so too are their ability to influence adaptation and build resilience.
Manure and offal often have a high "ick" factor for people.
During the final week of the @nationalwestern @CSUSpur's Jordan Lambert is working to bring these things relegated to "waste products" to the table – figuratively and literally. Learn more here: col.st/CGuD5
Poop isn’t too polite of a topic, jokes on bowel movements may even be some people’s version of peak comedy.
But for #ColoradoState’s Jordan Kraft Lambert, poop is just an untapped resource.
Read and listen to her perspective and the Poopshot Project: col.st/CGuD5
You'll take away my catalogues when you pry them from my cold, dead hands. (OK, maybe that's a little far, but you get the picture)
Holiday catalogues: Are they here to stay? In a recent article with @AP News, the marketing department’s Jon Zhang discussed the recent size change and the importance of hand-held marketing material.
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CSU political science researcher James "Pigeon" Fielder believes the role-playing game @Wizards_DnD
is just the kind of "campaigning" that our political leaders need to be doing right now. col.st/VU2p5
"It’s cheap and it’s transactional, but that’s what their niche is. Why does Taco Bell exist? Because you want something fast and relatively affordable. Is it good for me? Probably not. But sometimes you want a Mexican pizza. @SpiritHalloween is the Mexican pizza of retail."
@CSUCollegeOfBiz Zac Rogers recently talked to CSU's The Audit podcast about how the Spirit Halloween biz model has impacted how we do business, that SNL skit, and how mask sales can predict our next U.S. President. col.st/fHCdn
If I ever need to remember that I can do hard things, I'll just look back to the time I held an Oklahoma Brown tarantula named Edith and lived to do a podcast about it.
Headed down to this weekend’s La Junta Tarantula Fest? On the drive, listen to entomologist Maia Holmes on CSU’s The Audit podcast, talking about these amorous arachnids and their search for love. col.st/GToKP
