CSU launches $1.5M venture fund to encourage innovation, collaboration
FORT COLLINS — Colorado State University on Monday announced the creation of a $1.5 million venture capital fund to support innovation and promote collaboration in higher education. “State funding for higher education has dropped more than $160 million since 2009, and we must find new ways ...
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Litigation threat causes Boulder, Fort Collins to end fracking bans
Environmentalists suffered two setbacks Tuesday when leaders in Fort Collins overturned an indefinite ban on hydraulic fracturing while commissioners in Boulder County decided to let their temporary fracking moratorium expire. In a sharply ...Colorado Shakespeare Festival 2013 offers both tradition and twists
The 56th annual season of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival will feature a classic lineup — a comedy, a tragedy, a history — alongside a hilarious Shakespeare sendup and a return engagement of an Off-Broadway hit. But if anything, ...Colorado senator says bloated beer taxes are a buzz kill
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall reintroduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday to help brewers create jobs, reinvest in their businesses, and help position Colorado as "the Napa Valley of Beer." The Brewers Excise and Economic Relief (BEER) Act ...CSU awards RE/MAX International founders honorary doctorates
Colorado State University will confer honorary doctoral degrees on Dave and Gail Liniger, founders of RE/MAX International Inc., at the College of Business commencement ceremony at 8 a.m. May 18 at Moby Arena. The degrees will be presented by ...New law expands health care assistance to Coloradans
Gov. Hickenlooper signed legislation Monday that will give an additional 160,000 uninsured Coloradans health coverage. The legislation expands Medicaid eligibility from 100 percent of the federal poverty level to 133 percent of the federal ...CSU wins social media honor
FORT COLLINS — Colorado State University’s social media team was recognized as one of the best in the nation and honored alongside major corporations, entertainment companies and nonprofits at the PR News Social Media Icons Awards ...Hickenlooper rolls out plan to make Colorado 'healthiest state'
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday announced “The State of Health: Colorado’s Commitment to Become the Healthiest State” — a plan designed to make Colorado the healthiest state. The plan will create a comprehensive ...Polis, CEOs, venture capitalists to judge student entrepreneurs
Some of the biggest names in Colorado entrepreneurship will be on hand Friday to help judge Colorado State University’s Venture Adventure Challenge. Judges for the student business-pitch competition to be held at Rocky Mountain Innosphere, ...CSU horse sale largest yet
Colorado State University’s eighth annual "Legends of Ranching Performance Horse Sale" was the largest in the event’s history, with an offering of 79 American Quarter Horses, and the sale generated $295,000 in proceeds, organizers ...Colorado concert promoter Barry Fey dead at 73
Colorado's biggest and best music promoter Barry Fey died on Sunday. He was 73. Fey helped turn live music into a brand pillar for the Rocky Mountain region. Fresh from Chicago and a stint in the Marine Corps, at the age of 27, Fey began his ...USA Pro Challenge releases new route through the Rockies
The route for this year's USA Pro Challenge cycling race will take riders on a heart-pounding journey through the Colorado Rockies. The largest spectator event in the history of the state, the USA Pro Challenge continues to set records in ...Study: Marijuana taxes would net $130M in first year
A study released today by the Colorado Futures Center at Colorado State University has found that proposed state taxes on recreational marijuana, part of the implementation of Amendment 64, will generate about $130 million in revenue during ...CSU students design, build zero-emission vehicle
Students on Colorado State University’s Vehicle Innovation Team (CSU VIT) are designing, testing and assembling a vehicle that could change the future of the automotive industry — and fuel consumption across the planet. The innovative ...Helping students make good social media decisions
Consider it your first interview. “It” is what comes up when a potential employer types your name into a search engine or social networking site. Research reveals that more than one-third of employers now conduct online pre-interview ...CU study: Climate zones shift faster as planet warms
As the planet warms, Earth’s climate zones are shifting at an accelerating pace, says a new study led by a scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, a joint venture between the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Submit A Story
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