CSU Theatre students and faculty win multiple ACTF awards
Colorado State University Theatre students and faculty were widely recognized at the annual American College Theatre Festival regional competition in Pasco, Washington.
Economist Ed Barbier honored with prestigious Planet Earth Award from the Alliance of World Scientists
Ed Barbier, a University Distinguished Professor of economics at Colorado State University, has been honored with the 2026 Planet Earth Award hosted by the Alliance of World Scientists. He is the first economist to win the award.
Abigail Rolbiecki named director of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at CSU
Abigail Rolbiecki has been named the director of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at Colorado State University. An internationally recognized expert in meaning-centered narrative interventions and trauma-informed therapeutic processing, Rolbiecki has overseen more than $8M in funded research and led both interdisciplinary teams and multi-institutional partnerships that integrate the social sciences into ambitious, transformative scientific and scholarly projects.
Former Colorado poet laureate Mary Crow’s work included in new anthology
Featuring works selected from more than 100 years of Colorado’s poet laureateship, Begin Where You Are: The Colorado Poets Laureate Anthology was published by CSU’s Center for Literary Publishing.
From the classroom to the cathedral: Fostering connection, conversation through Catholic studies
As the endowed Willette Chair of Catholic Studies, Joel Bacon has spent the semester exploring how religious studies can spark dialogue and bridge differences through music, education, new experiences and open conversation.
Three CLA employees receive City of Fort Collins Human Relations Award for 2025
Beth Seymour, Jessica Jackson, and Alexander Pittman are receiving a Human Relations Award from the City of Fort Collins in Dec 2025.
Stephan Weiler honored by Economic Development Council of Colorado
The honor celebrates the REDI co-founder’s nearly three decades of commitment to fostering collaboration, advancing economic education, and transforming academic research into tangible solutions that have positively impacted communities across Colorado.
Dance Professor Grace Gallagher receives grant to create climate-focused dance work
The Sharon Prize, a $5,000 annual grant celebrating and supporting women and non-binary artists in Colorado, has been awarded to CSU Dance Professor Grace Gallagher for her innovative contemporary dance work, There is No Planet B, a multimedia performance that fuses art with environmental activism to address the urgency of climate action. This compelling dance and art experience will have its world premiere at the University Center for the Arts at Colorado State University on Nov. 21 and 22, 2025.
New book by Associate Professor Thomas R. Dunn examines overlooked chapter in LGBTQ+ history
Published by Penn State University Press, “The Pink Scar: How Nazi Persecution Shaped the Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights” reveals that U.S. activists used Hitler’s anti-homosexual campaign to fuel arguments for LGBTQ+ rights as early as the 1930s.
Orchestra director Rachel Waddell named 2026 GRAMMY Music Educator semifinalist
Following reviews by a panel of national music educators, Dr. Rachel Waddell, Colorado State University Director of Orchestras, was named one of twenty-five semifinalists for the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum’s Music Educator Award. Dr. Waddell was chosen from a national pool of 2,000 initial nominations and is the only semifinalist from the state of Colorado.