On the wagon for Dry January? Learn about its history and our relationship with alcohol
CSU History Instructor David Korostyshevsky discusses the origins of Dry January and humanity’s complex relationship with alcohol.
CSU in Photos: A year in pictures 2025
In 2025, Colorado State University celebrated traditions new and old – from a University-wide Commencement and a sold-out PBR rodeo to the National Western Stock Show and Fall Address. Through it all, 2025 was a year of connection, celebration and impact, pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a land-grant university. Take a look back at a memorable year through CSU in Photos.
CSU to award $5,000 Colorado Democracy Prize to a student group that deepens democratic engagement
The $5,000 top prize, to be awarded in spring 2027, will honor CSU student work that brings together community members across lines of difference.
Alumna earns prestigious early career award for work merging civil engineering and sociology
Elaina Sutley, civil engineering Ph.D. alumna, has been awarded the 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, one of the most prestigious national awards for early-career researchers.
Graduate students awarded $24K in awards at 10th annual GradShow
Colorado State University graduate students shared innovative research, creative artistry and entrepreneurial projects while competing for $24,300 in scholarships at the 10th annual GradShow on Nov. 19.
Students and discoveries: Undergraduate research changing lives
Colorado State University is among the nation’s top research universities, so it makes sense that students in their earliest years would dive into research and artistry to extend their classroom learning. Thousands of CSU students are doing just that.
Move to the music: Student studies music therapy for Parkinson’s patients
An undergraduate student joins her mentor in studying how music improves movement for community members with Parkinson’s disease.
Walk on: CSU faculty invent new shoe for people with foot disabilities
Two faculty members from Colorado State University are designing a new shoe to better accommodate a calf-to-foot brace that is commonly worn by people who have experienced conditions like foot numbness, cerebral palsy and stroke.
CSU research sets funding record, keeps focus on impact
CSU had record-high research activity in fiscal year 2025, as represented by $622 million in annual sponsored project expenditures.
First Degree: The journeys of first-generation college students
First-generation students – the first in their families to earn university degrees – are at the very heart of Colorado State University’s founding land-grant mission: educating the children of working-class families with the aim of boosting the economy and quality of life.