Guatemala climate scientists look to tree rings for answers at CSU Joshua Zaffos This October, four researchers and technical scientists from INSIVUMEH Guatemala, the country’s meteorological service, spent a week in the Colorado State University Biogeography Lab counting the rings from cored samples of Caribbean pine trees through the lenses of stereo microscopes. The weeklong […]
Ethnic Studies classes uncover Indigenous history through Blanket Exercise rendition Joshua Zaffos In a large room inside the Lory Student Center, Colorado State University students each hold a colored index card and stand on an array of blankets placed on the floor. The blankets represent Turtle Island, the Indigenous conception of North America as it once was. During the following joint class between Native American Cultural Experience (ETST 240), […]
Department of Ethnic Studies Statement on White Supremacist Posters of September 10, 2021 September 14, 2021 On the morning of Friday, September 10, posters were placed on campus with misleading and derisive phrasing about diversity. This phrasing has been used in the past by white supremacists and used by various individuals, groups, and institutions in […]
Sagás Wins Fulbright to Teach – and Learn – about Race and Ethnicity in Bolivia Joshua Zaffos Relations between the United States and Bolivia have been tense – to put it modestly – in the last 15 years. From 2006-2019, Bolivian President Evo Morales – the country’s first ever Indigenous-born president and a socialist and former coca growers’ union organizer – […]
The Venture RAMS: Business Showcase, hosted by the College of Business Institute for Entrepreneurship, offered a platform for cross-disciplinary collaboration, welcoming students from all backgrounds to experience the entrepreneurial process.
