As it appeared on Source “Rural areas are surprisingly entrepreneurial.” That is one of the findings from Colorado State University Professor Stephan Weiler and his fellow researchers who recently studied startups and business creation in both rural and urban areas. The findings also showed that the businesses created in these rural areas tend to […]
The ACT Human Rights Film Festival, produced by the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University, announced today its guest for the festival’s closing night screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary I Am Not Your Negro on Friday, April 21: singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte. “The Communication Studies department and the ACT Human Rights […]
By Brooke Poulson, UCA Publicity Intern New Orleans is said to be the birthplace of jazz nearly 100 years ago, and if you’ve never had the chance to make it to New Orleans and experience its origins, I highly suggest you attend the Jazz Ensembles Concert on April 13 at the University Center for the […]
Anthropology instructor Kimberly Nichols shares her childhood dream and how it lead to her current work at CSU.
In Mourning in America, David McIvor, assistant professor of political science at CSU, addresses significant and urgent questions about how citizens can mourn traumatic events and enduring injustices in their communities.
Brought to you by the Ralph Opera Program, The School of Music, Theatre and Dance presents: A Little Night Music By Brooke Poulson, SMTD Publicity Intern A Little Night Music will be a lot more than just a little night of music when it debuts in Griffin Concert Hall at the University Center for the […]
Editor’s note: We’ve all heard of the great divide between life in rural and urban America. But what are the factors that contribute to these differences? We asked sociologists, economists, geographers and historians to describe the divide from different angles. The data paint a richer and sometimes surprising picture of the U.S. today. 1. Poverty […]
The ACT Human Rights Film Festival kicks off its second year with a release party on March 28 at Odell Brewing, and the festival running April 14-21. A variety of film stars or directors will be in attendance over the week. See film trailers, times, and locations on actfilmfest.org. Tickets go on sale March 16.
Catherine DiCesare, associate professor in Art and Art History, is working on her second book about Aztec celebrations, this time focusing on the festivals depicted in the Codex Borbonicus, a famous Mexican manuscript about Aztec calendars. She’s especially interested in a particular page of the Codex— one that depicts images of a festival called Quecholli, one of the months of their 365-day solar calendar, as it was carried out in year 1507.
Enter digital liberal arts (sometimes called digital humanities): an approach capable of asking and answering new questions about the human experience using digital tools and methods.
