History Matters: faculty create hyperlocal history curriculum for Northern Colorado

Colorado State University’s History Matters project is transforming how local history is taught in Colorado classrooms by using a hyperlocal, place-based focus, the project builds equity-driven curricula that center the under told histories of Fort Collins, Northern Colorado and the state of Colorado.

CSU economist Elissa Braunstein contributes to UN policy brief at G20 women’s empowerment meeting

Elissa Braunstein, professor of economics and associate dean for research in CSU’s College of Liberal Arts, contributed to a policy brief launched by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization during the G20 Women’s Empowerment Working Group Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, in late October.

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.