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.
Proposals for Democracy Summit 2026 due Dec. 8
The Democracy Summit Steering Committee invites proposals from CSU faculty, students, and staff for the March 2026 Summit.
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.
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.
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.
Photojournalism and democracy: Leah Millis brings her lens, voice to CSU Nov. 5
The event takes place Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Lory Student Center Ballroom A.
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.
History professor selected to Colorado Education Commission
History Assistant Professor selected to Colorado Education Commission.
CSU’s The Audit: What can horror movies teach us about being human?
Can watching horror movies make us more empathetic? Film researchers Scott Diffrient and Riana Slyter recently spoke on CSU’s The Audit podcast about the benefits of horror, as well as the history of the genre, how it’s evolving and why so many of us love to be scared.