A roll of the dice: How Native Americans shaped gambling and probability long before the Old World
New research pushes the earliest known origins of dice, gambling and the exploration of randomness back six millennia and into North America.
Dive into the unexpected with CSU’s award-winning podcast, The Audit
Created to showcase the groundbreaking research and unique expertise of CSU’s faculty, The Audit invites listeners to sit in on fascinating conversations about topics that shape our world.
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’s The Audit: What Hallmark’s holiday movies reveal about America’s love affair with small business owners
CSU film studies professor Kit Hughes examines how the holiday rom-com tropes both reflect and shape economic opinions.
Friendship crisis? Study says it’s quality, not quantity with friendships
A new two-year study led by CSU and the American Friendship Project sheds new light on one of our most important — but least studied — relationships.
Rise of the machines: How is AI changing art?
While AI-generated art doesn’t pose quite the same life-or-death consequences, for some in the art world, it’s seen as just as real of a threat.
The Audit: Were early humans cannibals? CSU paleoanthropologist talks about new findings regarding the oldest taboo
Colorado State University paleoanthropologist Michael Pante talks about this important discovery, what it means for future fossil research, and what was it that led our early ancestors to eat each other.
The Audit: Camille Dungy’s new book, ‘Soil,’ digs into prose, plants, parenthood and pandemic
The author and poet had a very specific plan for how her Guggenheim Fellowship for her next book was going to go. Then 2020 happened and a new idea bloomed.
The Audit: From environmental disasters to eco-grief — CSU’s Center for Environmental Justice aims to find sustainable ground
Co-founder Stephanie Malin talks about the center’s research into cases of environmental injustice, what impact a renewed focus from the current political administration could have, and how to turn climate grief and fatigue into hope and action.
The Audit: The bumpy history of Colorado’s ski industry and its potentially problematic future
From voters rejecting a bid to host the Winter Olympics to the Earth Liberation Front’s attack on Vail Ski Resort, CSU Associate Professor Michael Childers says it hasn’t been all powder for Colorado’s snow business.