Letters from the Deans

Jan Nerger, Former Dean

Jacob Roberts, Interim Dean

THE AUDIT PODCAST:
THE GREENHOUSE GAS TO BEAT

Biology professor Joe von Fischer appeared on CSU’s podcast The Audit to discuss why focusing on methane may be the key to addressing climate change.

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The Catalyst for Sustainable Chemicals

The National Science Foundation awarded chemistry Professor Garret Miyake a $1.8 million grant to launch SuPRCaT, a center dedicated to developing a more environmentally-friendly method of making chemicals.

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For our world to continue to thrive, we need to find better and more efficient ways to make chemicals.

Garret Miyake

Professor, Department of Chemistry

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At the end of the day, we’ve put a lot of good people and good ideas out there, and that’s made a difference.

Darrell Whitley, professor

50 years of computer science at CSU

2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Department of Computer Science at CSU. We look back at the department’s last five decades and its role in the future of computing.

Sleep Health and the Developing Brain in Context

Psychology Assistant Professor Emily C. Merz and cognitive science Ph.D. candidate Melissa Hansen conducted a research study that concluded shorter sleep and later bedtimes contribute to functional changes to the brain, impacting individuals’ ability to cope with stress and control negative emotions.

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Crunching numbers for cosmic communications

Department of Mathematics graduate students, Tatum Rask and Jacob Cleveland, took their number-crunching skills to new heights at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center as a part of the Space Communications and Navigation Internship Project (SIP).

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Top hats and butterflies: Internship inspires graduate student

Graduate student Samantha Sherry spent her summer interning with the Butterfly Pavilion “uncovering” more about unique sea urchin behavior.

Solving molecular mechanics of RNA viruses

Olve Peersen, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, has dedicated his work to building a deep understanding of the molecular mechanisms that allow viruses to replicate and infect humans and animals.

Translational medicine: From laboratory to at-home testing

Chemistry Professor Chuck Henry and his lab team created a healthcare device that’s revolutionizing at-home testing and diagnostics.

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POWER+ : COMMEMORATING WOMEN IN PHYSICS

While women have been historically underrepresented in the field of physics, female faculty members have steadily been growing in the Department of Physics at CSU. The department celebrated these women and their accomplishments and contributions.

MEET THE NEW COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCE FACULTY

The College of Natural Science welcomed 12 new faculty members over the past year.

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Olve Peersen and Piotr Kokoszka smile with their professor laureate awards.

MEET THE 2024 PROFESSOR LAUREATES

Piotr Kokoszka (Department of Statistics) and Olve Peersen (Department of Molecular Biology) have been named the 2024 College of Natural Sciences Professor Laureates.

RAM LEGACY: ARLENE NEDEDOG

After nearly four decades of dedicated service to Colorado State University, Arlene Nededog, director of inclusion in the College of Natural Sciences, is retiring.