Ninety-seven year old Mr. Stanley “Stan” Lucero Sepulbeda, longtime resident of Fort Collins and employee of CSU, wanted to experience the excitement of opening day of the inaugural season of the Rams in their new stadium home. The theme of this important home game was military appreciation, and Stan is a World War II veteran […]
Interdisciplinary Special Symposium Borders and Borderlands: Culture, Society, and Economics during Changing Times Presented by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program Morgan Library, Event Hall Thursday, April 20, 2017 Day programming is free and open to the public. Program 9:00am-9:05am Welcome and Overview of the Symposium – Anita Alves Pena (CSU, Economics) 9:05am-10:15am Barriers […]
“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 be more resilient than urban startups […]
Please help us congratulate Dr. Cher Li’s Faculty Development award on Tuesday, April 11 from 3 to 5 pm in the Long’s Peak Room in Lory Student Center (Spring Faculty/Staff Meeting & Awards Ceremony). She is receiving this award from the College of Liberal Arts for her research project on the Under-representation of Women in […]
By Brian Thiede, Lillie Greiman, Stephan Weiler, Steven C. Beda and Tessa Conroy 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 […]
by Anna Gerber | January 30, 2017 12:27 PM On Jan. 5, nearly 600 college students from around the world set sail on the educational journey of a lifetime – a global learning expedition for a Semester at Sea[1]. Over 105 days, participants traverse the globe, taking classes onboard while at sea, and stopping at 12 ports […]
Why inequality is the most important economic challenge facing the next president By Steven Pressman Finding a way to reduce inequality is key not only to solving a host of other problems but also to rescuing America’s fast-disappearing middle class. Radio interview on the Matt Townsend Show can be heard online at: https://www.byuradio.org/episode/0fab7b1b-99cc-4907-beb4-f54b342db2d2/the-matt-townsend-show-income-inequality-psychology-of-scary-films-parent-previews?playhead=968&autoplay=true
Dr. Anita Alves Pena takes over as Interim Coordinator of Graduate Studies in the Department of Economics. As of Fall 2016, I am the Department’s new Interim Coordinator of Graduate Studies. This is my 10th year at CSU. I came to CSU in Fall 2007 from Stanford University where I received my MA in Economics […]
Dr. Alexandra Bernasek takes over as Interim Chair of the Department of Economics. On July 1, 2016 I became Interim Department Chair. This will be my 25th year in the economics department at CSU. I arrived as a new PhD from the University of Michigan in 1992 when I was hired as an Assistant Professor. […]
Today Dr. Shulman turned the page on his ten years as department chair. He has served us well.
