A group of CSU faculty studying the effect that engaging environments have on the brains of aging adults and people with dementia has received a prestigious grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to continue its work.
Two CSU professors are leading the charge to better understand the linkage between rural and urban communities, their respective well-being, and how these diverse worlds interact with the food that comes across your dinner table.
“Professor Laura Raynolds is the world’s foremost scholar on Fair Trade and one of the most prominent scholars of alternative agro-food networks more broadly. She is sought after as an advisor and mentor because of her reputation in the field, her passion for the subject, and her dedication to her students,” notes College of Liberal Arts Dean Benjamin Withers.
Pat Hastings presented his poster “Compared to Average? Geographic and Sociodemographic Reference Group Effects on Perceived Relative Income.”
Sbicca was elected to the Board of the Geographies of Food and Agriculture Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers.
“You have to be able to think your way through,” Jamie Orcutt ’99 tells students. “That’s what sociology taught me.”
The CSU Alumni Association’s Best Teacher Awards program recognizes faculty who have made a significant impact on their students.
Story by Office of Engagement. Originally published on SOURCE. CSU Community Engagement Scholarship Awards for BSHARP, Center for Community Partnerships At the annual Celebrate! Colorado State University event, two CSU-community programs received the inaugural CSU Community Engagement Scholarship Awards. The awards are an initiative of the Provost’s Council for Engagement, jointly established by the Office […]
KuoRay Mao and co-author Eric A. Hanley, University of Kansas, published “State corporatism and environmental harm: Tax farming and desertification in northwestern China” in Journal of Agrarian Change in April 2018. Abstract Research on environmental governance in China has shown that centre–local relations often influence the implementation and efficacy of environmental regulations. By examining changes in resource allocation […]
Graduate student Nefratiri Weeks was awarded the Ingrid H. Rima Scholarship from the Association for Social Economics (ASE).
