Message from Interim President Tony Frank

This issue highlights some of Colorado State University's recent work to stimulate economic development at home and abroad.

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Colorado delegation completes successful trade mission to Asia

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter aims to create new jobs and economic opportunities in the state and strengthen ties between Colorado and Asian universities.

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CSU receives $100,000 for innovative global health research

Funding from the Gates Foundation will help Colorado State researchers and scientists around the world discover new solutions for deadly diseases.

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Researchers receive 'Oscar of Invention' for microscope

An extreme ultraviolet microscope gets "Top 100" recognition for 2008.

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Envirofit ramps up production of clean-burning cookstoves

CSU's clean energy technology provides solutions to life-threatening air pollution in developing countries.

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Fire scientists develop wildfire management ‘playbook’

Starfire is a new analysis system developed to manage the increasing threat of wildfires.

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Financial expert recommends economic optimism

Collective opinion plays a big role in today's markets.

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Plan for America's energy future announced in Colorado

The Institute for 21st Century Energy selected Fort Collins, Colo., recognized for its green initiatives, to unveil its energy plan to guide the nation’s next President and Congress. This fall, General James Jones, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s 21st Century Institute, presented "A Blueprint for Securing America's Energy Future," which offered policy recommendations for the next Administration.

Jones highlighted technological innovations in clean and renewable energy developed by Colorado State University and the Northern Colorado region and addressed the challenges of marshalling resources in business, government, and academia to create long-term energy solutions.

After the presidential election, the Institute presented 88 energy policy recommendations to President-elect Barack Obama and the 111th U.S. Congress, outlining the comprehensive actions needed by the executive branch and Congress to foster economic growth, strengthen national security, and ensure a better energy future.

CSU, Colorado, and the world: Greenhouse gas emissions and sustainability efforts

17.5%
Increase in U.S. net greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2000

3%
Decrease in U.S. net greenhouse gas emissions from 2000 to 2006. Net greenhouse gas emissions from the European Union, however, rose over the same period, and CO₂ emissions from China now exceed those from the United States

3
Countries — China, India, and Southeast Asia — each between 2000 and 2050 will exceed the total CO₂ emissions from the 30 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries in 2050

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U.S. universities, including Colorado State University, were selected by the Rocky Mountain Institute to participate in a national study on best practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on college campuses

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Green partnerships between Colorado State University and the region, which includes such organizations as Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, Northern Colorado Clean Energy Cluster, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, ClimateWise, National Center for Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Centers for Disease Control, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Colorado School of Public Health, and U.S. Green Building Council

Source:Institute for 21st Century Energy; Colorado State University

Light-bulb moment

"Every time renewable energy came up, you could see the lights go on on the other side of the table."

—Don Elliman, director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, regarding meetings in Asia during the Colorado delegation's recent economic trade mission

Energy blueprint

"America stands at a defining moment where the decisions made today will influence the economic prosperity, global competitiveness, and national security of future generations."

—General James Jones, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy, in comments regarding the Institute's energy policy recommendations — first announced in Fort Collins, Colo. — for President-elect Barack Obama and Congress

Animal capital

"Saving a single animal from tetanus potentially saves a whole family from serious hardship and loss."

—Dr. Paul Lunn, head of the Colorado State University Department of Clinical Sciences, after securing vaccines to immunize thousands of horses and donkeys in Ethiopia, on which many families depend for their livelihood

Gift of life

Vaccines to prevent the suffering and death of 5,000 working horses and donkeys recently arrived in Ethiopia, a gift arranged by Colorado State University veterinarian Paul Lunn. The 10,000 doses of tetanus vaccine, donated by the Kansas-based veterinary medicine supplier Fort Dodge Animal Health, will help prevent tetanus in the animals and economically protect many families who depend on the horses and donkeys for their livelihood. Veterinarians and veterinary students through the British Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad provided the immunizations. While virtually eliminated in the United States, tetanus is much more common in less-developed countries, where poor farmers and laborers cannot afford even basic veterinary care — and the price of a donkey is typically a year's wages. The disease has an 80 percent fatality rate if adequate veterinary attention is not provided.

OSHA's Colorado connections

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao recently announced the appointment of five members to the 12-person national advisory committee on Occupational Safety and Health. The committee, established under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, advises the secretaries of labor and health and human services on occupational safety and health programs. Colorado was represented with the appointment of Roy Buchan, professor emeritus from the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Committee members are chosen on the basis of their knowledge and experience in occupational safety and health and serve two-year terms. The committee is administered by the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (View the complete list of new OSHA advisory committee members.)

Blackwell's designs

The October death in Los Angeles of Richard Blackwell (popularly known as Mr. Blackwell, creator of the fashion world's annual "Worst Dressed List") was felt at Colorado State, where the world's largest collection of Blackwell's designs is part of the holdings of the University's Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising. The museum contains original gowns, master patterns, and personal scrapbooks that chronicle Blackwell's career — as well as one of two original copies of Blackwell's 1960 "Worst Dressed List" (the other original is located in the Smithsonian Institution). Blackwell visited CSU several times to support the University's costume collection and share his views on design. The Blackwell collection can be viewed at the museum, scheduled to open in April 2009, in the new University Center for the Arts.

Conservation easement

Colorado State University has partnered with several environmental organizations to conserve 8,690 acres of forested land in Archuleta County, Colo. CSU along with the Colorado State Forest Service, the U.S. Forest Service, Great Outdoors Colorado, The Conservation Fund, and the owners of the Catspaw Ranch are taking steps to permanently restrict development on the Catspaw property through a conservation easement. The federally funded Forest Legacy Program acquires portions of privately owned forest lands as conservation easements, without removing the property from private ownership. Development of forested areas increasingly threatens Colorado's valuable forest lands, says Joe Duda, forest management division supervisor for the Colorado State Forest Service. "Intact forest land ... supplies timber products and provides important wildlife habitat, soil and watershed protection, and aesthetics, so it's imperative that we work with landowners to conserve these lands."

NCEDC economic-development awards

The Northern Colorado Economic Development Corp. recently honored Colorado State University for contributions to the region's economic development and prosperity. NCEDC honored CSU and its partners — Aims Community College, Front Range Community College, and the University of Northern Colorado — with the Regional Collaboration Award for effectively and efficiently developing and training the region's workforce for today's global economy. NCEDC also honored Professor Bryan Willson, director of the Colorado State University Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory and director of the Clean Energy Supercluster, with its Global Impact Award. In September, the Crown Princes of Denmark and Spain recognized the laboratory with the 2008 Royal Award for Sustainable Technology Transfer for three clean-tech innovations: an international clean cookstove project, a two-stroke engine conversion kit, and biofuels production from algae.