New Research Innovation Center
A new, 72,000-square-foot, $53 million Research Innovation Center at Colorado State University — the latest addition to the Infectious Disease Research Center on CSU’s Foothills Research Campus — will enable scientists, students, and businesses to develop new products to diagnose and treat infectious diseases. The center will advance the work of start-up companies and support the research and technology transfer of CSU’s Infectious Disease Supercluster, a first-of-its-kind enterprise to speed the transition of life-saving research from the academic world into the global marketplace. MicroRx, the Supercluster's business enterprise, will help bring those research discoveries to market. The center, which is expected to be completed in April 2010, will allow CSU to make a difference in the lives of people and animals suffering from infectious diseases, while providing students with a real-world education.
Distance M.B.A. partnership
The Colorado State University College of Business received approval to offer its distance M.B.A. program to students enrolled in Graduate School USDA — a well-established U.S. Department of Agriculture adult continuing education program that serves 200,000 learners annually. Students pursuing the Graduate School USDA Certificate in Financial Management now can more easily transfer select coursework for academic credit to Colorado State’s M.B.A. Federal Financial Management Program. The academic partnership encourages employees across the United States to develop organizational, business, and leadership skills through distance education. Graduate School USDA was established 87 years ago and aims to make government more efficient and effective through the education of its public-sector employees. The Colorado State University M.B.A. program, which is one of the oldest and most respected providers of M.B.A. education within the distance learning market, recently was rated a “Best Buy M.B.A.” by GetEducated.com and is consistently ranked among the best programs and best administered programs in the United States by U.S. News and World Report and the Princeton Review, respectively.
Continuing education chief
Longtime entrepreneur and faculty member Hunt Lambert was appointed as Colorado State University’s new associate provost of Continuing Education. Lambert most recently served as associate vice president for CSU's Office of Economic Development. Economic and workforce development now will be overseen by CSU Vice Provost for Outreach and Strategic Partnerships Lou Swanson and an economic development director. Lambert has been part of 25 start-ups in 12 countries — including CSU spin-offs Solix Biofuels, EnviroFit, AVA Solar, and Keen Foods — and will continue to be involved in CSU's Superclusters, CSU Ventures, and new CSU technology-based companies. "I am honored to be given the opportunity to lead this very successful unit," Lambert says. "[A] community's economic and social values cannot grow faster than the value of its workforce. Continuing education is a critical component in delivering required lifelong learning to the people of Colorado and beyond."
Global-health advocates
Barry Beaty, Colorado State University Distinguished Professor and infectious disease authority, has been selected to join a group of 25 experts who will advocate for greater U.S. investment in global health research. These experts join 50 of their peers in Research!America's Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research to promote U.S.-funded global heath research. The Rogers Society works to make the case for greater U.S. investment in research to fight diseases that disproportionately affect the world's poorest nations. Beaty and his peers were selected by an advisory council comprising renowned leaders in science, public policy, and communications, including four Nobel Laureates.
On-call vets
Dr. Wayne McIlwraith, an equine orthopedic veterinary expert at Colorado State University, and his colleagues have received a Special Eclipse Award, which honors outstanding contributions to Thoroughbred racing. The award was presented in January to On Call, a media-assistance program of the American Association of Equine Practitioners created in the wake of the accidents and injuries at the 1990 Breeders' Cup. Through the program, On Call equine professionals provide veterinary information to the media during live network races, where the veterinarians are available respond to crisis situations at 100 televised races throughout the year. The program’s vets also address media inquiries about horse health and safety, such as the national inquiries that followed Barbaro's injury at the Preakness in 2006. McIlwraith, along with Larry Bramlage of the Kentucky-based Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, has served as the AAEP On Call veterinarian for the World Thoroughbred Championships since the program’s inception.
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