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Desert dust alters ecology of alpine meadows

A new study by a Colorado State University researcher indicates that accelerated snowmelt by desert dust that blows into the mountains changes how plants respond to seasonal climate cues that regulate their life cycles. As a result, climate warming may have a greater influence on their annual growth cycle.

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Desert dust alters ecology of Colorado alpine meadows

Ram Response provides resources for current economic downturn

Fall 2009 university-wide events

Conservation leadership focus of new grad program

Felons' attitudes about guns

Volunteers needed for precipitation monitoring network, now nearly 15,000 strong

Colorado State University first to implement Kuali Financial System

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Felons' attitudes about guns
Why do criminals use guns? Three professors went straight to the source and interviewed 73 Colorado felons convicted of gun-related crime in a new book, Guns, Violence, and Criminal Behavior: The Offender's Perspective, due out this summer.

Volunteers needed for precipitation monitoring
From Grand Junction to Limon, Trinidad to Wellington, volunteers who monitor precipitation across Colorado - through Colorado State University - are making a difference.

University implements Kuali Financial System
Colorado State University is the first institution to implement the Kuali Financial System institution-wide and is paving the way for other higher education institutions to follow.

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Book goes inside the minds of gun criminals (Denver Post)

CSU approves budget, appoints new leaders (Northern Colorado Business Report)

CSU offers economic advice (Coloradoan)

Environmental camp gives students taste of nature (Coloradoan)

New flowering annuals put to the test at CSU garden trials (Denver Post)

Volunteers Needed for Colorado State University Precipitation Monitoring Network, Now Nearly 15,000 (Cherry Creek News)

Warming bill dicey for Dems (Denver Post)

College grads another casualty of the recession

Obama administration moving to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid

Economy transferring students closer to home for college

U.S. may need to prune number of research universities, lobby group says

70 professors reportedly arrested in Iran

Campus facilities become cash cows during summer

Small cuts add up to big savings as university budgets slashed

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