January 23, 2025
On display from Jan. 22 to March 14 at CSU’s Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, the exhibit “Community Smog” is the product of a partnership between artist Kim Abeles and Northern Colorado community members to create “Smog Collectors.” These plates — which mimic air quality by collecting particulates from the air — were produced collaboratively with Fort Collins seventh graders, artists at Petrichor Collective, members of the Air Quality Monitoring Advisory Committee…
January 22, 2025
President Joe Biden awarded Colorado State University Professor Elizabeth Barnes with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers – the U.S. government’s highest honor for outstanding early-career scientists and engineers. Barnes, who is a faculty member in the Department of Atmospheric Science, applies the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science tools to understand and predict Earth’s climate variability and change. She is one of 400 scientists recognized by…
January 6, 2025
Atmospheric Science researchers participated in the inaugural 2024 AMS Climate Policy Colloquium in DC in December. Attendees of the Climate Policy Colloquium gained insight into the United States policy-making process and the climate policy landscape, explore emerging challenges and opportunities in climate science and policy, and examine the inner workings of government agencies working at the interface of science and policy. An Atmospheric Science alum, Jakob Lindaas, was one of…
December 9, 2024
To our graduates, you are all impressive. We are proud of your accomplishments and excited to see what the future holds for each of you. Congratulations also to our 2024 Fall student award winners: Lilly Naimie was awarded the Dietrich Scholarship, funded each year by Fort Collins-based Air Resource Specialists, Inc. (ARS) to recognize an Atmospheric Science graduate student who has excelled in the study and research of air quality.…
November 22, 2024
Congratulations to students Nick Mesa, Olivia Sablan, Tom Juliano and Kat Humphreys for all winning awards at the Graduate School Showcase. We're proud of each and every presenter for practicing sharing your research with a broad audience. “Advancing knowledge in your field as a researcher, creating business solutions for a better world, or enriching the world with your creativity is one of the most important responsibilities our graduate students hold,”…
November 7, 2024
Senior Research Scientist (Emeritus) Dr. Paul DeMott has been named a Fellow of the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR). As can be reviewed on the AAAR website, the AAAR Board of Directors established the category of Fellow to honor significant contributions by individuals to the discipline of aerosol science and technology, and service to AAAR. AAAR Fellows are expected to actively promote the field of aerosol science and technology…
