University News
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The National Science Foundation has granted Colorado State $17 million
to establish one of four national Engineering Research Centers. The
center will study extreme ultraviolet science and laser technology
that can create atom-sized computer circuitry, technology that promises
economic gains for industry in the region and nation. Colorado State
leads the project in collaboration with the University of Colorado
and the University of California-Berkeley. The NSF established four
Engineering Research Centers nationwide in early October.
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The National Science Foundation announced that Colorado State will
team with the University of Massachusetts in another Engineering Research
Center. The NSF granted $17 million to the lead institution, the University
of Massachusetts, in partnership with Colorado State, the University
of Oklahoma and the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez along with
industry partners including IBM, The Weather Channel and Raytheon.
The new $17 million grant will fund a center for Collaborative Adaptive
Sensing of the Atmosphere, enabling earlier and more accurate weather
emergency forecasts. The center will significantly increase warning
time for tornados, flash floods and other severe weather disturbances
with far greater accuracy than existing technology.
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On Sept. 19, Colorado State University President Larry Penley delivered
his first presidential address to a crowd of approximately 4,500 students,
faculty, staff and community members. Dr. Penley addressed the university's
research, leadership contribution, and role in six main topics in
the annual President's Fall Address including, economic development,
support of K-12 education and its integration with higher education,
challenges associated with an aging population, social, economic,
cultural and environmental issues as a result of globalization, challenges
of funding of higher education; and integrating science and culture
to address world problems.
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Colorado State University has once again posted record enrollment
- crossing 25,000 students for the first time, due in large part to
continued success in student retention efforts. Colorado State announced
a total enrollment of 25,042 this fall, about 1.2 percent up from
last fall. In the past several years, the University had seen a growth
rate of 3.5 percent per year. In this recruitment cycle, however,
the University sought to limit that growth to under two percent by
enforcing more selective math requirements for transfer students as
well as other measures designed to better match the number of students
with the resources available to teach them. The number of continuing
students, a measure of the University's retention efforts, helped
the institution post the record enrollment figure. This success in
retention has also translated into an improved graduation rate at
Colorado State, which now has a four-year graduation rate of more
than 33 percent, one of the highest in state.
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