Ram Talks - Pre-Halloween special: “Morbid Trickery – What science is learning from CSU’s Corpse Flower”Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 5 - 6:30pmPre-Halloween special: “Morbid Trickery – What science is learning from CSU’s Corpse Flower”
Jessica Metcalf – Professor
Valerie Seitz – Postdoctoral Fellow
Tammy Brenner – Plant Growth Facilities Manager
Bring your curiosity and energy, grab a cold one, and spend Wednesday happy hour with Ram Talks. Explore, learn, and create with CSU experts downtown at the new Fort Collins Welcome Center!
Ram Talks are a mashup of CSU expertise and active community conversation, unleashing the creative insights and eye-opening shakeup that comes from taking a fresh look at the world around us.
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. (Program starts at 5:30)
Drinks and Eats
Cash bar and light snacks, N/A options
Talk Description:
On the evening of Saturday May 25th of this year, the CSU corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanium) began blooming and attracted over 8,600 people to CSU’s campus to catch a glimpse, and a whiff. The flowering of this unique and rare Sumatran plant not only brought together members of the Fort Collins and Front Range community, but also CSU scientists from across different departments who had previously not collaborated. Join us for a talk about Cosmo, the CSU corpse flower and some of our discoveries. We promise some interesting sensory opportunities!
Health Opportunities of Built Environment PoliciesWednesday, October 30, 2024, 12 - 1pmPlease join CSU's Center for Healthy Aging on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 12 p.m. for the return of our Healthy Aging Speaker Series! This fall's lecture will feature Assistant Professor David Rojas-Rueda from the Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences for a presentation at the intersections of the built environment, human health, and aging.
Rojas-Rueda, an environmental epidemiologist with over a decade of experience, will explore the impact of urban design on public health, focusing on how the built environment influences disease and mortality in adults. His research evaluates the health impacts of urban and transport planning policies, focusing on air pollution, traffic noise, green spaces, heat island effects, physical activity, and traffic accidents. With studies completed across Europe, Africa, Latin America, and North America, Rojas-Rueda’s work engages citizens, stakeholders, and local authorities to advance health-centered urban policy changes.
This is a hybrid event. Participants can choose to attend at home via Zoom or in-person at the Center. Open to all, though RSVP required at col.st/c9qBG
Location: CSU's Center for Healthy Aging, 151 W. Lake St., Fort Collins
Free public parking is available beside the building in the Health and Medical Center lot.
The Division of Human Resources is pleased to announce that CSU employees will again receive three well-being days during Fall Break.
For 2024, three well-being days will be observed during Fall Break in addition to the designated holidays of Nov. 28 and 29. This will give faculty and staff without essential duties the entire week off. The well-being days are Nov. 25 through Nov. 27.
These days are designed to provide individual employees time to unplug from work and recharge. Taking time off is crucial for maintaining a healthy work-life integration and we are happy to provide this opportunity to our employees.
In the rare case that an employee cannot take well-being days during this period, supervisors are asked to work with the employee to schedule the same number of well-being days between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025. For more information, please see these frequently asked questions on the Human Resources website.