Department of
Sociology

CSU, partners crowdfund study on music and Alzheimer’s

Organizers of a program that brings individuals with dementia and their caregivers to Fort Collins Symphony concerts have created a crowdfunding campaign to help pay for a Colorado State University study of its impact on the participants.

When disaster strikes, a resilient community stands firm

Faculty in Sociology and Economics are participating in a public webinar to review the Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning’s first-year findings.

Lori Peek’s Hurricane Katrina book named Colorado Book Awards finalist

Sociology faculty Lori Peek’s book is in the running for a Colorado Book Award.

Winter 2015

Liberal arts faculty investigate disaster resilience

Economics faculty and students are assisting in the development of a federal center dedicated to improved disaster response and resilience.

Sociology alumna receives Distinguished Alumni Employee Award

Blanche Hughes, Vice President for Division of Student Affairs, has been awarded CSU’s 2015 Distinguished Alumni Employee Award.

Jason Downing: professor by day, rockstar by night

Colorado State University sociology professor Jason Downing is actually a rock star.