Meet the new dean of the College of Natural Sciences, Randall McEntaffer.

Sue James and Melinda Smith have spent years advancing Colorado State University through parallel leadership roles. Now, in a rare “trading places” transition within the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, these longtime friends are proving that stepping into each other’s shoes is the best way to move the institution forward.

Holmes Rolston III, University Distinguished Professor and professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Colorado State University, is widely known as a founding father of environmental ethics as a formal study, but in his personal life he was known as a man with a deep interest in moss. Over the course of his life, Rolston collected approximately 2,000 moss specimens, which upon his passing, have been donated to the Charles Maurer Herbarium at Colorado State University.

In honor of National Squirrel Appreciation Day on Jan. 21, two CSU squirrel experts shared some fun facts based on their research.