In this episode, we discuss the growing field of natural resource economics along with the evolution of water management policy in Colorado and the surrounding region.

Our guest, Jordan Suter, is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics within the College of Agricultural Sciences at CSU. Jordan has studied the impacts of water management policies in the Republican River Basin of Colorado and other areas.

Learn more about CSUs online Bachelor of Science in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.

Visit the Colorado Water Center for information about evolving water-related challenges in Colorado.

In this episode, we hear from Beth Hayes, CSU Extension Emergency Management Work Team Lead. Beth also serves as the Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Small Acreage Specialist in Pueblo County. We discuss disaster response, emergency planning, and emergency management in Colorado, including Community Animal Response Teams (CARTs), and resources like CSU's 'After the Disaster Toolkit.'

After the Disaster Toolkit

Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)

According to recent estimates by the UN, in 2023 nearly 700 million people across the globe were subsisting on less than $2.15 a day ($785 a year). In this episode, we speak with Dr. Niroj Bhattarai, an assistant professor of economics with more than 20 years of teaching, research, and field work experience. We discuss poverty, economic development, government, access to education, and social entrepreneurship as a driver for sustainable change.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

https://sdgs.un.org/goals

Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen

https://www.amazon.com/Development-as-Freedom-Amartya-Sen/dp/0385720270

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo

https://www.amazon.com/Poor-Economics-Radical-Rethinking-Poverty/dp/1610390938

CSU Regional Economic Development Institute (REDI)

https://csuredi.org/

Splash: Clean Water for Kids

https://splash.org/

Online bachelor's in economics

https://www.online.colostate.edu/degrees/economics/

In this episode, we talk with CSU’s Director of Academic Integrity about what the future might look like as an increasing number of college students use artificial intelligence. Will AI use among students become normalized and accepted by faculty? When should using AI be allowed and when should it not be? We explore these questions and more in the episode.

Learn more about TILT at CSU: https://tilt.colostate.edu/

Learn more about academic integrity at CSU: https://tilt.colostate.edu/integrity/

The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Matthew DeCamp (presentation): https://csucehur.org/the-ethics-of-artificial-intelligence/

In this episode, we talk entrepreneurship, risk, education, design thinking (also called human-centered design), and much more. For more learning opportunities, visit CSU’s Institute for Entrepreneurship, which offers programs like Venture Validator and the Student Venture Accelerator. For post-grad continuing education, be sure to check out CSU’s online graduate certificate in Human-Centered Design Thinking.

In this episode, we talk about sustainable landscaping, native plants, soil, mulch, water conservation, xeriscaping, and more with CSU Extension State Specialist Deryn Davidson. If you would like more information on these topics, you can find more than 100 related articles on the CSU Extension website.

In this episode, we hear from Dr. Sudeep Pasricha, a professor with joint appointments in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Systems Engineering at CSU. Dr. Pasricha is also Director of the Embedded, High Performance, and Intelligent Computing Lab (EPIC). We discuss the rapid ongoing evolution of artificial intelligence, especially as it pertains to computer engineering, data centers, energy, sustainability, and AI ethics.

Related articles from Dr. Pasricha and colleagues:

“SHIELD: Sustainable Hybrid Evolutionary Learning Framework for Carbon, Wastewater, and Energy-Aware Data Center Management” | S. Qi, D. Milojicic, C. Bash, S. Pasricha | IEEE International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference, Toronto, Canada, 10/23. (Best Paper Award)

“Robust Perception Architecture Design for Automotive Cyber-Physical Systems” | J. Dey, S. Pasricha | IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), 2022

“Efficient Embedded Machine Learning Deployment on Edge and IoT Devices” | S. Pasricha | IEEE/ACM DAC, 2023

“Cross-Layer Design for AI Acceleration with Non-Coherent Optical Computing” | F. Sunny, M. Nikdast, S. Pasricha | ACM GLSVLSI, 2023

“Ethical Design of Computers: From Semiconductors to IoT and Artificial Intelligence” | S. Pasricha, M. Wolf | IEEE Design & Test, 2023

“AI Ethics in Smart Healthcare” | S. Pasricha | IEEE Consumer Electronics, 2023

Learn more about CSU's online Computer Engineering Master's, online Bachelor's in Computer Science or online C.S. Master's.

In this episode, we discuss some of the most rewarding and challenging aspects of being a social worker, including empathy, mindfulness, burnout, policy, social justice, and continuing education.

Learn more about the hybrid Master of Social Work program from CSU:

https://www.online.colostate.edu/degrees/social-work?utm_source=appliedpodcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=1-gen-240430-podcast-applied-s1ep7