April 9 through 12 the ACT Human Rights Film Festival will showcase new films from around the world that educate and inspire, along with opportunities to connect with award-winning filmmakers and film participants.
The 2026 College of Liberal Arts awards are announced.
From building deeper connections to empowering communities, Communication Studies faculty discuss how communication shapes the world.
More than 1,600 College of Liberal Arts alumni responded to our career survey last year. The results were clear: A liberal arts degree from CSU leads to meaningful work, adaptable careers, and lasting confidence.
CSU film studies professor Kit Hughes examines how the holiday rom-com tropes both reflect and shape economic opinions.
Beth Seymour, Jessica Jackson, and Alexander Pittman are receiving a Human Relations Award from the City of Fort Collins in Dec 2025.
Published by Penn State University Press, “The Pink Scar: How Nazi Persecution Shaped the Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights” reveals that U.S. activists used Hitler’s anti-homosexual campaign to fuel arguments for LGBTQ+ rights as early as the 1930s.
Can watching horror movies make us more empathetic? Film researchers Scott Diffrient and Riana Slyter recently spoke on CSU’s The Audit podcast about the benefits of horror, as well as the history of the genre, how it’s evolving and why so many of us love to be scared.
Dr. Thomas R. Dunn published his second book The Pink Scar: How Nazi Persecution Shaped the Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights (Penn State University Press). The book launches the press’ new Troubling Democracy series, co-edited by Lisa Flores and Christa Olson. In support of the book, Dr. Dunn has been done extensive promotion, including: An interview […]
Dr. Karrin Vasby Anderson, Professor of Communication Studies, has been named a 2025 Distinguished Scholar by the National Communication Association, joining the ranks of scholars who have achieved “a lifetime of scholarly achievement in the study of human communication” and who showcase the communication profession. “As a CSU M.A. alum and someone who has spent […]
