CSU launches environmental school to push research and jobs.

• Author: Cote, Mike
• Position: [EDUCATION] - Colorado State University - Brief article

Colorado State University is upping the ante on its campaign to become known as a "green" university by creating a school focused on the environment that will drive research and prepare students for the work force.

The School of Global Environmental Sustainability encompasses the university's environmental education and research. Diana Wall, who will lead the school as founding director, will form advisory committees over the next year to help create curriculum and programs for the school. New courses could begin as early as 2010.

Wall is a professor in the Department of Biology and a senior research scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory. She wants to ensure that every department on campus offers an environmental course or experience for students.

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