After meeting with a researcher at Colorado State University, the students came up with the idea to genetically modify the pheromone that beetles emit to attract other beetles to trees, according to the Fort Collins Coloradoan.

CSU is considering whether to launch a $26 million renovation and expansion of Braiden and Parmalee residence halls or a more expensive demolition and reconstruction of another hall.

“This is an interesting problem year to have a tax liability,” said Vickie Bajtelsmit, chairman of the finance and real-estate department at Colorado State University.

“Clearly, this snowstorm helps along the Front Range, and even out east. Overall, this was about one week’s worth of moisture,” according to Nolan Doesken, Colorado State Climatologist with Colorado State University.

Colorado State University’s Atlantic hurricane forecast, the most-watched annual prediction, was lowered yesterday to 12 named storms for the 2009 season, with at least six developing into hurricanes.

After meeting with a researcher at Colorado State University, the students came up with the idea to genetically modify the pheromone, a chemical substance produced to inspire behavior in other animals, in the beetle.

Sybil Sharvelle, a principal investigator on the study, is a civil engineering professor at Colorado State University’s Urban Water Center.

Ketul Popat from the department of mechanical engineering at Colorado State University, Colorado, US, says that biocompatible surfaces that can prevent inflammation are critical for successful implants.

Hurricane experts at Colorado State University have scaled back their prediction for the Atlantic and now say this will be an average season with 12 named storms, including six hurricanes. They say two of them could be major.

The search committee charged with recommending a new CSU chancellor is set to meet Wednesday to begin reviewing applications.