Heather Shotton, Ph.D. Fort Lewis Welcomes First Native President Amid Reconciliation Process Fort Lewis College has spent years taking stock of its history as a federal Indian boarding school and working with local tribes to make amends. Now its first Indigenous leader plans to continue the work she helped launch.
In the News Free training program in Durango addresses water industry workforce shortage A new training program at Fort Lewis College aims to tackle a water industry workforce shortage by connecting participants with a network of water operators.
In the News New partnership creates 'educational sovereignty' for Native American scholars at UNLV UNLV and Fort Lewis College have established a partnership aimed at expanding graduate access for undergraduate students.
Julie Korb Biology Professor Julie Korb had an article published in Forest Ecology and Management titled “Five-year post-restoration conditions and simulated climate-change trajectories in a warm/dry mixed-conifer forest, southwestern Colorado, USA.”
Gianniny Geosciences Professor Gary Gianniny lent his expertise about the Animas River Spill to another Al-Jazeera interview.
STEM grant Inside Durango TV covered the five-year $1.1 million grant award to the STEM Success Center.
Laurie Williams Laurie Williams, associate professor of Physics & Engineering, is part of a team whose work on methane leaks was reported on by the New York Times.