An alpine flower is helping Heidi Steltzer, professor of Environment and Sustainability, determine the availability of water to the rest of the world as the climate warms.

Hearts raced as the FLC Exercise Science faculty and staff led lactate threshold testing for the Durango Nordic Ski Club. The tests help athletes train and recover more effectively.

The Southwest Colorado Accelerator Program for Entrepreneurs was one of 10 organizations chosen for a national initiative on rural economic development. SCAPE is housed under FLC's new Center for Innovation in downtown Durango.

Three FLC undergraduate students are now published authors in the journal RNA for their research conducted through the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department.

Professor of Environment and Sustainability Heidi Steltzer testified on the importance of climate science and action at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

The Environmental, Social, Governance policy will move Fort Lewis College toward more sustainable investing.

Governor Polis appointed Mapel as a Trustee in December. The Colorado State Senate will vote on her confirmation in the 2020 legislative session.

Campus and community members gathered in honor of the Civil Rights Movement leader, with activities organized under the theme "Because He Had a Dream We Can..."

When filmmaker Alexandria Bombach (Business Administration, '08) isn't directing a documentary about the Indigo Girls or Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad, she's at home in Santa Fe, working to shape the future of New Mexico's filmmaking industry.

The Center of Southwest Studies, founded in 1964 as the first research center in the U.S. to focus exclusively on the Southwest, is looking at how its records and mission can be more accessible to community members and the students of FLC.

FLC was ranked fourth in the state of Colorado in a study released by LendEDU that looks at the best colleges in the nation for financial aid.

After struggling with drug addiction and serving time in jail, Jamie Matthews (Accounting, '15) enrolled back in school and turned her life around. She was one of four people to receive pardons from Governor Polis in December.

Callie Morris (Journalism & Multimedia Studies, '19) produced a video feature story on a local baker as part of a student project with Rocky Mountain PBS. The segment aired on Arts District and can be viewed online.

Shirena Trujillo Long (Spanish and English, '00), longstanding student mentor and program coordinator of El Centro de Muchos Colores for 15 years, was profiled in the Durango Herald.

The School of Business Administration and partners held the annual Southwest Economic Summit on campus last week, where economists forecasted the trends expected for Colorado and the Southwest in 2020.