Think globally, act globally

Fort Collins and Shanghai aren’t often mentioned in the same sentence. But that was the case in June 2011 when Colorado State University and East China Normal University announced their Joint Institute for New Energy and the Environment.

That partnership, focused on developing new energy solutions and addressing the impact of energy on air quality, land use, climate and water resources, is just one among hundreds of such collaborative agreements that now link Colorado researchers with their peers around the globe.

Colorado’s research community is expanding its global reach every year, due to the ever-increasing connectivity of 21st Century society and a…