It's likely to be a while before the dust settles, but what is abundantly clear is that a lot of people lost money in the collapse of Loveland-based Abound Solar.

We can count CSU among the losers. The technology that the company was trying to commercialize came out of CSU.

CSU spokesman Mike Hooker says the university lost $55,000 in Abound's bankruptcy.

The loss, which CSU does not expect it will recoup in bankruptcy proceedings, does not include additional spending by the university on items such as personnel, travel and materials.

CSU also had around a 1 percent equity stake in the company, which would have meant money in its pocket had the company gone public.

"It's anybody's guess what that could have yielded," said Todd Headley, president of CSU Ventures, the university's technology-transfer arm.


An 'American of the Year'

Gov. John Hickenlooper has been named one of Esquire magazine's "Americans of the Year."

The magazine's December issue, in an article headlined "John Hickenlooper's Long, Hot Summer," explained its selection this way:

"A drought destroyed $100 million of revenue. Wildfires incinerated 238,000