Scott Shrake

@coloradostateu AVP & E.D. of @CSUentrepreneur. Making 🌎 better with Impact Entrepreneurship. FMR @ASU E.D., @vicinityhealth cofounder, & @pitt_FB

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

Finally. This is LONG overdue. Save us from the trams.

[Denver Int'l Airport @DENAirport]

We heard you want to know what’s really under DEN? 🦎

Find out for yourself - we’re building pedestrian walkways through our underground tunnels connecting Concourses A to B and B to C, with construction expected to begin in 2027.

Learn more: https://t.co/vi3OhjCF80

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

Great thread on the future of education w/ AI, but especially love this piece.

This is how I lead my strategy capstone - “I don’t care what you think, but I care deeply about how you think and your ability to make sense of complex systems.”

[Ben Charoenwong @BenCharoenwong]

5/ Layer 2: How you think.

So far, I think this is harder to replace. I don't mean "critical thinking" as a buzzword. I mean the specific ability to take a messy problem, decompose it into tractable pieces, and reason about each piece without bullshitting yourself.

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

One of the many ways AI can help enable personalized education and improved results.

[Hamsa Bastani @hamsabastani]

🚨🚨 Excited to share our first *positive* results on AI in education!

Most AI tutor work focuses on making the chatbot better. We suggest another lever: deciding what students should practice next to improve learning.

We combine an LLM tutor with reinforcement learning to personalize problem sequencing using signals from student-chatbot interactions and solution attempts.

We tested this in a 5-month randomized field experiment in a Python course across 10 high schools in Taipei. All students had the same course material and the same AI tutor. The only difference was adaptive vs. fixed problem sequencing.

Result: across 770 students, adaptive sequencing improved performance on an in-person final exam taken without AI assistance by 0.15 SD, with larger effects for beginners. Our evidence suggests the gains came from stronger engagement and more productive AI use.

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

Great W for the Rams. Keep the streak rolling.

[Colorado State Men’s Basketball @CSUMBasketball]

𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓞𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮 𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓞𝓾𝓽...𝓐𝓰𝓰𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓦𝓘𝓝‼️

#Relentless x #RAMILY

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

Yes. I would make very different life & financial choices today than I did just 18 months ago based on the rate of change in capability.

[Austen Allred @Austen]

The closer people are to the cutting edge of AI the more they’re having an existential crisis and losing their minds about what the future will hold.

That’s not a coincidence.

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

@thesobergym @Austen A goal here is the narrative of top CS schools students saying they learned more at that internship and then never going back to finish schooling. It’s good marketing to attract future gauntlet employers/partners

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

And you bet this rams team is fun to watch.

[Sean Paul @SeanPaulCBB]

There’s only three “non power conference” squads ranked top-20 in KenPom’s offensive efficiency.

Colorado State (14)
Akron (17)
Yale (19)

Colorado State is the best three point shooting team in America (45%), Yale is second (44%) and Akron is fourth (42%)

Need these teams in the dance.

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

This shift is far overdue. The hyper focus on the attention economy deployed the best & brightest in areas of insignificance rather than solving hard problems like climate/energy/ag

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

Two conversations this weekend make me think that there's a vibe shift afoot in Silicon Valley around what one should work on and what is worthwhile.

Culturally, it feels like the moment is ripe for new frameworks:

• Davos expert morality is stale and discredited.
• It's also apparent that the "just be super based" Counter-Enlightenment is not really an answer. (Yes, woke went too far, but simply inverting it doesn't work.)
• EA is no longer the automatic default for smart people.
• There's increasing skepticism of slot and slop machine dynamics.

Overall, "what is worthy and valuable?" feels like it's becoming more central.

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

Getting the “this is their Super Bowl” line makes the first (of many) @farokhmanesh5 W’s over CU that much sweeter.

These Rams are fun to watch - get to Moby!

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

Was awesome to watch. He was unconscious. Go Rams!

[Sam Kayser @KayserHoops]

Colorado State’s Josh Pascarelli is quietly becoming one of the most impressive shotmakers in college basketball.

The 6-foot-3 Marist transfer drilled eight threes today in the win over Colorado, his second straight game with eight made triples.

He finished with 28 points on 8-for-10 from deep in a massive rivalry win for the Rams.

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

Pat- from a former a Pitt guy to a current Ram I’d love to personally invite you to come check out Fort Collins and all the amazing things we’re doing here at @ColoradoStateU. Open invite, we’d love to host you and the crew anytime.

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

Did you hear about Jim Mora going to Colorado State..

"I have not heard that but I don't know why he would do such a thing 😂😂

I think Jim Mora is a very good football coach and that's great for Colorado State" ~ Coach Saban

#PMSLive

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

Welcome to Fort Collins coach - you’re going to love it here. Go Rams!

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

Here’s the @espn story on UConn coach Jim Mora’s expected hire as Colorado State’s head coach, per ESPN sources. https://t.co/CwrvfFs3Aw

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

Happy to have helped bring this concept to life! Come check out our full weekend events schedule including a rail jam, vendor village, and executive panel with leading outdoor economy companies like @alterramtnco

https://t.co/S90ARXkBLb

[Brett McMurphy @Brett_McMurphy]

Colorado State will wear these sweet "Snow Days" helmets Nov. 8 vs. UNLV. Snow Days is CSU's 3-day celebration of Colorado's winter sports & outdoor lifestyle 🏔️☃️

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

@CSURamT Played with Mike at Pitt. Top notch guy & cerebral player. Would love to see him in the green and gold.

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

Toooo cold 🥶

Dont forget to check out CSU snow days weekend presented by @IkonPass on Nov 7/8.

[Justin Michael @JustinTMichael]

The “Snow Days” uniform combo 🔥

The Rams will debut the helmets against UNLV.

📸: @CSUFootball

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

It’s a whole new atmosphere at CSU.

[Kevin Lytle @Kevin_Lytle]

An interesting tidbit: Colorado State football had a program record 15,740 announced student attendance last week against UNC.

That total (students only, not full crowd) was more than the announced TOTAL attendance of eight FBS games last weekend.

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

@Kevinkuhnen Absolutely. I get the complaints about a DPI no call (probably wouldn’t have thrown the flag either), but the balls on the turf.

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

There’s an incredible @CSURams team behind the scenes working tirelessly to make this a reality. Huge shout out to everyone involved, especially the students!

[Kevin Lytle @Kevin_Lytle]

So, it's a program record student section here at Canvas Stadium (and by a long ways)
https://t.co/nym0pwZv2E

[Scott Shrake @Scott_Shrake]

I’ll take an ugly win over a pretty loss. Cheers to the incredible Ram fans staying til the end to help the team bring that W home.

[Colorado State Football @CSUFootball]

Aggies Find A Way 🔶

#Relentless x #RamGrit🐏