CSUN Institute Hosts Panel Discussion on Fracking
Hoping to bring awareness about the issues surrounding the use of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” California State University, Northridge’s Institute for Sustainability, will sponsor a screening...
View ArticleFor Your Information 1-27-14
For Your Information shares announcements of events, public meetings, notices, classes and deadlines. The submission deadline is noon on Monday, one week before the next post. The deadline for the...
View ArticleHip-Hop Conference Among Events Slated for Black History Month at CSUN
Hip-Hop Think Tank, a student organization, will host a conference as part of CSUN’s Black History month celebration. Several political activist and rappers will be participating, including from left:...
View ArticleCSUN Discussion on Fracking Draws a Crowd
Dozens of California State University, Northridge faculty, staff, students and community members turned out Thursday, Jan. 30, for a screening of the film “Gasland Part II,” and a panel discussion...
View ArticleCSU Employee Update: 2/5/14
State of the CSU Renews Focus on Student Achievement Calling the state of the California State University “strong, proud and aspirational” Chancellor Timothy P. White pledged a renewed focus on...
View ArticleFormer CSUN President Wilson Recognized for Courage and Vision
Blenda Wilson (center), CSUN’s third president, accepts a gift from CSUN’s current president, Dianne F. Harrison at the dedication of a courtyard in her honor. To Wilson’s left is her husband, Louis...
View ArticleMatador Patrol Student Honored for Heroism and Bravery
Alberto DeJesus Muñoz accepts his award from CSUN Chief of Police Anne P. Glavin. Photo provided by the Department of Police Services. When friends, family and co-workers describe Alberto DeJesus...
View ArticleCSUN Provides Pathway to Higher Education at Super Sunday
California State University, Northridge President Dianne F. Harrison speaking at H.O.P.E.’s House in Granada Hills during last year’s CSU Super Sunday event. Photo by Lee Choo. California State...
View ArticleFor Your Information 2-17-14
For Your Information shares announcements of events, public meetings, notices, classes and deadlines. The submission deadline is noon on Monday, one week before the next post. The deadline for the...
View ArticleCSUN Celebrates Chinese New Year at Annual Banquet
Olympic Gold Medalist Jingyu Wu. California State University, Northridge’s China Institute and Chinese Student and Scholars Association are celebrating the year of the horse with their annual Chinese...
View ArticleCSUN’s Hip-Hop Conference Draws Hundreds
Elaine Brown. Photo by Lee Choo. Hundreds of scholars, activists, students and performers gathered at California State University, Northridge for a two-day conference that examined hip-hop and how it...
View ArticleUC Regents Give A-Plus To Kathleen Rowlands’‘Writing Project’
Secondary Education department faculty member Kathleen Rowlands has received $34,535 from the University of California Regents in continuing support of a project entitled “NCLB 10 Grant for the Cal...
View ArticlePritker Family Foundation Funds José Luis Vargas and Jina Gonzalez Project
Educational Opportunity Programs director José Luis Vargas and EOP Resilient Scholar Program Coordinator Jina Gonzalez have received $40,000 from the Pritker Family Foundation, in support of a project...
View ArticleCharles Hanson’s ‘Neglect Prevention’ Program A Go
Charles Hanson, an educational psychology and counseling faculty member, has received $49,795 from the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services as supplemental support of a...
View ArticleUCLA And Csaba Toth Form ‘Fellowship’
Mathematics faculty member Csaba Toth has received $15,000 from UCLA in support of a project entitled “Fellowship at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM).”
View ArticleJessica Vey Looks For ‘Structural Characterization’
Jessica Vey, a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has received $35,000 from the Research Corporation in support of a project entitled “Enabling rational design of...
View ArticleDoD Makes Gang Lu and Nicholas Kiousssis ‘Acquisition’
Physics and astronomy faculty members Gang Lu and Nicholas Kiousssis have received $269,958 from the Department of Defense in support of a project entitled “Acquisition of a High Performance Computer...
View ArticleCalif. Dept. of Education Joins Ivor Weiner’s Empowerment Center
Ivor Weiner, a Department of Special Education faculty member, has received $206,001 from the California Department of Education, in continuing support of a project entitled “Family Focus Empowerment...
View ArticleIvor Weiner Receives Children’s Institute ‘Peer Support’
Special Education faculty member Ivor Weiner has received $43,688 from the Children’s Institute, Inc., in support of a project entitled “Peer Support Groups for Parents.”
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