Somnath Chattopadhyay Finds ‘High Radiation Resistance’
Electrical and computer engineering faculty member Somnath Chattopadhyay has received $9,413 from the U.S. Department of Defense, as supplemental support of a project entitled “SiC/GaN Based Optically...
View ArticleCSUN Students Take First Place for Creation of a Mobile Camera App
From left, Javier Pimentel, Noah Anderson, Doris Chaney, Stefan Eng and Leonard Tatum. Missing, Kristoffer Larson. Five California State University, Northridge students took first place at the 2014...
View ArticleWheely Inspiring: CSUN Team Doctor Bikes 60 Miles to Work
Klotz Student Health Center colleagues welcome Dr. Ric Sletten after his 60-mile “Bike to Work Day” trek from Ventura, May 15. To set an example of fitness and alternative transportation, Dr. Ric...
View ArticleLearning from the Experienced Gave Students “Experience of a Lifetime” in...
Some undergraduates expect to learn from the brilliant minds of major social figures, but only a handful of students get to realize this grand dream. At California State University, Northridge, this...
View ArticleCSUN Jazz Students Take Top Honors at Reno Jazz Festival
Members of CSUN’s jazz band perform. Photo by Lee Choo. California State University, Northridge’s acclaimed Jazz A Band continued to dominate the competition with an armload of wins last month at the...
View ArticleCSUN Honors Staff with Annual Service Awards
California State University, Northridge honored more than 250 staff members this week for their years of service to the university, and several for making a lasting impact on campus. CSUN celebrated...
View ArticlePeter Edmunds, NSF Team Up For ‘Collaborative Research’
Professor of Biology Peter Edmunds has received $14,909 from the National Science Foundation as supplemental support of a project entitled “Collaborative Research: RUI-Ecology and Functional Biology of...
View ArticleRafi Efrat Seeks ‘Academic Success for ‘Latino and Low-Income Students’
Rafi Efrat, faculty member in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems and in the Tseng College has received $650,000 from the U.S. Department of Education, in continuing support of a...
View ArticleSimons Foundation Backs Silvia Fernandez’s ‘Crossing Numbers’
Mathematics faculty member Silvia Fernandez has received $35,000 from the Simons Foundation in support of a project entitled “Crossing Numbers of Topological Drawings of Complete Graphs.”
View ArticleMechelle Best and Joong-Won Lee Hop on Funds For ‘Lily Academy’
Mechelle Best and Joong-Won Lee, faculty members of the recreation and tourism management department, have received $40,500 from the Lily Academy of Japan, in continuing support of a project entitled...
View ArticleAni Nahapetian, Gloria Melara, and Ric Alviso Combine Music, Computer Science
Computer science faculty members Ani Nahapetian and Gloria Melara, and music department faculty member Ric Alviso, have received $124,231 from the Association of American Colleges and Universities, in...
View ArticleMaria Elena Zavala Continues ‘MARC USTAR’ Project
Biology professor Maria Elena Zavala has received $421,512 from the National Institutes of Health in continuing support of a project entitled “MARC USTAR at California State University, Northridge.”
View ArticleRobert Carpenter and Peter Edmunds Get ‘Scale’ Funding
Biology professors Robert Carpenter and Peter Edmunds have received $1,892,911 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled “Collaborative Research: Ocean Acidification and...
View ArticleShanté Morgan-Durisseau Joins Economic Roundtable
CSUN University Advancement editor Shanté Morgan-Durisseau ’90 (Journalism/Afro-American Studies) joined the Ventura County’s Women’s Economic Roundtable’s inaugural group of officers....
View ArticleArt of Innovation Conference to Focus on Manufacturing
For the second year in a row, California State University, Northridge’s College of Engineering and Computer Science will host the Art of Innovation (AOI) Conference for students, educators and...
View ArticleShante Morgan Captures CASE VII Award of Excellence
University Advancement Managing Editor Shante Morgan won the Silver Award at the 2014 CASE VII Awards of Excellence for the Community@CSUN newsletter. Each year, CASE recognizes best practices in...
View ArticleCSUN Grads’ Climate Change Research Appears in Prestigious Royal B
After three years of research, writing and reviews, recent California State University, Northridge graduate Elizabeth Lenz and alumna Annaliese Hettinger of the marine biology graduate program,...
View ArticleAlum “Cheech” Marin and CSUN’s Harry Gamboa Featured in French Art Exhibit
CSUN Alumnus Richard “Cheech” Marin and gallerist Robert Berman visit during the opening of the Bordeaux exhibit. The two are posed in front of a painting by Gronk, one of the hundreds of Chicano...
View ArticleCSUN Freshman Reading Choice Explores the Cure to Aging
California State University, Northridge incoming freshmen will explore a dystopian future — written in the form of a blog post — in “The Postmortal.” In the year 2019, a newly discovered “cure” to...
View ArticleSilvia Fernandez Finds Backing For ‘Crossing Numbers’
Mathematics faculty member Silvia Fernandez has received $130,000 from the National Science Foundation in support of a project entitled “RUI: Crossing numbers for topological drawings of the complete...
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