MLB and MLBPA Youth Development Foundation Provides $1 Million Grant To...
Baseball great Dave Winfield visits with members of CSUN’s baseball team as the university and Major League Baseball celebrate a $1 million grant from MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation to upgrade...
View ArticleSurvey Finds that Teachers Do Not Want Guns in the Classroom
A survey of educators from across the country by CSUN social work professor Lauren Willner found that teachers overwhelmingly object to arming teachers a way to deter school shootings. Photo by iStock...
View Article2017 Hurricanes Did Not Cause as Much Damage as Feared to Reef, Study Says
Giant Elkhorn corals (Acropora palmata), such as this colony from about three meters depth in St. John, are some of the most beautiful and important corals that have become lost as many reefs reefs in...
View ArticleChamber Music Takes the Spotlight with Four-Day Festival
On Jan. 24, in the intimate setting of California State University, Northridge’s Cypress Recital Hall, Liviu Marinescu’s piece “Moto Perpetuo” began with just the strings. With faculty member Lorenz...
View ArticleMonthlong Celebration Commences for the 50th Anniversary of CSUN’s Department...
CSUN is launching its 50th anniversary celebration of its Department of Africana Studies this month, which is also Black History Month. Each week in February, the department will host different...
View ArticleGregory Murphy Joins CSUN Community as its New Police Chief
Gregory Murphy Joins the CSUN community as its new police chief. Photo by Lee Choo. When Gregory Murphy was introduced earlier this month as California State University, Northridge’s new police chief...
View ArticleResearch by CSUN Biologists Could Lead to Improved Tissue Regeneration...
Jonathan Kelber in his lab. A recent study by a team at California State University, Northridge, led by biologist Jonathan Kelber, offers insight into the role certain proteins play in stem...
View ArticleCSUN Student Helps Pick the Spot for Mars Touchdown
On Nov. 26, California State University, Northridge student Heather Lethcoe watched in awe as NASA’s InSight lander approached the dusty, clay-red surface of Mars — headed for the target Lethcoe’s...
View ArticleOn 25th Anniversary of Northridge Earthquake, CSUN and Elected Officials...
“The earthquake is inevitable. But the disaster is not.” As always, seismologist and earthquake preparedness expert Lucy Jones got straight to the point. Along with State Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Van...
View ArticleCSUN Biology Professor David Gray Discovers New Species of Crickets
Gryllus Navajo; new species of Red-colored cricket found in Red Rock county of South-Eastern Utah and North-Eastern Arizona. Photo by: J. Hogue, Collections manager of biology department The world is...
View ArticleCSUN Unveils Collaborative Research Building Lilac Hall
California State University, Northridge recently officially opened the doors to the university’s latest building, the newly minted Lilac Hall, which is dedicated to multidisciplinary research. Faculty...
View ArticleCSUN Alums at Three New York City Networks Welcome Rival Careers With Friendship
Three California State University, Northridge alums have hit the ground running in their journalism careers, earning positions at the “Big Three” rival news networks (ABC, NBC, and CBS) in New York,...
View ArticleBuzzworthy: CSUN Lands Bee Campus USA Affiliate Status
California State University, Northridge’s sustainability efforts have earned the campus an official certification as a “Bee Campus USA Affiliate.” The certification is awarded to campuses around the...
View ArticleNew Study Shows Dead Bacteria Can Soak Up Antibiotics to Help Their Community...
Research associate Salimeh “Sanaz” Mohammadi (left) and physics graduate student John Paul Talledo (right) stand with CSUN physics professor Sattar Taheri-Araghi (center) in his lab, where they...
View ArticleRetiring CSUN Police Chief Blazed Trails for Women in Law Enforcement
Police uniforms weren’t designed for women when Anne Glavin joined the force at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the mid-1970s. When she chose her career, there were only 20 women in...
View ArticleMs. Hill Goes to Washington
Photo by David J. Hawkins. CSUN alumna Katie Hill prepares for her first day on the job as California’s most famous freshman member of Congress. The epiphany hit Katie Hill ’11 (Honors English), ’14...
View ArticleImages of Stars Offer Rare Insight into the Formation of Planets
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory announced today the survey of the protoplanetary disks offer insight into the birth of new planets and the formation of solar systems. Among the researchers...
View ArticleSenior Film Project Wins Recent CSUN Grad Top Honors from the DGA
Dilek Ince at work on the set of “Amal,” which earned her the the Directors Guild of America Jury Award in the category of Outstanding Women Student Filmmakers. Photo courtesy of Dilek Ince. Dilek...
View ArticleCSUN Celebrates 60 Years with New Pictorial History Book
Stephen Kutay (left) and Ellen Jarosz (right) created the pictorial book, “California State University, Northridge History (Campus History),” to honor the past 60 years of the university’s history....
View ArticleCSUN Honors Enzer, Oppenheimer, Faherty and Feldman and Dozens More at...
Volunteer service to CSUN begins, in many cases, with one spark. Armen Haroutunian ’13 (Finance), 26 years old and five years removed from earning his bachelor’s degree at CSUN, was at a post-work...
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