CSUN Freshman Reading Choice to Explore Our Love Affair with Garbage
The simple act of throwing away a coffee cup has implications for the environment, economy and everyday life, particularly when one factors in the fact that Americans generate more trash than anyone...
View ArticleCSUN Alumni Sought for Mentoring Program
The Office of Alumni Relations has launched the Matador Network program to connect students with California State University, Northridge alumni from throughout the world. The program allows alumni and...
View ArticleCSUN’s EOP Summer Programs Pave the Way to College
CSUN professor Glenn Omatsu lectures during an EOP Residential Bridge class. Photo by Lee Choo. Iana Jones never thought she would go to college. That was until she arrived at California State...
View ArticleStudent Film Draws Attention to Issue of Sexual Assault on College Campuses
Joining a national effort to prevent sexual assaults and rape on college campuses, a team of California State University, Northridge television students have developed a short film to draw attention...
View ArticleHollywood Foreign Press Awards CSUN $50,000 for Senior Film Projects
Actress and CSUN alumna Eva Longoria at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s luncheon. Photo courtesy of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. While celebrities like Nicole Kidman, Jonah Hill,...
View ArticleMedia/Photo Advisory for Monday, Sept. 9, 2013: CSU Chancellor White to Visit...
WHAT: California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White continues his statewide tour of the 23-campus system with a stop on at California State University, Northridge. In addition to meeting...
View ArticleCSUN Faculty Develop Way to Measure Labor Market Outcomes of Higher Ed
For the past several months, President Barack Obama has been pushing for a new rating system for colleges that, among other things, would judge schools on performance, including the success of their...
View ArticleFreshman Encouraged to Redefine Normal and Commit to Success at Annual...
“How is Cal State Northridge ... how are you fired up new members of this great community going to help the rest of us redefine normal when it comes to our trash cans?” author Edward Humes asked...
View ArticleCSU Board Approves Proposal to Build Permanent Home for CSUN’s Tseng College
An architect’s rendering of the proposed building for Tseng College. The California State University Board of Trustees has approved a proposal to build a permanent home for Cal State Northridge’s...
View ArticlePanel to Explore Impact of Decision to Strike Down Key Parts of Voting Rights...
In a 5-to-4 vote last summer, the United States Supreme Court effectively struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, with the majority arguing that racial minorities no longer face...
View ArticleCSUN Offers ‘Speed Mentoring’ for Students Interested in Science, Engineering
Students taking part in last year’s Drop In, Take Ten event at the Oviatt Library. Photo courtesy of the Oviatt Library. Students from colleges throughout the San Fernando Valley are invited to join...
View ArticleCSUN, Southwestern Law School to Offer 3+3 Program for Northridge Undergrads
Southwestern Law School Southwestern Law School and California State University, Northridge have established an accelerated multiple-degree program through which students can earn both their Bachelor...
View ArticleMedia Advisory for Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013: CSUN Officials to Break Ground for...
WHAT: California State University, Northridge officials will join President Dianne F. Harrison in breaking ground on the second phase of a Student Housing project, “Freshmen Suites,” to provide a...
View ArticleCSUN Breaks Ground on Second Phase of Freshmen-Only Dorms
Campus leaders participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking of Phase 2 of The Suites at University Park. From left: Colin Donahue, CSUN’s vice president for administration and finance; Shelley...
View ArticleCSUN Journalism Students To Report on Poverty for Global Project
Equipped with smartphones and tablets, graduate journalism students at California State University, Northridge will collaborate with more than 100 students at universities in India, Taiwan and the...
View ArticleCSUN Student’s Passion for Dance Leads to a Kennedy Center Performance
Tharini Shanmugarajah Dance is more than just movement for California State University, Northridge senior Tharini Shanmugarajah. For her, it’s an art form that communicates emotion, translates ideas,...
View ArticleCSUN Students Help Needy with Food and Clothing
Members of Unified We Serve, CSUN’s campus volunteer program, celebrates the fifth annual clothing and food drive by displaying the thousands of items collected on the steps of the Delmar T. Oviatt...
View ArticleCSUN Film Students Selected to Film Behind-the-Scenes Bill Cosby Special
Laughter, life lessons and hard truths wrapped with care are the gifts that Bill Cosby has been giving to people for decades. He and director Robert Townsend are still providing these gifts to a new...
View ArticleCSUN’s Wind Ensemble to Bring the Gift of Music to State Prisoners
Music is often a very personal exchange — in many ways a gift from the heart — between the performer and the listener. Members of California State University, Northridge’s acclaimed Wind Ensemble hope...
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