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Valley Performing Arts Center Has a New Name!
Dr. Dianne F. Harrison, president of California State University, Northridge, announced the renaming of CSUN's Valley Performing Arts Center to the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts. -- North Valley Community Connection
In Response to DWP Transformer Fire CSUN to Create Local Resiliency Plan to Cope with Aging Infrastructure
The recent transformer fire at the DWP on Parthenia highlighted the issues of deferred infrastructure and the lack of an effective resiliency plan to cope with our aging utilities and growing energy needs. -- North Valley Community Connection
Can more dorm rooms speed up CSU graduation rates?
It's no secret, A Martinez is a proud Cal State Northridge Alumnus. -- KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Free Class offered on "Water-Wise" Ways for the Home Garden
Knowing that up to 70 percent of residential water is used for landscaping, it's no surprise that conscientious homeowners are looking for efficient irrigation methods to minimize water waste, and lower household water bills. -- North Valley Community Connection
'Potato Cartel' Drove Up Prices Nearly 50 Percent
According to an analysis by CSUN business law professor Melanie Stallings Williams and her colleagues, from 2004 to 2012, this “potato cartel” was able to significantly increase prices “with an average nationwide overcharge of 30 percent for fresh potatoes and 48.7 percent for Russet potatoes at the point of shipping, and 24.4 percent for fresh potatoes and 36.5 percent for Russet potatoes at the wholesale level.” -- Extra Crispy
Switching careers doesn’t have to be hard: Charting jobs that are similar to yours
Meanwhile, employers hire based on credentials that job applicants can't change — a college degree or previous job title — rather than assessing the skills an applicant has developed, said Mr. Auguste, who was an economic adviser in the Obama administration. He said the approach should instead be, "If you learned it at Harvard or Cal State Northridge or on the job as a secretary or in the Navy or as a volunteer, awesome." -- CNBC
91-year-old activist will visit Paso to watch the premiere of a local play about her life
Written by Cal Poly theater professor Alvin “Al” Schnupp and CSU Northridge faculty member Ellyn Gersh-Lerner, “Inclusivity” follows Bottini’s journey as an activist, artist and actress in New York and Los Angeles. (Schnupp previously profiled art collector Peggy Guggenheim in his play “The Collection.”) -- San Luis Obispo Tribune
CSUN Prof Signals Batman in Pop-Culture Studies Class
Condensing the monumental impact that popular culture has on consumerism into a single-semester syllabus is nothing short of a superhero feat. -- SCV News
'The Green Book' Guided Black Travelers to L.A.'s Central Avenue Jazz Scene
ack Basket Room, Los Angeles, 1949, courtesy of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center, California State University, Northridge. -- KCET
CSUN Seeking Milestones From Fellow Matadors
The Office of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving at California State University Northridge is requesting Matador Milestones: -- SCV News