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Metro considering rapid bus line in northern San Fernando Valley
The main focus of the project is serving the California State University Northridge campus, which generates over 200,000 weekly car trips, according to the motion. With the popular Orange Line rapid bus transforming transit in the southern part of the Valley, the project would also bring new commuting options to an area lacking in high-capacity service. -- Curbed Los Angeles
Cesar Chavez Service Fair to Offer Students Volunteer Opportunities
For the past eight years, California State University, Northridge’s volunteer program, Unified We Serve, has hosted the Annual Cesar Chavez Service Fair to honor the late civil rights and labor leader by encouraging community service and volunteer work among students, faculty and the community. The Cesar Chavez Service Fair this year will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, at the Matador Bookstore, located on the southeast side of the campus at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
Exploring the magic and mystery of mushrooms with the L.A. Mycological Society
“There’s an otherworldliness to them,” said David Bermudes, a microbiologist at Cal State Northridge who leads a monthly mushroom class for mycological society members at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. “Plants and animals seem so familiar — we see them all the time. But we don’t spend 365 days a year with mushrooms. There’s an unfamiliarity there that’s intriguing.” -- Baltimore Sun - MD
Is Alzheimer's treatment of injecting stem cells into the brain a breakthrough or quackery?
Duma, with Berman, Lander and Elam as co-authors, tried to begin a study of brain/stem cell injections. But their first attempt at Institutional Review Board approval was denied because they hadn’t done animal testing. So they got Dr. Oleg Kopyov at Cal State Northridge to conduct tests on rats. -- Sentinel Source - NH
Rock band built around taiko drums
The idea originated with Nick Wiley, a friend and guitarist from Granada Hills who teaches at California State University, Northridge. Mogi, who works in faculty administration at California State University, Long Beach, occasionally helps Wiley, part of the real estate business, write the band's music. -- Stockton Record
21 Best Things to Do in L.A. This Week
Everything you've heard about how great John Cassavetes was is true, and yet none of it will fully prepare you for the depth of feeling in his wrenching body of work. That's as true of Minnie and Moskowitz as it is of any of his films, which is saying a lot. The romantic drama stars Gena Rowlands (the writer-director's wife and constant collaborator) alongside Seymour Cassel, another Cassavetes regular; their love affair, like those in most of Cassavetes' films, is painful in its authenticity. CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge; Thu., March 30, 7 p.m.; free. (818) 677-1200, csun.edu. —LA Weekly
U.S. National Laboratory Research Payloads Prepped and Ready for Orbital ATK CRS-7 Launch to the Space Station
Sharlene Katz, Ph.D., P.E.,
California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
A CubeSat that tests out a new light-weight, longer-life battery system designed for the cold temperatures of space. A new configuration of high energy density materials known as ultra-capacitors, along with updated lithium-ion battery technology allows CSUNSat1 batteries to operate at very low temperatures without the added weight of a defrost system. A set of quantitative power and capacity goals are used to assess the battery system performance over a 200 day mission period.
Implementation Partner: NanoRacks -- Money - Canada
U.S. National Laboratory Research Payloads Prepped and Ready for Orbital ATK CRS-7 Launch to the Space Station
Sharlene Katz, Ph.D., P.E., California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
A CubeSat that tests out a new light-weight, longer-life battery system designed for the cold temperatures of space. A new configuration of high energy density materials known as ultra-capacitors, along with updated lithium-ion battery technology allows CSUNSat1 batteries to operate at very low temperatures without the added weight of a defrost system. A set of quantitative power and capacity goals are used to assess the battery system performance over a 200 day mission period.
Implementation Partner: NanoRacks -- Utilizer
April 3: CSUN Lecture to Explore ‘How to Raise a Wild Child’
hildren spend too much time in front of a screen and too little time exploring nature and having in fun the great outdoors. That imbalance can contribute to bullying, illness, depression and attention deficits. -- SCVNews
U.S. National Laboratory Research Payloads Prepped and Ready for Orbital ATK CRS-7 Launch to the Space Station
Sharlene Katz, Ph.D., P.E., California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
A CubeSat that tests out a new light-weight, longer-life battery system designed for the cold temperatures of space. A new configuration of high energy density materials known as ultra-capacitors, along with updated lithium-ion battery technology allows CSUNSat1 batteries to operate at very low temperatures without the added weight of a defrost system. A set of quantitative power and capacity goals are used to assess the battery system performance over a 200 day mission period. -- spoke