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15th Annual Madison Chamber Music Festival
The City of Angels Saxophone Quartet was founded in 1990 at Cal State Northridge University. They are the past recipients of the prestigious Coleman and Monterey Bay Chamber Music Awards. In both cases they were the first saxophone quartet in the competitions' history to win such an award. In 1991 the group toured the former Soviet Union just prior to its breakup. -- AmericanTowns.com
Payloads from US National Laboratory Research Prepped and Ready for Orbital ATK CRS-7 Launch
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. -- Satnews
LA Women’s Film Festival among movie screening events in the LA area
Classic American Silent Films Series at Valley Performing Arts Center at Cal State Northridge: “The General” (1927), 8 p.m. March 25. New West Symphony performs the score. Tickets $38; $48 (plus fees). 18111 Nordhoff St. www.valleyperformingartscenter.org -- Los Angeles Daily News
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. --InfoTech Spotlight
LA Women’s Film Festival among movie screening events in the LA area
Classic American Silent Films Series at Valley Performing Arts Center at Cal State Northridge: “The General” (1927), 8 p.m. March 25. New West Symphony performs the score. Tickets $38; $48 (plus fees). 18111 Nordhoff St. www.valleyperformingartscenter.org -- Redlands Daily Facts
California State University Campuses Lead the Way in Innovative Inclusion Efforts
Leadership at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) knows communication is key to ensuring the success of a diverse student body. That is why the university charges members of its Commission on Diversity and Inclusion with engaging various student and community populations in a “continuous feedback loop,” says Chief Diversity Officer Raji A. Rhys, PhD. This approach informs the university of what inclusive measures are working successfully and what areas may still need to be addressed. -- Insight Into Diversity
A New Kind of Latin Alternative Music Is Breaking Down Old Barriers in L.A. and Beyond
In 2013, Josh Norek, who co-hosts The Latin Alternative out of Albany, New York, with journalist and author Ernesto Lechner, collaborated with Cal State Northridge's KCSN 88.5 to expand the hourlong show into the country's only 24-hour radio station exclusively dedicated to Latin alternative music. "One hour a week does not make a movement," KCSN program director Sky Daniels says. "We knew it needed to be a more full-service, 24/7 platform so it can build an audience that knows it's there." -- LA Weekly
CSUN's Daniela Gerson: The Week In Immigration Coverage: Don’t Forget the Irish, Unexpected Muslims and the Feminist Immigration Beat
Reveal tells the story of a French war correspondent who made a decision to help a Kurdish refugee family cross a border from Italy that changed his life and his career. The transformation, and the challenges, he recorded along the way making for a mesmerizing audio story. It’s a long piece, but it’s worth a listen. “For the first time in my life there was a global problem at my corner,” the journalist, Raphael Krafft, said. “I tried to make a border between the citizen I was, and the journalist I was. But after a while, the border was melting.” -- Media Shift
CSUN 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. -- SCV News
CSUN Partners with North LA County Regional Center
The Family Focus Resource Center at California State University, Northridge has entered into a $476,175 contract with the North Los Angeles County Regional Center — a nonprofit organization that provides and facilitates support services for individuals and the families of people with developmental disabilities — to create a Family Empowerment Team in Action that will help underserved populations access the regional center’s resources. -- SCV News