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Cinematheque at Cal State Northridge: John Cassavetes Retrospective: “The Dirty Dozen” (1967), 7 p.m. Feb. 23. Armer Theater in Manzanita Hall, Auditorium Room 100. 18111 Nordhoff St. www.csun.edu -- Daily Breeze

When California State University, Northridge formalized research as one of the university’s seven priorities in 2012, even the most optimistic member of the campus community could hardly have imagined the impact. In 2016, the journal Nature named CSUN a Top 25 Rising Star for scientific research, along with Stanford, Carnegie Mellon and NASA. -- SCV News

A student who graduated from College Bridge Academy in Compton and now attends Cal State Northridge spoke at the news conference ahead of the NAACP hearing. She said she lived with her grandparents because her father was in jail and her mother was addicted to drugs. At College Bridge Academy she raised her GPA to a 3.5. She credited her success to her teachers and principal. -- LA School Report

This American Life transported listeners to a refugee camp in Kenya where a meeting was taking place explaining to Somali refugees who were on the brink of moving to the United States – many of whom had waited decades, sold all their belongings and gone into debt – that they may now be denied entry. The Washington Post’s Kevin Sieff captures the voice of the local aid worker explaining “this is a bitter pill and we can’t do anything about it.” It conveys in a few words the magnitude of the travel ban’s human drama. --Seriously Media