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Educating During the Pandemic

Virtual learning was a futuristic thought pre-pandemic, but after the past two years, it has become an essential and almost dominant tool. As many have experienced at nearly every grade level, from kindergarten through higher education, the Zoom classroom has become integrated into their education, but is it here to stay? California State University, Northridge special education professor Wendy Murawski, executive director and Eisner Endowed Chair at CSUN’s Center for Teaching and Learning, said online learning has provided opportunities for educators to improve and adjust their current teaching methods. -- SCV News

Premier America puts name on CSUN gym

The Matadome at Cal State Northridge will have a new name as part of a 10-year partnership between the university and Premier America Credit Union. -- Thousand Oaks Acorn

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, March 31-April 7

Ragamala Dance Co.: “Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim,” created by artistic directors Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy, 8 p.m. April 9. Tickets $36 and up. The Soraya at CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-3000. www.ragamaladance.org; www.thesoraya.org -- Los Angeles Daily News

Monkeys often eat fruit containing alcohol, shedding light on our taste for booze

The study was led by primatologist Christina Campbell of California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and her graduate student Victoria Weaver, who collected fruit eaten and discarded by black-handed spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in Panama. They found that the alcohol concentration in the fruit was typically between 1% and 2% by volume, a by-product of natural fermentation by yeasts that eat sugar in ripening fruit. -- Phys.org

Monkeys routinely consume fruit containing alcohol, shedding light on our own taste for booze

The study was led by primatologist Christina Campbell of California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and her graduate student Victoria Weaver, who collected fruit eaten and discarded by black-handed spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in Panama. They found that the alcohol concentration in the fruit was typically between 1% and 2% by volume, a by-product of natural fermentation by yeasts that eat sugar in ripening fruit. -- EurekAlert

Family of CSUN student killed in South LA seeks answers 14 years later

Cliff Hibbert Jr. told his mother he loved her before driving off in his recently purchased car to go to a party on March 27, 2008. The aspiring lawyer was 22 years old and weeks from graduating with a degree in business law from California State University Northridge. -- Los Angeles Daily News

CSU Monterey Bay presidential search faces delays

In February, former CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro abruptly resigned from the position amid claims that he mishandled years of sexual harassment, retaliation and bullying complaints against an administrator when he was president at Fresno State University. Though the CSU Board of Trustees tapped former CSU Northridge President Jolene Koester to step in as interim chancellor last week, the momentary vacancy followed by a sweeping shift in leadership raised questions among CSUMB presidential candidates that required more time to address. - Monterey Herald

Participa la joven cineasta guerrerense Sofía Ayerdi en la entrega de los Oscar

Originaria del municipio de Tecpan de Guerrero –aunque nació en Texas– estudia producción fílmica en la California State University Northridge (CSUN) y el año anterior fue seleccionada para hacer una pasantía en el programa Gold Rising de la Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas (AMPAS, en inglés). -- Noticias Acapulco Guerrero (in Spanish)

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