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Faculty union OKs California State University contract that provides 10% raise by July
Professors and staff strike at Cal State University Northridge as California Faculty Association kicks off a week-long strike at CSU campuses as they seek higher wages on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. The union’s membership approved a new contract, the CFA announced on Monday, Feb. 19. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) -- Long Beach Press-Telegram
Valley man speaks on life experience as Emmy-winning director
CSUN's Nate Thomas Emmy-award winning director grew up in Warren, Ohio -- WKBN, Ohio
What Happens if You Eat Moldy Bread? Food Safety Experts Weigh In
"The reason why we see food spoilage in bread is if food has been warm or moist or it has been around long enough for a disease-growing organism to grow," says Gevork Kazanchyan, environmental health professor at Cal State University Northridge. "The mold would not have grown if a food-preserving environment was maintained." -- Martha Stewart Magazine
GOP’s Garcia faces Democratic challenge in race for 27th Congressional District
The area has historically been conservative. But it turned blue in recent years as more families — and in particular Black and Latino families — moved to the region in pursuit of cheaper housing, said Lawrence Becker, professor of political science at Cal State University Northridge. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Food Safety Experts Say You Should Avoid These 7 Mistakes When Grocery Shopping
Shoppers go to a fancy place thinking the look and style of the market are an indication of food safety, but that's not always the case, says Gevork Kazanchyan, professor at California State University, Northridge, and former public health deputy. "A store's display aesthetic, or marketed brand identity, is not a reliable indicator of the safety of its inventory or supply chain." -- Martha Stewart Magazine
Research Finds Homo Sapiens Were in Europe Years Before Neanderthals Disappeared
A re-examination by California State University, Northridge anthropologist Hélène Rougier of bones first excavated by archaeologists in Germany in the 1930s has contributed to the discovery that modern humans reached northwest Europe more than 45,000 years ago, thousands of years before Neanderthals disappeared. -- SCV News
Moderation is the Key to Health Eating Habits, According to CSUN Prof
Moderation is the key to sustaining healthy eating habits through the holiday season and into the new year, according to Brittany Allison, an assistant professor of food science at California State University, Northridge. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Feb. 15-22
Donald E. Bianchi Planetarium at California State University, Northridge: The Department of Physics and Astromomy at CSUN presents the grand reopening of the planetarium (closed down in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic). “Star Shows” at 6 and 7:15 p.m. on Feb. 16 and 23. Minimum age: 8. Doors open 15-minutes before each show. No late seating. Free to attend these February shows. First come, first seated. Location, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-5601. Email:
. Details on the reopening: tinyurl.com/2p366pxt. Information about parking, location of the planetarium and tickets for shows in March: www.csun.edu/science-mathematics/physics-astronomy/planetarium -- Los Angeles Daily News
California’s Push for Ethnic Studies Runs Into the Israel-Hamas War
Theresa Montaño, a Chicano studies scholar at California State University, Northridge, and a founder of the Liberated Ethnic Studies group, declined to say how many districts the group works with. She emphasized that the group does not promote a one-size-fits-all approach, but helps schools create lessons relevant to their local communities. -- The New York Times
Understanding and Preventing Teen Dating Violence
The percentages of teen victims of sexual and physical abuse were higher among LGBTQ+ youth, 16.4% and 13.1% respectively. As teens grow and discover who they are, it can affect their self-esteem if they feel ambivalent about falling outside the “heterosexual norm” in society – especially if they don’t have a positive or accepting home environment where they openly share their identity, said Dr. Dana S. Grekin, a clinical social worker at Cedars Sinai and lecturer in Child and Adolescent Development at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). -- San Fernando Valley Sun