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Leave No Family Behind – Policy Forum 2024
Date: Friday, January 5, 2024
Location: CSUN – Grand Salon (18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330)
Time: 9:30 – 11:30am -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
CSUN Professor Earns Geological Society’s Top Honors
As a student working on her doctorate in geology nearly 20 years ago, Elena Miranda was excited at the prospect of exploring a burgeoning new field of research that could provide insights into the causes of the Earth’s faults and shear zones, key information for understanding earthquakes and other tectonic movements. -- SCV News
Crust-forming algae are displacing corals in tropical waters worldwide
"PACs are an ecological surprise arriving late to the scene of widespread ecosystem degradation of coral reefs in the Anthopocene epoch," writes the team, led by Peter Edmunds of California State University, Northridge. "Within this seascape, PACs may serve as an ecological catalyst that could hasten the global demise of corals on reefs under accelerating climate change." -- Phys.org
Cal State University workers call for strike Nov. 14
Locally, the walkout will affect CSU campuses in Northridge, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pomona, Camarillo and San Bernardino. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Algal outbreaks around the world are crowding out corals
About 11 years ago, Peter Edmunds noticed small dark red splotches on the reefs off the Virgin Islands that he’d been surveying for decades. The culprits, red algae that form a crust on underwater surfaces such as coral, were previously known to grow only in small patches, tucked away in crevices among the reefs. Since he first noticed them, they’ve “just gone gangbusters,” says the marine biologist from California State University, Northridge. -- Science
Letters to the Editor: Antisemitism is the world’s oldest hatred. We’re seeing a brutal resurgence after Oct. 7
And as professor at Cal State Northridge, I worried. Would I be able to fulfill my teaching responsibilities? -- Los Angeles Times
Cal State Northridge Appoints Its 1st-Ever 'Tribal Liaison Officer'
The dean of California State Northridge's College of Humanities has been named the campus' first ambassador to Native American tribes. -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
Oscar Macias Returns to the Burbank Unified School District
Macias is a product of California’s educational system, holding a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Northridge, a Master of Education degree from National University, and a doctoral degree from the Rossier School of Education at USC. -- MyBurbank
California universities evacuate study abroad students from Israel
CSU reported that a Chico State student in an internship in Israel has returned to California. Another student, from the CSU Northridge campus, was about to leave home to start a program at the University of Haifa but did not depart because of the situation there. -- Jewish News of Northern California
What Does It Really Cost for Colleges to Adopt VR?
VictoryXR also announced metaversity partnerships in March with Loyola Marymount University in California, Cal State Northridge in California, Indiana Wesleyan University in Indiana, Metropolitan State University of Denver in Colorado, Florida A&M University in Florida, Lorain County Community College in Ohio, Jackson State University in Mississippi, North Carolina A&T State University in North Carolina and Northern Virginia Community College. -- Government Technology