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Mission League baseball is home to top young prospects
Alemany has senior catcher Noah Cardenas (UCLA), junior shortstop Caden Miller (San Diego State) and senior pitcher Blaine Traxel (Cal State Northridge). -- Los Angeles Times
Bulldogs to land
The Bulldogs this season are playing in the Cancun Challenge, which includes home games against Cal State Northridge and Montana State, a Nov. 21 game in Cancun against Evansville and a Nov. 22 spot in the third place or championship game in their division. -- Fresno Bee
College Update: St. Francis High product Gangi comes up big for Nevada
DeSales finished with nine kills to help host UC Irvine earn a 25-19, 25-18, 19-25, 25-22 Big West Conference victory against Cal State Northridge on Saturday. DeSales closed out the match with a kill. -- Glendale New Press
Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer moves to 7-5-2 on the season
After a Wednesday night scoreless tie against Cal State Northridge, the Titans next face UC Riverside on the road on Saturday. -- Orange County Register
Hawaii’s NCAA postseason streak in jeopardy
The task deepens with this week’s stops at Long Beach State on Friday on ESPNU and Saturday at Cal State Northridge. The 49ers, UH’s longest enduring rivals but no longer with a Brian Gimmillaro vs. Dave Shoji head coach component, were picked third in the preseason coaches poll. -- Hawaii Tribune Herald
Local College Scholarship Recipient Hired by her Alma Mater as a Professor and Pens First Book of a Series
Former scholarship recipient of the Betty Ferguson Foundation Scholarship, the Soroptimist International of Greater SCV, L. Nicole Franklin-Cervantes started her new position as a Sociology professor at California State University Northridge, Monday, August 28, 2017. She also launched her new book, The Butterfly Chronicles: A Journey of Radical Transformation, on September 9. -- Santa Clarita Valley Signal
CSUN Students from Spanish-Language Program Win Emerging Youth Voice Award
California State University, Northridge student reporters for El Nuevo Sol — CSUN’s Spanish-language journalism program’s first publication — received the Emerging Youth Voice award from New America Media (NAM) in September for the students’ 22-story project — Trabajadores Jóvenes en Los Angeles (Young Workers in Los Angeles) — about millennial challenges and experiences in the workplace. -- SCV News
Better mini brains could help scientists identify treatments for Zika-related brain damage
The research was supported by grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and its California State University Northridge-UCLA Bridges training program; the National Institutes of Health; the Uehara Memorial Foundation; the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden-Württemberg; the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke’s Informatics Center for Neurogenetics and Neurogenomics; an UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center-Binder Family Foundation research award; and an UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center-Rose Hills Foundation research award. -- Health Medicine Network
From autism to zebrafish, experts set up shop…
Curtis, an associate professor, earned his doctorate in atmospheric and analytical chemistry from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and held postdoctoral research positions at the University of Iowa and UCLA. He also holds a bachelor’s in chemistry from Emory University. He taught for nine years at Cal State Northridge. -- Orange County Register
CSUN’s El Nuevo Sol Wins Emerging Youth Voice Award
California State University, Northridge student reporters for El Nuevo Sol — CSUN’s Spanish-language journalism program’s first publication — received the Emerging Youth Voice award from New America Media (NAM) in September for the students’ 22-story project — Trabajadores Jóvenes en Los Angeles (Young Workers in Los Angeles) — about millennial challenges and experiences in the workplace. -- AmericanTowns.com