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Jack Kirby at 100: How fans can celebrate the man on the ‘Mount Rushmore’ of comics today
“We want to show how versatile and adaptable Kirby was — the fact that he was ready to take up any genre and give it his own distinctive twist,” says curator Charles Hatfield, the Eisner-winning Kirby scholar and CSUN professor. -- Washington Post
New lowrider exhibit at Petersen Automotive Museum
"Where hot rods were built for speed and lifted up to go fast, lowriders took it the opposite way. They took it to the ground. It's about going slow because you want people to look at your car and look at you," said Dr. Denise Sandoval, a CSUN professor of Chicano and Chicana studies who guest-curated the exhibit for the museum. -- KABC 7 Los Angeles
For Latino artists in sci-fi show, everyone’s an alien
Over the past two years Cortez learned how to weld for this project and related pieces; she says such resourcefulness is par for the course for an immigrant. She recalled finding work translating math books into Braille when she first arrived in Arizona from El Salvador in 1989 — she knew no Braille and had to learn on the job. After getting her Ph.D. in literature and cultural studies, as well as an MFA, she is a professor in the Central American Studies department at California State University, Northridge, as well as a working artist. -- Las Vegas Sun
Mexican artist highlights experiences of 11 million undocumented in the US
Hoy día cursa estudios en la Universidad Estatal de California, en Northridge (CSUN), donde pronto obtendrá su título de maestría en arte. -- La Opinion (in Spanish)
'We found who killed your sister.' 48 years later, a cold case is solved
She took classes at San Fernando Valley State College — known as Cal State Northridge today — and lived in a Mid-City home with her parents and her beloved poodle, Pierre. -- Los Angeles Times
Dyslexia, once the reading disability that shall not be named, comes into its own in California
“I think it’s being very carefully done,” said Virginia Kennedy, an associate professor at Cal State Northridge, a member of the state Dyslexia Working Group that drafted the guidelines and a member of the group working with LA Unified. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Murder of Cal State Northridge Student Found Dead in Car Trunk Solved 48 Years Later
It should have been an ordinary errand: a trip to a Mid-Wilshire drug store to buy a hair dryer. -- KTLA
Dyslexia, once the reading disability that shall not be named, comes into its own in California
“I think it’s being very carefully done,” said Virginia Kennedy, an associate professor at Cal State Northridge, a member of the state Dyslexia Working Group that drafted the guidelines and a member of the group working with LA Unified. -- Long Beach Press-Telegram
'We found who killed your sister.' 48 years later, a cold case is solved
She took classes at San Fernando Valley State College — known as Cal State Northridge today — and lived in a Mid-City home with her parents and her beloved poodle, Pierre. -- San Diego Union-Tribune
Dyslexia, once the reading disability that shall not be named, comes into its own in California
Some school districts, including the Los Angeles Unified School District, already are moving ahead. In late June, the Los Angeles Unified school board passed a resolution giving the district 90 days to come up with a plan to train teachers to work with students with dyslexia. To that end, a work group is to meet for the third time next week. “I think it’s being very carefully done,” said Virginia Kennedy, an associate professor at Cal State Northridge, a member of the state Dyslexia Working Group that drafted the guidelines and a member of the group working with LA Unified. -- Education Views