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CSUN | On Point: Safety From Solidarity
Students at California State University, Northridge may have reason to wonder if they’re safe, especially with nationwide campus threats during recent years. -- SCVTV
UH’s Toeaina named to first-team All-Big West
Toeaina was joined on the first team by Cal Poly’s Hannah Gilbert, Cal State Northridge’s Channon Fluker, Long Beach State’s Anna Kim and UC Davis’ Morgan Bertsch and Pele Gianotti. Fluker was named the Big West Player of the Year and UC Davis’ Jennifer Gross was named Coach of the Year. -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser - HI
Big West women’s tournament tips off Tuesday at Pyramid
The top two seeds - No. 1 UC Davis and No. 2 Long Beach State - have double byes and won’t play until Friday’s semifinals at Honda Center. CSUN and UC Santa Barbara are seeded third and fourth, respectively. Each has a bye and will play Wednesday at Walter Pyramid. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Baseball: Danny Pimienta of Poly strikes out 14 in eight innings
Cal State Northridge signee Danny Pimienta of Sun Valley Poly struck out 14 in eight innings on Friday in a nonleague baseball game against San Pedro. He's a senior left-hander. -- Los Angeles Times
Historical Atlases Rescued from the Trash Could be a Boon to Historians
The story has become something of a legend in certain circles. Sometime in the early 1970s, geographers at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) got a tip that hundreds of historical atlases were about to be dumped in the trash up in San Francisco. They decided not to let that happen. -- National Geographic
The Southern California Deluge of 1938
Aerial view of the confluence of the Los Angeles River and Tujunga Wash after the flood, courtesy of the San Fernando Valley History Digital Library, California State University, Northridge University Library. -- KCET
Is Alzheimer’s treatment of injecting stem cells into the brain a breakthrough or quackery?
Duma, with Berman, Lander and Elam as co-authors, tried to begin a study of brain/stem cell injections. But their first attempt at Institutional Review Board approval was denied because they hadn’t done animal testing. So they got Dr. Oleg Kopyov at Cal State Northridge to conduct tests on rats. -- San Jose Mercury News
Is Alzheimer's treatment of injecting stem cells into the brain a breakthrough or quackery?
Duma, with Berman, Lander and Elam as co-authors, tried to begin a study of brain/stem cell injections. But their first attempt at Institutional Review Board approval was denied because they hadn’t done animal testing. So they got Dr. Oleg Kopyov at Cal State Northridge to conduct tests on rats. -- Orange County Register
Is Alzheimer’s treatment of injecting stem cells into the brain a breakthrough or quackery?
Duma, with Berman, Lander and Elam as co-authors, tried to begin a study of brain/stem cell injections. But their first attempt at Institutional Review Board approval was denied because they hadn’t done animal testing. So they got Dr. Oleg Kopyov at Cal State Northridge to conduct tests on rats. -- East Bay Times
5 facts about the 40 days of Lent
Traditionally, Catholics fast during the Lenten season in preparation for the sacrificial death of Jesus on Good Friday, “as a way to spiritually and psychologically prepare for that,” said Lara Medina, a Cal State Northridge professor who specializes in religion and social change. -- Record-Bee