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A destroyed community reappears after the Sayre Fire burned 489 Valley homes in 2008
Natale Zappia, director of CSUN’s Institute for Sustainability, said that in partnership with the Conservation Concierges Project — and tapping into a state grant from Cal Fire — the institute “seeks to offer innovative, regenerative solutions to mitigate the spread of wildfire.” -- Los Angeles Daily News
Big L.A. institutions refused to host a mayoral debate. Are disruptive protests to blame?
Another school, Cal State Northridge, recently said it wasn’t in a position to hold a mayoral debate either, citing staff shortages. -- Los Angeles Times
Best Universities Announces 2022 Most Affordable Online Speech Pathology Master’s Degrees
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1. University of South Florida Online
2. California State University-Northridge - Boston Herald
Students wait months for mental health help. 'We're bombarded,' counselor says
"If you have a student in distress, it's impacting their classmates, their classroom, their teacher," said Alejandra Acuña, retired associate professor of Social Work at Cal State Northridge. "The student is suffering and so is anybody that cares about the student." -- Finger Lakes Times
The New York Times Presents “A New Climate” in San Francisco
The program features a global preview of “Treeology,” a musical response to the destruction of California’s redwood, sequoia and Joshua tree species as a result of the 2020 wildfires and climate change. The three compositions, inspired by journalism from The New York Times, will be performed by award-winning composers and musicians commissioned by the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) at California State University, Northridge. Excerpts from each musical piece will be performed at A New Climate as part of The Soraya’s “Treelogy” project ahead of its official premiere in February 2023. -- The New York Times Company
Reilly Noir Jazz series returns this month to NOMA Black Box
Per and Tamara Danielsson on Friday, January 13, 2023 (7:30 p.m). Per is the piano instructor at the University of Central Florida, and his wife, Tamara, performs at Disney. Per is a talented Jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator, and throughout his career he has performed with many leading jazz artists and entertainers such as Rich Matteson, Louis Bellson, Clark Terry, Rosemary Clooney, Don Braden, and more. Tamara is a skilled saxophonist who has won a Downbeat Student Recording Award, a guest soloist spot with the Cal-State Northridge Jazz Ensemble at the NAJE Conference, and the NAJE’s “New Young Talent Award,” among other accolades and awards. -- Ocala News
OCO Hosts First Natsu Matsuri at Tanaka Farms
Entertainment was provided by collegiate taiko groups — UCLA’s Kyodo Taiko, UC Riverside’s Senryu Taiko, CSU Northridge’s Jishin Taiko and Cal Poly Pomona’s Touzan Taiko — and Orange County Buddhist Church’s Daion Taiko, Emily Imazumi Koto Studio, Teramura Ki (Japanese classical dance), Ikenobo Ikebana-L.A. Chapter, Way of Omotesenke (tea ceremony), Fumio Demura Sensei (karate) and Sayuri Nishi and Rayko of Lolita Dark (enka singing). -- Rafu Shimpo
Savannah River National Lab receives $3 million for hydrogen storage and production research
The research effort is led by national laboratory researcher Patrick Ward, Yury Gogotsi from Drexel University, Kah Chun Lau from Cal State Northridge and Paul Weiss from UCLA. - Yahoo! News
Community meetings in the San Fernando Valley, Sept. 5-12
Food drive for CSUN Food Pantry: The Community Concerns Committee at First Presbyterian Church of Granada Hills holds a non-perishable food drive to help stock the food pantry at Cal State University, Northridge, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 17 and 8:30-11:30 a.m. Sept. 18. The pantry benefits students who do not have much income for food while school is in session. Current needs: canned soups and other canned goods, pasta and dry boxed goods; also, hygiene items including soap, feminine products and shampoos. No glass containers or past date items. Drive-thru and a church volunteer will unload your donation. 10400 Zelzah Ave., Northridge. 818-360-1831. www.fpcgh.org/outreach. More details on California State University, Northridge Food Pantry here: bit.ly/3ch6IRl and here: bit.ly/3TeJiNe -- Los Angeles Daily News
Velázquez Endorsed by United Teachers of Pasadena and City Leaders in PUSD District 7 Election
Velázquez is a third-generation educator who said she understands education’s power in changing one’s circumstances. She currently teaches predominantly freshman and first generation college students in the Chicana/o Studies Department at California State University, Northridge. Both of her children attend San Rafael Elementary. -- Pasadena Now