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Ambassador Julian Nava, first Latino on LAUSD board, dies at 95
The Boyle Heights native, a son of Mexican immigrants, lived a life of accomplishment. He was the first Mexican American student body president at East Los Angeles College and one of the first Mexican Americans to earn a doctorate from Harvard, later becoming a history professor at Cal State Northridge when it opened in 1956. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Fire corals winning the battle for domination of Caribbean reefs
Every year for the past three decades, California State University, Northridge marine biologist Peter Edmunds has traveled to the Caribbean island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands to document the life history of fire corals. -- Phys.org
CSUN Marine Biologists Get Grant to Study Effectiveness of California’s Artificial Reefs
California State University, Northridge marine biologists Kerry Nickols and Mark Steele, along with Oregon State University marine biologist Will White, have been awarded a $220,279 grant by the California State University Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology (COAST) to help the state of California determine how artificial reefs influence fish populations. The researchers will explore whether artificial reefs attract fish from other areas or “produce” fish by virtue of providing additional habitat. -- SCV News
Deep divisions, further delay for California's math guidelines
Katherine Stevenson, a math professor at California State University, Northridge, who has worked with teachers in Los Angeles Unified, said, "It's very hard for teachers not to get lost in skills and practices that are very concrete, so I applaud the big ideas." But, she said, preparing lesson plans and classroom tasks will require an intense amount of preparation and continuous training. "If you look at the framework as an aspirational document, I am OK with it, but I have real concerns as an actionable document." -- Redwood City Pulse
Santa Monica College Named One of 40 Best Film Schools in U.S. and Canada
The complete list of MovieMaker’s 40 Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada of 2022 follows:
· AFI Conservatory
· ArtCenter College of Design
· Boston University
· California Institute of the Arts
· California State University, Northridge -- Santa Monica Mirror
Sojka and Alderman Perform Well in Northwoods League Dream Showcase
FOND DU LAC, WI – Fond du Lack Dock Spiders Andrew Sojka (CSUN) and Kemp Alderman (Ole Miss) both launched home runs as part of the 2022 Northwoods League Major League Dreams showcase at Copeland Park in La Crosse, Wisconsin on Tuesday evening. -- KFIZ
Late-inning home runs push Anchorage Glacier Pilots to second straight ABL championship
Martinez was a starter for much of the ABL season, but was a closer in his freshman season last spring at Cal State Northridge. He said while the run support was nice, he was still focused on his task on the mound. -- Anchorage Daily News
Wisconsin assistant Bob Bostad offers humorous take on if defensive experience makes him better OL coach
Prior to his initial Wisconsin stint, Bostad coached the offensive line at Cal State Northridge (1995-96), San Jose State (1997-98) and New Mexico (1999-2005). -- Saturday Tradition
Fast Break Desk adds nine reporters to bolster Los Angeles Times’ breaking news coverage
Salvador Hernandez came to the desk in July from BuzzFeed News, where he covered a variety of topics, including viral moments, criminal justice issues, the growing militia movement and natural disasters. While there, he was dispatched to cover the aftermath of hurricanes and the impact of immigrant workers in North Carolina and Texas, uncovered that the FBI was secretly using the private database of an at-home DNA testing company to expand its genetic DNA investigations without users’ knowledge, and camped out in the snow in rural Oregon and the Texas border deserts to report on growing militia groups. Hernandez also covered crime as a reporter at the Orange County Register. He is a Los Angeles native and a graduate of Cal State Northridge. -- Editor and Publisher
Why dopamine dressing is the feel-good fashion trend we need in 2022
Another 2015 study from California State University, Northridge and Columbia University found that the outfits we wear can have a direct impact on how we think. The study of five different experiments determined that dressing in a certain way can influence the way we make decisions. -- Glamour Magazine, United Kingdom