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The hidden history of screen readers
The CSUN Assistive Technology Conference is the largest conference of its kind hosted by the Center for Disabilities at California State University, Northridge. He met people from all over the world. They realized that they had reached escape speed. It wasn't their pet project anymore. The two men founded a nonprofit to take the project long-term. -- True Viral News
THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF SCREEN READERS
A year later, Mozilla approached the duo and funded Curran to attend the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, the largest conference of its kind hosted by the Center on Disabilities at California State University, Northridge. There, Curran met like-minded enthusiasts from across the world. That was when they realized NVDA had reached escape velocity. It was no longer their pet project. Shortly thereafter, Curran and Teh founded NV Access, a nonprofit with a governance structure to take the project long-term. -- The Verge
CSUN Lands $2 Million in Community Grants for STEM Initiatives
CSU Northridge’s Global Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Equity Innovation Hub announced $1.8 million in grants that will be available for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) initiatives at 21 other CSU campuses. -- San Fernando Valley Business Journal
The blind programmers who created screen readers
A year later, Mozilla approached the duo and funded Curran to attend the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, the largest conference of its kind hosted by the Center on Disabilities at California State University, Northridge. There, Curran met like-minded enthusiasts from across the world. That was when they realized NVDA had reached escape velocity. It was no longer their pet project. Shortly thereafter, Curran and Teh founded NV Access, a nonprofit with a governance structure to take the project long-term. -- Cyber Feed
BTS Global Interdisciplinary Conference highlights need for ‘new humanity’ after pandemic
The first conference was held at Kingston University in London, England, in January 2020, and California State University Northridge hosted the second edition online due to the pandemic. -- The Korea Herald
Cal State’s Black students are falling behind other groups and poor graduation data obscures the crisis
At least one Cal State legislative report painted an incomplete picture of its efforts to close equity gaps. Last year, the system wrote to lawmakers that Cal State Northridge narrowed its achievement gap by 4 percentage points between underrepresented and non-underrepresented minority groups between 2019 and 2020. That’s true, but only because the non-minority group graduation rate dropped by three points. -- CBS 8 San Diego
The Week in Women's Football: Liga MX Femenil Clausura review; Oakland joins W-League; Moscato coaching Tigres
Club America signed another Los Angeles area player in former California State University-Northridge Destinney Duron back in 2020 but she has since blossomed for Toluca Las Diablas, who she joined later in the season. At Cal State-Northridge, she played in 57 games and had 11 career points, with 9 assists for the Matadors, utilizing a long throw-in for dangerous chances on goal. She also won a 2016 UWS national championship with Santa Clarita Blue Heat in 2016. Duran went through tryouts with the team before being offered a professional contract by CA. Duran talked about the differences she has found in the game in Mexico while with the club, "The game is different, faster and more physical. One of the biggest dilemmas is the altitude here. In Mexico City, the altitude is over 7,000 feet so that's been a big obstacle to get my body prepared to play." She explained that she has had to fight back from multiple injuries to make it to the pros, "After going through two ACL injuries and to be able to play professionally is a big accomplishment for me and it really hits home….I couldn't play at the highest level at times but I've been able to overcome that and continue to play." -- Tribal Football
Long Beach: New commissioners just dropped
Jasmine Esparza—Esparza is a realtor for EXP Realty of California and a downtown business owner. She was previously a congressional intern and has volunteered extensively for Habitat for Humanity, Meals on Wheels and Organizing for America. She is an alumnus of San Francisco State, Cerritos College and Cal State Northridge. -- Signal Tribune
Meet & Greet with new EWU President Shari McMahan
A first-generation college student, McMahan grew up in Downey, California, in the Los Angeles area. She earned a bachelor’s degree and a doctorate in social ecology from the University of California, Irvine, and a master’s degree in health science from California State University, Northridge. -- Spokane Journal
Why You Need To Be More Careful About Turning Your Family Into Content
The separation between our private and public lives was soon to become even more blurred with the declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic back in March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO), resulting in lockdowns of varying severity across most of the world. Apart from the practical aspects of needing to spend more time online and in the virtual world, sharing otherwise private moments from our lives also became a way of ensuring human connection. With students cut off not just from attending class, but also from extracurricular activities, attending classes online became the norm. “The biggest problem that I see for any type of fraud or risk facing children, especially during the pandemic or as a result of the pandemic, was the need for parents and children to rely on digital devices for remote learning,” said Kristen Walker, a digital privacy expert and professor of marketing at California State University, Northridge. -- Vice