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Y&R Star and Guiding Light Alum Robert Newman Celebrates His Birthday

On June 27, 1958, Newman was born in Los Angeles, California, which means that this beloved fan favorite is turning 64 years old today! Upon graduating from California State University at Northridge, Newman traveled to Michigan, where he toiled in several summer stock productions. Gaining his Equity card was a fringe benefit. -- Soap Hub

Asm. Petrie-Norris announces hiring Michael Tou to serve as District Director

As a civically engaged resident of Orange County, Mr. Tou sits on the Equity in OC Taskforce, Costa Mesa Sanitary District Citizens Advisory Committee and the City of Costa Mesa Housing and Public Service Grants Committee. Mr. Tou holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from California State University, Northridge and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California. -- Orange County Breeze

Castaic Union Adds Irene Boden as New Assistant Superintendent

During Boden’s career, she has continuously pursued higher education. She received her Associate’s Degree from College of the Canyons, a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies at California State University, Northridge and received a Master’s of Business Administration with a concentration in Management and Leadership from the University of La Verne. In addition, Boden completed her certification for Chief Business Officer through the California Association of School Business Officials. -- SCV News

In Her Own Words: Erika Beck educates thousands as well as her own sons

The pandemic literally brought work home for millions of women but few faced matters of scale as directly as university president Erika Beck. With the responsibility of the education of 40,000 university students, she also juggled sports schedules, pets and, most importantly, the social and educational needs of her two sons. -- BizWomen

Conductive polymer holds promise for the next generation of organic electronics

Artificial intelligence (AI) played a role in developing the material. "You can proceed by trial and error to make a material," Nguyen says. "You can make a whole bunch of them and hope for the best, and maybe one out of twenty works or has interesting properties; however, we worked with a professor at California State Northridge, Gang Lu, who used AI to select building blocks and do calculations to get a rough idea of how to proceed, given the energy level and properties we were aiming for." -- TechXplore

Academy announces partners for Gold Rising program

The program’s production track features online technical work­shops and masterclasses for stu­dents interested in cinematography, costume design, film editing, pro­duction design, sound and visual effects, a category newly added to the program this year. The 31 par­ticipants in this track are from California State University Northridge, Exceptional Minds Academy, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles Film School, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, New York Film Academy and select local community col­leges from the Academy’s Community College Film and Media Arts Consortium. -- Beverly Press

Congregation Anshei Israel Hires New Early Childhood Director

Spivak holds a Master of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education from the American Jewish University, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Child and Adolescent Development, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, both from California State University, Northridge. -- Arizona Jewish Post

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