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Cal State Picks An Interim Chancellor, A System Veteran, To Follow Castro
The board named Cal State Northridge President Jolene Koester to the post on Wednesday. -- LAist
Today’s Headlines: Biden administration formally accuses Russia of war crimes
Former Cal State Northridge President Jolene Koester is named interim CSU chancellor. Koester, 74, will assume the role on May 1 and serve for 12 months while the Board of Trustees searches for a permanent chancellor after last month’s abrupt resignation of Joseph I. Castro, who was under scrutiny over how he handled allegations of sexual misconduct by a top administrator. -- Los Angeles Times
Column: So who won the L.A. mayoral debate? Here’s what some voters are saying
My debate watchers, in addition to Eveloff, were Jennifer Lahoda, president of Pacific Resource Recovery and a member of the Boyle Heights Chamber of Commerce; Ron Gochez, a history teacher at Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School and vice president of the South Central Neighborhood Council; Yi Ding, Cal State Northridge librarian and coordinator of the Civic and Voter Engagement program; and Mike Washington, a retired pharmacist and West Adams resident. -- Los Angeles Times
Column: So who won the L.A. mayoral debate? Here’s what some voters are saying
My debate watchers, in addition to Eveloff, were Jennifer Lahoda, president of Pacific Resource Recovery and a member of the Boyle Heights Chamber of Commerce; Ron Gochez, a history teacher at Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School and vice president of the South Central Neighborhood Council; Yi Ding, Cal State Northridge librarian and coordinator of the Civic and Voter Engagement program; and Mike Washington, a retired pharmacist and West Adams resident. -- Yahoo News
Newsom’s gas rebate plan could divide Democrats
On Wednesday, the board hired Jolene Koester, a former Cal State Northridge president, as interim chancellor. Koester, 74, will on May 1 assume the post vacated by Joseph Castro, who resigned in February following a USA Today exposé into his mishandling of sexual harassment allegations against a senior colleague while president of Fresno State. Koester is expected to hold the position for 12 months while the board searches for a permanent chancellor — a job she says she doesn’t want. I’m “150% committed” to the interim position, she told Mikhail, “and then it will be time to let someone else build and grow the system with all of its wonder after me.” Koester also expressed “strong empathy for individuals who were so negatively affected by what took place” and “a strong sense of the importance to make things right.” -- Cal Matters
Westerns revived as ‘The Power of the Dog’ leads Oscar nods
The Western became wildly popular not just in the United States but also abroad, underscoring the universal appeal of its storytelling power, said Maria Elena de las Carreras, a film lecturer at California State University, Northridge. -- Fiji Times
CSUSB Named A Military Friendly® School With Gold Ranking
CSUSB, which also earned gold for 2021-22, is the only California State University to rank gold. Only five other CSUs join CSUSB on the list, which include Cal Poly Pomona, CSU Channel Islands, Cal State Chico and Cal State Long Beach all with silver; and Cal State Northridge with bronze. -- Patch.com
Publication boost for LGBTQA scientists who disclose their identities at work
The surveys were conducted by Jeremy Yoder, a biologist at California State University Northridge, and colleagues. In 2013, the team carried out an online survey of more than 600 LGBTQA science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) professionals. Participants were asked about their publication count, sexual and gender identity, openness about their LGBTQA identity at work, and career position. -- physicsworld
Conference celebrates legacy of professor who established BC’s Chicano studies program
Professor José Luis Benavides from Cal State Northridge will talk about his recent $350,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant to digitize farmworker movement photography from the 1960s in Delano. -- Bakersfield.com
Utah Tunes New singles both from and about the Beehive State
Here's an interesting one. Katt Padden's a Music Industry Studies Major (Bachelor of Arts) at California State University Northridge in LA. Though not a resident of Salt Lake, she's got evident emotional ties to the place, and Salt Lake and its namesake body of water have a prominent place in the lyrics of "Love in Utah." -- Salt Lake City Weekly