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Research Shows The ‘Intervention’ That Helps AI Boost Customer Outcomes
Three researchers from California State University, Northridge, and the University of Maine, Orono, published a study investigating the impact of chatbots on customer outcomes. Dongling Huang, Dmitri G. Markovitch, and Rusty A. Stough found that while customers still prefer human service in some contexts, there is another way to achieve just as good results: an approach that combines chatbot service “with a light touch human intervention.” -- Forbes Magazine
GLAAACC Ed Fund Provides Students With Resources For Success
The recipients included Emani Goldman (California State University, Fresno), Brooklyn Gulley (California State University, Long Beach), Briyan Aldridge (University of California, Davis), Paige Gray (California State University, Northridge), Elijah Gordon (University of California, Los Angeles), Alana Pearson (University of California, Berkeley), Sara Atkins (University of California, Irvine), and Dalila Lawrence (California State University, Long Beach). -- Los Angeles Sentinel
Don’t be surprised if you bump into Doug Emhoff getting a cup of coffee in L.A.
Emhoff was born in Brooklyn and raised in New Jersey, but he moved to Southern California in the early ’80s when he was only 17. He graduated soon after from Agoura High School and then got a degree from California State University, Northridge—“so I do consider myself a true 818’er, it’s in my blood.” Though he was hanging out in the area at a time he compares to Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Emhoff never picked up a Valley inflection, but he does occasionally slip into the remnants of a New Jersey accent when he’s around his mutha, as he animatedly tells me. -- Time Out
Photo Of Kamala Harris' Husband As A Young Man Resurfaces—And The Internet Is Thirsty AF
Emhoff, an entertainment litigator who married Harris in 2014, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication studies from California State University, Northridge in 1987 and a Juris Doctor from the USC Gould School of Law in 1990, so the photo appears to have been taken sometime during this period. -- Comic Sands
Kampbell announces campaign for COC board
Kampbell recently returned to college to complete her higher education, earning her bachelor’s degree in public administration management, with honors, from California State University, Northridge, in 2023. -- Santa Clarita Valley Signal
New principal named at Malibu High School
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has just announced the appointment of a new principal at Malibu High School. Dr. Adam Almeida will assume his new role August 1. Almeida replaces Patrick Miller who was promoted to a district position as director of assessment, research, and evaluation. Dr. Almeida is a familiar face at MHS where he served as assistant principal from 2019 to 2022. While at Malibu High, Dr. Almeida was involved with curriculum and instruction, special education, facilities and operations, project-based learning and career tech education pathways, student activities, athletics, and discipline. Dr. Almeida is an educator of more than 25 years. He most recently served as an assistant principal at La Canada High School and part-time lecturer and mentor to aspiring teachers at Cal State Northridge. “Dr. Almeida’s familiarity with Malibu High, staff and the community, combined with his educational experience make him a perfect fit for this position,” said Superintendent Dr. Antonio Shelton. “We welcome him back to the SMMUSD family!” -- The Malibu Times
Co-Author of New Memoir Unviels the Torture of Los Angeles-Based Activist Deborah Jones
Chimurenga, who helped provide background and context in certain areas, was introduced to Jones in 2019 when Jones shared her story as part of California State University Northridge’s Tom and Ethel Bradley Center Black Power Archives Oral History Project. -- San Diego Voice & Viewpoint
CSUN Baseball Unveils Impressive New Coaching Roster for 2025 Season
CSUN head baseball coach Eddie Cornejo has added Jon Strauss as pitching coach, Nate Esposito as assistant coach, and Brendan Brooks as director of player development for the 2024-25 season, aiming to grow the program with experienced and competitive staff. -- BVM Sports
‘OH MY’ Kamala Harris’ husband unrecognizable in ‘devastatingly handsome’ throwback image as people say ‘we were all young once’
In 1987, Doug graduated from California State University Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication studies -- The U.S. Sun
Project 2025 and the reversal of decades of social progress
“[Project 2025] represents a structural shift in governmental policy for the 21st century,”said Dr. David L. Horne, a professor of Africana Studies at Cal State Northridge and executive director of the Pan African Public Policy and Ethical Institute. “It represents a radical reshaping of the federal government and would severely restrict the U.S. government’s footprint in social reform and support a radical shift to supporting economic projects not concerned with, for instance, saving the environment, easing poverty or any interference with the aims and procedures of big business and finance.” -- Our Weekly Los Angeles