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CSUN Explores the Power of African American Arts for Black History Month
Art has the power to inspire, to provoke, to celebrate and empower. It also can tell the story of a people, a culture, a country, a continent or an individual.
The Department of Africana Studies and Black House at California State University, Northridge will be exploring the rich and complex realm of African American art during the month of February, Black History Month. -- SCV News
What a 45,000-year-old pit of bones reveals about our earliest human ancestors
“Finding human remains mixed with animal bones that had been stored for almost a century was an unexpected and fantastic surprise,” Hélène Rougier, a palaeoanthropologist at California State University Northridge, said in a news release. -- Aol
Homo sapiens already reached northwest Europe more than 45,000 years ago
In addition to these new excavations, the team also undertook new analyses of the bone fragments from the old Ranis collection (1932 to 1938 excavations), which are curated and stored at the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. This included a study where the bones were examined one by one to potentially identify human remains. “This painstaking work was rewarded by the discovery of several new human bones,” said Hélène Rougier, a palaeoanthropologist at California State University Northridge. “Finding human remains mixed with animal bones that had been stored for almost a century was an unexpected and fantastic surprise,” she added. Further work on these collections is ongoing by Hélène Rougier and researchers from the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt and highlights the enormous value of museum collections. -- National Tribune
What a 45,000-year-old pit of bones reveals about our earliest human ancestors
“Finding human remains mixed with animal bones that had been stored for almost a century was an unexpected and fantastic surprise,” Hélène Rougier, a palaeoanthropologist at California State University Northridge, said in a news release. -- Yahoo! News
Homo sapiens already reached northwest Europe more than 45,000 years ago
In addition to these new excavations, the team also undertook new analyses of the bone fragments from the old Ranis collection (1932 to 1938 excavations), which are curated and stored at the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. This included a study where the bones were examined one by one to potentially identify human remains. “This painstaking work was rewarded by the discovery of several new human bones,” said Hélène Rougier, a palaeoanthropologist at California State University Northridge. “Finding human remains mixed with animal bones that had been stored for almost a century was an unexpected and fantastic surprise,” she added. Further work on these collections is ongoing by Hélène Rougier and researchers from the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt and highlights the enormous value of museum collections. -- Science Magazine
Pope and UCSD host CSU Northridge
CSU Northridge Matadors (13-8, 4-5 Big West) at UCSD Tritons (14-7, 8-1 Big West)
San Diego; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST -- Washington Post
CSUN Women’s Basketball: Schedule, Team News, and Player Stats
CSUN Women's Basketball continues Big West play with a home game against UC San Diego and a road game against UC Riverside. They will celebrate Girls and Women in Sports Day when they take on the Tritons on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. in the Premier America Credit Union Arena, followed by a game against the Highlanders on Saturday, Feb. 3, at 6 p.m. in the SRC Arena. Both games will be broadcast on ESPN+. -- BVM Sports
Cal High grad reflects on Emmy nomination for ‘Ada Twist, Scientist’
After graduating from Cal High in 2007, Nguyen Dewitt went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in theater from California State University, Northridge in 2011 before launching her entertainment career, first as an intern for a voice casting company before working on commercials, animation, and casting at DreamWorks TV. -- Danville SanRamon
New Feature on CSUN App Redistributes Untouched Food
A new feature of the official California State University, Northridge app empowers students to feed themselves while engaging in planet-saving action, all with the help of push notifications. -- SCV News
Cal State faculty union strike settlement starts the year with another labor win
To CFA members, the agreement simply begins to close a gap on wages that has been widening for years. Antonio Gallo, an adjunct faculty lecturer at CSU Northridge and a CFA officer, said the average CSUN lecturer earns about $54,000 while teaching a full load of classes, often five per semester. Class sizes, too, have swelled from 28 or 30 several years ago to 40 or more now, he said. -- The Californian