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CSUN Prof: 1994 Earthquake Recovery Influenced Quick Repair of Recent 10 Freeway Fire
The November fire that shut down a section of the 10 Freeway — subsequently reopening more than a week after the blaze severely damaged a crucial artery for Los Angeles drivers — brought comparison to the 1994 Northridge earthquake and damage it caused to roadways across the region. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
30 Years Later, the Northridge Earthquake’s Lasting Impact on the San Fernando Valley
Two major freeways, I-5 and the I-10, collapsed. Major parking garages – at Cal State Northridge (CSUN) and Northridge Fashion Center – collapsed. Multiple hospitals, including the Kaiser building in Granada Hills, suffered severe structural damage. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Jan. 11-18
Diavolo – Existencia: The “architecture in motion” dance group performs the world premiere of the dance to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, 8 p.m. Jan. 17. The performance includes a musical score by drummer Antonio Sánchez, a live performance by vocalist Thana Alexa and an aerial performance choreographed by Bandaloop and performed by Amelia Rudolf (founder of the “vertical dance company”). The dance is also performed, 8 p.m. Jan. 19. The dance piece was commissioned and produced by the Soraya. Tickets $39 and up. The Soraya at California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St. 818-677-8800. www.diavolo.org. www.thesoraya.org. thesoraya.org/whats-on/en/diavolo-existencia/ -- Los Angeles Daily News
CSUN Receives Grant to Boost STEM, Arts Diversity at LA Colleges
As part of its Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) program, the U.S. Department of Education recently awarded a five-year, $3 million grant to California State University, Northridge, to increase the participation of underrepresented students and address equity gaps in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and arts fields. -- Insight into Diversity
CSUN Alumna Recalls Sense of Pride and Community on Campus After ‘94 Earthquake
The memories are still vivid, 30 years later – the Northridge earthquake struck with such an aggressive force at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17 that it simultaneously startled me awake and propelled me from the twin-size daybed in the small bedroom I shared with one of my younger sisters. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
CSUN Receives $3M Grant to Increase Number of Underserved Students
NORTHRIDGE (CNS) - Cal State Northridge was awarded a five-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to increase the number of underrepresented students studying science, technology, the arts and other disciplines, the university announced Tuesday. -- KOST
City of Los Angeles Names A Stretch of Adams Boulevard as Reverend Lawson Mile
Lawson helped lead the historic 1960 Nashville sit-in at Woolworth’s lunch counter, the Freedom Rides in 1961, and throughout the 1960s continued to organize nearly every major student sit-in, march and protest. He taught “Nonviolence and Social Movements” at UCLA for more than 20 years and established a strong relationship with Cal State Northridge through his involvement with the university’s Civil Discourse and Social Change Initiative. -- L.A. Focus News
CSUN Receives $3M Grant to Increase Number of Underserved Students
NORTHRIDGE (CNS) - Cal State Northridge was awarded a five-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to increase the number of underrepresented students studying science, technology, the arts and other disciplines, the university announced Tuesday. -- KBIG
$3M CSUN Grant To Increase Number Of Underserved Students
The federal grant aims to help the university to bolster underserved students in STEM studies. -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
NEH Announces $33.8M For Humanities Projects Nationwide
NEH Humanities Initiatives grants will fund educational resources, programs, curricula, and other projects that enhance teaching and learning in the humanities at 28 two- and four-year colleges and universities. These awards will support: the creation of a cross-disciplinary undergraduate minor in book studies—which encompasses fields such as manuscript studies, book history, design, and the fabrication and conservation of books—at Indiana University Bloomington; a new curriculum at Morgan State University on the history of Black education; a community-based pedagogical project at California State University, Northridge, to transcribe and update materials in the university’s archive documenting the experiences of underrepresented people of color from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries; and development of a digital map and course module at Delaware County Community College examining global resistance of Africans and African descendants to segregation and colonialism from 1945 to 1990. -- Los Alamos Daily Post