CSUN Prof’s Book on Blacks’ Portrayal in Comics Nominated for Eisner Award

“The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art,” an anthology that explores black identity on the comic pages and in comic books and graphic novel, and co-edited by California State University, Northridge professor Frances Gateward, has been nominated for a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award. Continue reading about The Blacker the Ink.

CSUN Seismology Professor Looks to Past to Understand Current, Future Fault Activity

California State University, Northridge geology professor Julian Lozos has a history with earthquakes. His research on a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that occurred in 1812 in the Inland Empire used historic accounts to help understand how fault lines affect not only the Earth, but life on it. Continue reading about the fault activity.

CSUN Envisioning California Lecture to Explore the Year of the Angry Voter

This is the year of the angry voter. Americans are upset at political elites, and the result is a drawn-out process with the potential for contentious party conventions in which there is no presumed nominee. Continue reading about the year of the angry voter.

CSUN Professor’s Photographs to Become Part of National Portrait Gallery and Autry Museum Permanent Collections

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and the Autry Museum of the American West have acquired several photographs by California State University, Northridge Chicana/o studies professor Harry Gamboa Jr. for their permanent collections. Continue reading about the gallery.

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Zika Virus Information

While there are no reports of the Zika virus on the CSUN campus, the Klotz Student Health Center is sharing recommendations relating to travel and information on the virus from the Centers for Disease Control, the American College Heath Association and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. To access this information, please click here.