WISE presents: Watching the Earth Breathe
Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 11:30am to 2:30pm
The Oviatt Library and the Bonita J. Campbell Endowment for Women in Science and Engineering
present Watching the Earth Breathe. All are welcome to join us for a stellar afternoon and a light lunch as we explore what NASA-JPL and other researchers in astrophysics and earth-system science are finding out about the health of our Planet-EARTH. Read more
Colloquium with Deborah Cohen, M.D.
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
A Big Fat Crisis — The Hidden Forces Behind the Obesity Epidemic and How We Can End It Read more
The Lost and the Living: One Family's Journeys from the Old World to the New, and Back Again
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:45pm
Presented by Lisa Lainer-Fagan
Los Angeles native Lisa Lainer-Fagan presents her extraordinary research... Read more
Jim Winship - Living Between: Young Salvadorans in the Early 21st Century
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 11:00am
Jim Winship (MSW, Ph.D.), Professor of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, will be visiting CSUN to deliver a lecture about the context and challenges in which young Salvadorans struggle to reach their aspirations. Dr. Winship’s recently published book, titled Coming of Age in El Salvador, is about youth and young adults who live simultaneously in a globalized world and a small Central American country Read more
Inside the Human Genome: Darwin or Intelligent Design?
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - 7:00pm to 10:00pm
The CSU Northridge College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Presents a Richard W. Smith Lecture in Cultural Studies: "Inside the Human Genome: Darwin or Intelligent Design?"
Please join us as acclaimed evolutionary geneticist Dr. John C. Avise addresses the philosophical question of “why” with regards to the myriad of imperfections that exist in our biological world. Read more
Karla Lara - Music of Resistance from Honduras
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 2:00pm to 3:15pm
Her music is inspiring and brave in a country where violence is a norm. Read more
Open Access: Accelerating Research
Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 9:00am to 11:30am
The Oviatt Library invites you to join us for a reception and presentation: OPEN ACCESS: ACCELERATING RESEARCH to celebrate Open Access Week with a presentation of the first Oviatt Library Open Access Award in honor of Dr. Susan Auerbach. Read more
Deaf Jewish Life in Germany and Eastern Europe During the 1940's
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Mark Zaurov will present his research on Deaf Jewish life in Germany and Eastern Europe during... Read more
Juan Ricardo Cole: The New Arabs
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Juan Ricardo Cole is a public intellectual, prominent blogger and essayist, and the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. Read more
Women and Jewish Religious Law
Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 9:30am to 10:45am
Presented by Rachel Biale
Rachel Biale, author of the classic textbook, Women in Jewish Law, will be speaking about contraception. Read more