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NEWS RELEASES

Spring 2007

• CSUN Information Systems Students Win First Place at Regional Competition

  (June 1, 2007)

• CSUN Researchers Suggest Ways to Meet Air Quality Regulations
  Without Suffocating Dry Cleaners

  (May 31, 2007)

• CSUN Spanish-Language Media Project Targets HIV/AIDS

  (May 31, 2007)

• CSUN Associate Dean Appointed to State Committee on Accreditation

  (May 29, 2007)

• Hundreds of Student Engineers to Converge on CSUN
  to See Who Can Build the Better Bridge

  (Photo/Media Advisory for Friday, May 25, and Saturday, May 26, 2007)

• Cal State Northridge’s Newest Fulbright Fellow to Direct Plays in Sri Lanka

  (May 24, 2007)

• Convocation Accolades in Store for Cal State Northridge’s Top Students

  (May 21, 2007)

• Determination Pays Off as Nearly 10,000 CSUN Students Prepare to Graduate

  (May 21, 2007)

• CSUN to Launch New Biology 100 Course in Fall 2007

  (May 18, 2007)

• San Fernando Valley’s Future Looks Bright as Area Becomes a
  Job Center, Housing Continues to Hold Steady, CSUN Forecasters Say

  (May 17, 2007)

• Cal State Northridge in Top 5 Universities in
  Awarding Bachelor’s Degrees to Hispanic Students

  (May 16, 2007)

• CSUN to Offer an Accelerated Degree in Nursing Beginning This Summer

  (May 16, 2007)

• Campus Memorial for Late CSUN President James Cleary Set

  (May 15, 2007)

• New Dean to Begin Leadership of CSUN’s Curb Arts College in August

  (May 15, 2007)

• Vance T. Peterson Named Cal State Northridge’s VP for University Advancement

  (May 14, 2007)

• CSUN Has Launched New Major in Languages and Cultures

  (May 10, 2007)

• CSUN Engineering Dean Receives Honor from His Alma Mater

  (May 7, 2007)

• CSUN Lecture to Examine Separation of Church and State in U.S.

  (May 7, 2007)

• CSUN Chicano/a Studies Professor Receives Smithsonian Internship

  (May 4, 2007)

• Hundreds of Student Engineers from Around the Country
  to Converge on CSUN to See Who Can Build the Better Bridge

  (May 4, 2007)

• CSUN Engineer Wins Fulbright Scholarship for Vietnam Research

  (May 2, 2007)

• U.S. Secretary of Education to Visit Cal State Northridge to
  Discuss Campus Safety in Wake of Virginia Tech Tragedy

  (Media Advisory for Thursday, May 3, 2007)

• Fred Joyal, CEO of 1-800-DENTIST, to Talk about Marketing Strategies

  (May 2, 2007)

• Actor, Art Collector ‘Cheech’ Marin, Beverly Hills’ New Mayor and
  Civil Rights Attorney to Address Northridge Graduates

  (May 1, 2007)

• CSUN to Bestow Honorary Degree on Business Leader, Alumnus Charles Noski

  (May 1, 2007)

• CSUN Communications Professor’s New Book Urges
  Commuters to Sit Back, Watching the Traffic Go By

  (April 30, 2007)

• Former Cal State Northridge President James Cleary has Died

  (April 30, 2007)

• CSUN Geological Sciences Professor Emeritus Receives
  Distinguished Educator Award

  (April 27, 2007)

• Entertainment Industry Leaders, Health Care CEO
  to Receive CSUN’s Highest Alumni Honor

  (April 27, 2007)

• CSUN Dean to Chair National Hispanic Women’s Conference

  (April 26, 2007)

• CSUN’s Model UN Team Takes National Honors

  (April 25, 2007)

• Northridge Director Wins CSU’s Wang Award for
  Advancing Student Learning, Energy Sustainability

  (April 24, 2007)

• CSUN to Host First National Psychotherapy with Men Conference

  (April 24, 2007)

• CSUN’s Senior Film Showcase to Turn Spotlight on Tomorrow’s Filmmakers

  (April 23, 2007)

• Performance to Showcase New Dances by CSUN Student Choreographers

  (April 23, 2007)

• CHIME Students to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a Fiesta

  (April 23, 2007)

• Edward R. Murrow Awards Given to KCSN-FM 88.5

  (April 20, 2007)

• Cal State Northridge’s Trike-A-Thon Postponed Due to Rain

  (Media/Photo Advisory for Friday, April 20, 2007)

• Northridge Accounting Students Win at Regional Meet

  (April 20, 2007)

• The Past is the Quarry for Cal State Northridge Mother-Daughter Research Team

  (April 20, 2007)

• On Your Marks! Preschoolers, Kindergartners to
  Race Trikes to Raise Money for Their School

  (Media/Photo Advisory for Friday, April 20, 2007)

• Retired CSUN Professor’s Images of Post-WWII China
  See Light of Day After Six Decades

  (April 18, 2007)

• New Mayor of Beverly Hills to Address CSUN’s Engineering Class of ‘07

  (April 18, 2007)

• Attorney Edward Landry to Address CSUN Students

  (April 17, 2007)

• Celebrated Human Rights Activist to Lecture at CSUN

  (April 17, 2007)

• CSUN Deaf Community to Host ‘Just Ask!’ Deaf Awareness Events

  (April 16, 2007)

• CSUN Offers Help in Understanding Judicial System

  (April 11, 2007)

• CSUN Political Science Professor Escorts Western Audiences Through Perspectives on Islam

  (April 10, 2007)

• Art Aids Art Proposal Garners Award for CSUN Graduate Student

  (April 9, 2007)

• CSUN Professor to Bring Her One-Woman Show Home to Northridge

  (April 4, 2007)

• CSUN Center Leads Children, Their Families into the Joys of Reading

(April 4, 2007)

• CSUN Center Changing the World for People with Disabilities

(April 3, 2007)

• CSUN Offers Day of Respite for Caregivers

(April 2, 2007)

• Public Invited to Free Screening of ‘Inconvenient Truth’

(April 2, 2007)

• Oviatt Library Exhibition Celebrates ‘Women in Music’

(March 29, 2007)

• Innovative CSUN Program Is Opening Doors for Head Start Teachers

(March 29, 2007)

• Students to Face Off in Nutrition Bowl to Test
  Their Knowledge of Food and Nutrition

(March 28, 2007)

• Local Junior High Schoolers to Join CSUN in Observing Earth Day

(March 28, 2007)

• CSUN’s Center for Cancer and Developmental
  Biology Joins International Consortium Studying Cancer

(March 26, 2007)

• CSUN Center to Provide Training for Parents
  Advocating on Behalf of Their Disabled Children

(March 26, 2007)

• CHIME First Graders to Celebrate Opening of ‘Rock ‘N Roll City’

(Media/Photo Advisory for Friday, March 23, 2007)

• CSUN to Host Fourth Annual Folklor de Mexico

(March 20, 2007)

• CSUN’s JADE Presents a Week of Self-Image Workshops and Events

(March 19, 2007)

• CSUN Presentation to Explore the Secret for Transforming Your Business

(March 15, 2007)

• CSUN’s Physical Therapy Affirms Age-Old Maxim
  Through New Program: "A Matter of Balance"

(March 15, 2007)

• Cluster of New Master’s Degrees Greenlighted at CSUN’s Tseng College; Needs of Midcareer Professionals Loom Large in New Offerings

(March 15, 2007)

• CSUN’s Kinesiology Dept. Teams with LA Fire Dept. for Recruitment Expo

(March 13, 2007)

• New Vice President for Administration and Finance Named at CSUN

(March 12, 2007)

• CSUN’s Center of Achievement to Host 6th Annual Run, Walk and Roll

(March 9, 2007)

• Public Invited to Celebrate Iranian New Year at CSUN

(March 9, 2007)

• Cal State Northridge to Host Disaster Readiness Expo

(March 8, 2007)

• Bernard Bragg’s ‘Theatre in the Sky’ Lands at Cal State Northridge

(March 7, 2007)

• Cal State Northridge to Launch Nation’s First
  Degree Program in Central American Studies

(March 7, 2007)

• Global CSUN Conference Links Technology and Persons with Disabilities

(March 6, 2007)

• Real Estate Investor Robert Barbera Creates
  Endowment to Underscore the Value of Public Debate

(March 6, 2007)

• Majors Fair at CSUN’s USU Grand Salon

(March 5, 2007)

• Whitsett Foundation to Make Final Gift, $180,000, to CSUN’s History Dept.

(March 1, 2007)

• CSUN Police Chief Joins National Effort to Combat Crimes of Violence Against Women

(Feb. 27, 2007)

• CSUN Researchers Say San Fernando Valley K-12 Enrollment
  is Dropping and the Drop May Continue in the Near Future

(Feb. 27, 2007)

• Music Professor David Whitwell to Receive ‘Man of the Year’ Award
  from the Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts

(Feb. 26, 2007)

• CSUN’s Center for Ethics and Values to Host ‘Religion and Violence’ Conference

(Feb. 26, 2007)

• National Center of Deafness Pioneer Wayne McIntire has Died

(Feb. 26, 2007)

• CSUN-al Gardening Class to Offer Tips on Growing Tomatoes

(Feb. 22, 2007)

• CSUN to Celebrate Launch of Fuel Cell Power Plant

(Media Advisory for Friday, Feb. 23, 2007)

• CSUN Art Galleries’ Newest Installation to Examine ‘Subvertisements’

(Feb. 22, 2007)

• CSUN Jewish Studies Program to Host Documentary Film Screening

(Feb. 20, 2007)

• CSUN’s China Institute Celebrates Chinese New Year

(Feb. 20, 2007)

• CSUN Professor’s Documentary Explores Lives of Pioneering Camerawomen

(Feb. 20, 2007)

• CSUN Locksmith by Day, Northridge Alum ‘Jams’ By Night

(Feb. 19, 2007)

• CSUN to Celebrate Opening of Center Named in Honor of Pioneering Inventor Ernie Schaeffer

(Feb. 14, 2007)

• CSUN Biologist Wins Fulbright Grant for Research in Argentina

(Feb. 13, 2007)

• Cal State Northridge’s Oviatt Library Newest Exhibition
  Celebrates an American Tradition—Comic Books

(Feb. 13, 2007)

• CSUN Conference to Explore Ways of Empowering Persons with Disabilities

(Feb. 12, 2007)

• USA National Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team to Train at CSUN

(Feb. 9, 2007)

• CSUN’s Cinematheque To Screen Landmark
  Documentary ‘A Great Day in Harlem’

(Feb. 8, 2007)

• CSUN’s Oviatt Library Observes Black History Month with Exhibit
  Exploring History of African American Experience

(Feb. 6, 2007)

• Memorial to be Held for Pioneering CSUN Engineering Professor John J. Guarrera

(Feb. 5, 2007)

• CSUN to Celebrate Launch of Fuel Cell Power Plant with Dedication

(Feb. 5, 2007)

• CSUN Receives ‘Best Client Award’ from
  Architect Institute for Its New Student Union

(Feb. 2, 2007)

• Software Gift Takes CSUN’s Artificial Intelligence Lab to New Areas

(Jan. 31, 2007)

• CSUN Opens Washington Mutual Gallery,
  New Home for Harry Jackson Bronze Collection

(Jan. 31, 2007)

• Minor Offers CSUN Students Entrée into
  Fast-Growing Spanish-Language Media Market

(Jan. 30, 2007)

• CSUN Joins Initiative to Teach Young People Personal, Social Responsibility

(Jan. 29, 2007)

• San Luis Obispo Arts Director to Lead CSUN’s Performing Arts Project

(Jan. 26, 2007)

• CSUN Alumnus Paves the Way for Future Construction Management Graduates

(Jan. 24, 2007)

• Longtime CSUN Supporters Donate Nearly $100,000 for Athletes’ Scholarship

(Jan. 23, 2007)

• CSUN Students Offer Free Tax Assistance to Those Who Qualify

(Jan. 22, 2007)

• CSUN Biologist Publishes Book Detailing
  California’s Extensive Beetle Population

(Jan. 18, 2007)

• CSUN Kinesiology Fitness Interns to be ‘Prizes’ for Schools Participating in Rose Bowl 5K

(Jan. 12, 2007)

• Oceania Artists Pay Tribute to their Heritage in CSUN Art Exhibit

(Jan. 8, 2007)