The "K-12 Student Science Research Poster Symposium," sponsored by the National Science Foundation, will take place from 10 a.m. to noon in Room 2132 of Science Building 2 on the campus located at 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge.

Most of the students taking part in the symposium are from classes led by teachers trained to do research in a program funded by the National Science Foundation and directed by Steven Oppenheimer, director of CSUN's Center for Cancer and Developmental Biology.

"These students are doing real research where they discover new facts, rather than memorizing old ones," Oppenheimer said. "The student research showcased in this symposium involves many diverse areas of science, from genetic engineering to environmental biology. Some of these discoveries are significant. Some have been and will be published. This is the beginning of big time science for these young scientists."

For more information about the symposium, call Oppenheimer at (818) 677-3336.

California State University, Northridge has more than 29,000 full- and part-time students and offers 58 bachelor's and 50 master's degrees. Founded in 1958, it is the only four-year university in the San Fernando Valley.