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L.A.'s Top Dancers Come Together to Celebrate the Legacy of Martha Graham
The grande dame of dance lived to be 96 and performed until her last days. We asked four CSUN performers from the show about jumping, stretching, kinesiology and how movement affects every aspect of health and wellness. --Los Angeles Magazine
How ‘Luke Cage' Composer Adrian Younge Went Brazilian for His ‘Something About April' Album and Launched the Jazz Is Dead Label to Ensure the Genre Lives
On April 18, Younge releases "Something About April III," the operatic conclusion - and culmination - of a trilogy whose origins reach back almost twice that long, to the first days of his career. The album's musical influences draw upon the many Brazilian legends (including Marcos Valle, Azymuth and João Donato) and other international artists (including Ghanian guitarist Ebo Taylor and late Nigerian drummer Tony Allen) he's recorded and performed live with via Jazz Is Dead. It additionally symbolizes a transition Younge calls "from sampler to symphony," commemorated with a concert series (including an April 17 date at the Soraya on the campus of Cal State Northridge) featuring a 35-piece orchestra he'll conduct himself. --MSN
Strong shaking at fault stepover has rocks—briefly—defying gravity
He wasn't the only one to observe this phenomenon at Ridgecrest and other places where faults have a similar stepover geometry, in which faults are offset with a "step" or gap between them. But now Lozos, a seismologist at California State University, Northridge and his colleagues have an explanation for how these rocks could have been flung from their original resting places. --Phys.Org
The Right Temperature to Set Your Freezer to Ensure Your Food Stays Safe
Gevork Kazanchyan MS, REHS, CP-FS, professor of environmental health at California State University, Northridge, and former public health deputy, says using a thermometer is the best way to accurately monitor the temperature of your refrigerator and freezer. “Take a quick look at the thermometer and then close the door,” he says. The thermometer should be near the front of the refrigerator, he explains, because the deep back is going to be the coldest spot, and placing the thermometer there will not give an accurate reading of the entire freezer. "Don't rely on smart digital thermometers. The old-fashioned ones work great—as long as you don’t drop them," he says. --Aol.com
CSUN Professor Assures Recent Earthquakes Aren’t Related to Other Natural Phenomenon
California State University, Northridge Associate Professor of Geological Sciences Julian Lozos assures us that earthquakes have absolutely zero connection to the other natural events. --SCV News
Trump policy targeting immigrants shuts California students out of federal programs
Two years later, after the state got special permission from the federal government, the director of the program reached out to J again, this time to encourage him to reapply. As part of one of the TRIO programs, J got one-on-one guidance with campus counselors who helped ensure that he was on track to meet his academic goals and transfer to a four-year university. The TRIO staff also took him on trips to visit various colleges, including Cal State Northridge, Chico State, and Cal State Long Beach. --CalMatters
Finding and Building Solidarity is Crucial for Trans and Immigrant Communities in Current Political Climate, CSUN Prof says
At a time when marginalized communities are under attack, prioritizing mental health and seeking supportive spaces are vital in navigating the current political climate, according to Jessennya Hernandez, assistant professor of sociology at California State University, Northridge. --San Fernando Valley Sun
LA Dances Graham 100: An Interview with Lula Washington and Tamica Washington-Miller
April 6, 2025 marked the beginning of a monthlong series of Los Angeles performing arts at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, known to audiences as The Soraya. The series opened with GRAMMY-winning jazz trumpeter and composer Terrence Blanchard followed by The Colburn Orchestra with conductor Stéphane Denève on the podium (April 12), and The Soraya & ARTDONTSLEEP Present Adrian Younge Something About April with full orchestra (April 17). The series ends on April 26 with LA Dances Graham 100 that includes Los Angeles based dancers from the Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Glorya Kaufman School of Dance at USC, CSU Northridge, L.A. County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), and three soloists from the Martha Graham Dance Company (MGDC). Tickets are on sale now.The LA Dances Graham 100 program will include two of Martha Graham’s earliest solos Satyric Festival Song and Deep Song, in addition to El Penitente, Lamentation Variations, Panorama (previously performed at The Soraya) and it will close with two pieces of Graham’s later works Conversation of Lovers, and Ritual to the Sun (Helios). --LA Dance Chronicle
Gen Z is cashing in on this ‘boring’ job baby boomers ditched: ‘The science of the business world’
“We throw the students into the water, essentially, and let them swim, and then students actually live up to the challenge,” Rafael Efrat, director of the VITA program at California State University, Northridge, also said to the outlet. --New York Post
Pew Research Center survey finds tipping is expected in more places
The COVID-19 pandemic has also influenced tipping behaviors, according to a report from California State University, Northridge. Consumers have become more aware of the financial challenges faced by service workers, leading to discussions on gratuity practices and advocating for clearer wage structures. --Federal Newswire