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The Wisdom of Three Women Artists
Falkenstein and I met after I singled her out for praise in my review of the "Americans in Paris: the 50s" exhibition at Cal State Northridge, organized by the late Merle Schipper. In my opinion, Falkenstein eclipsed her male counterparts. So appreciative of what I wrote, she sent me a postcard and, for a couple of years, I hung out with her at her Ocean Front Walk studio in Venice Beach. Her guests were always asked to write something in her "friendship book." Shortly before her death in the late 90s, when she was in failing health and had lost her memory, I made a final visit, at which time I opened the book to show her the self-portrait I had drawn in it years earlier. Claire's vision was about the shape of the universe. She talked about "the never ending screen" and "structure and flow" with exuberance and optimism in her voice. She loved the way the cosmos works. She described that "heaven isn't upwards, it's outwards," bringing a scientific perspective to one of religion's interpretations of life after death. -- Visual Art Source
Metro faces high hurdle in persuading voters to back transit sales tax measure
The effort paid off. In June, when Metro released its final project list, it included plenty for the Valley: new bus service to California State University, Northridge; streamlined improvements to the Orange Line rapid bus; a new transit line along Van Nuys Boulevard; and a subway under the Sepulveda Pass. -- Southern California Public Radio
First, Do No Digital Harm: Regulating Telemedicine
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Professor Shirley Svorny of California State University, Northridge, and the Cato Institute argues that Congress should use the power granted by the U.S. Constitution\'s Commerce Clause to pre-empt states' historical power to regulate physicians\' scope of practice ("Telemedicine Runs Into Crony Doctoring" Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2016). -- National Center for Policy Analysis
CSUN Prof’s Book on Blacks’ Portrayal in Comics Wins Eisner Award at Comic-Con
“The Blacker the Ink,” an anthology that explores black identity on the comic pages and in comic books and graphic novels, and co-edited by California State University, Northridge professor Frances Gateward, won a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award at Comic-Con San Diego 2016. - AmericanTowns
The unconventional legacy of Dominique Dawes
Not only does the female gymnast represent liberation through her movement -- which can arguably be seen as feminist -- but she smashes social conventions on how a woman should present herself, according to Ann Chisholm, assistant professor in the department of communication studies at California State University, Northridge. When a gymnast flies in the air and bends her body before landing back on the floor in a balanced, poised form, that execution disregards natural law and physical restriction. -- ABC News
First, Do No Digital Harm: Regulating Telemedicine
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Professor Shirley Svorny of California State University, Northridge, and the Cato Institute argues that Congress should use the power granted by the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause to pre-empt states’ historical power to regulate physicians’ scope of practice (“Telemedicine Runs Into Crony Doctoring” Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2016). -- Forbes
Fiesta Mexicana, "Unforgetable" with a mission
Una verdadera fiesta mexicana con una noble misión solo puede conjugarse en el evento anual Fiesta Mexicana de Star Entertainment & Education Group, que se fundó hace 14 años con la meta de recaudar fondos y poder otorgar becas a jóvenes estudiantes indocumentados o de bajos recuerdos de la Universidad de California Northridge (CSUN). - La Opinion
CSUN Profs Book on Blacks Portrayal in Comics Wins Eisner Award at Comic-Con
“The Blacker the Ink,” an anthology that explores black identity on the comic pages and in comic books and graphic novels, and co-edited by California State University, Northridge professor Frances Gateward, won a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award at Comic-Con San Diego 2016. -- Press Release Point
Is the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Good or Bad for Telehealth?
“(T)he compact protects the power of the state boards to shield physicians in their states from competition. It preserves the multiple fees physicians must pay to each state board,” Shirley Svorny, a California State University-Northridge professor of economics and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, wrote in a recent op-ed piece for the Wall Street Journal. “Most troubling, the compact has distracted attention from, and muted calls for, reforms that would realize telemedicine’s potential.” -- mHealth Intelligence
Mural depicting Valley oak habitat in progress at Wildling Museum
Iwerks was commissioned to do the mural based on his extensive experience in other mural projects throughout the area, including Carrizo National Monument, Channel Islands National Park, California State Northridge, Sedgwick Reserve, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Iwerks is also a member of the Oak Group and a former caretaker of Arroyo Hondo and amateur naturalist. - Santa Ynez Valley News