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CSU Has a Deal with OpenAI, but Some Students and Faculty Refuse to Use It
Cal State Northridge communications major Katie Karroum was shocked when she saw the announcement about ChatGPT Edu last year. As the vice president of systemwide affairs for the Cal State Student Association, she would have expected the chancellor’s office to meet with the student organization that represents over 470,000 students throughout the state. -- San Jose Inside
New Sonoma State president brings experience leading universities through turmoil
He moved to the Bay Area in 1987 to pursue a Ph.D. in special education through a joint program at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State. In 1991, he took his first higher-education teaching position at Cal State Northridge. As dean of the university’s Michael D. Eisner College of Education, he helped secure a $7 million gift for its Center for Teaching and Learning. -- EdSource
Cal State struck a deal with OpenAI. Some students and faculty refuse to use it
Cal State Northridge communications major Katie Karroum was shocked when she saw the announcement about ChatGPT Edu last year. As the vice president of systemwide affairs for the Cal State Student Association, she would have expected the chancellor’s office to meet with the student organization that represents over 470,000 students throughout the state. -- KPBS
CSUN Signs MOU with Autodesk to Expand Tech, Design Opportunities
California State University, Northridge President Erika D. Beck and Autodesk President and CEO Dr. Andrew J. Anagnost signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Friday, May 1, formalizing a long-standing partnership that has benefitted CSUN’s Engineering and Computer Science programs and helped launch new initiatives with the Global Hispanic-Serving Institutions Equity Innovation Hub. -- SCV News
Will Cal State keep using ChatGPT?
Cal State Northridge communications major Katie Karroum was shocked when she saw the announcement about ChatGPT Edu last year. As the vice president of systemwide affairs for the Cal State Student Association, she would have expected the chancellor’s office to meet with the student organization that represents over 470,000 students throughout the state. -- The Desert Review
Cal State struck a deal with OpenAI. Some students and faculty refuse to use it
Cal State Northridge communications major Katie Karroum was shocked when she saw the announcement about ChatGPT Edu last year. As the vice president of systemwide affairs for the Cal State Student Association, she would have expected the chancellor’s office to meet with the student organization that represents over 470,000 students throughout the state. -- CalMatters
Take the ‘A’ Band: Hamilton High to Swing in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s National ‘Essentially Ellington’ Competition in NYC
Johnson is also a member of the school’s wind ensemble and has played in the marching band. With Duff, he is taking a course at Hamilton on the music industry and plans to major in music industry studies at CSU Northridge. In addition, Johnson is a vocalist for the school’s student-run record label, Make Waves Music. -- Los Angeles Sentinel
Ecoregions: Southern California and the Northern Baja Coast
Dr. Jeremy Yoder, an associate professor in the Department of Biology at California State University Northridge, quipped recently that we have a “small, boring-looking moth” to thank for the ubiquitous trees. Two species of yucca moth (Tegeticula synthetica for Western Joshua trees, and Tegeticula antithetica for Eastern Joshua trees) are Joshua trees’ sole pollinators. -- Pacific Crest Trail Association
How California’s ‘Valley Girl’ talk changed the way America speaks
“California doesn’t have an accent, it has multiple,” said Dr. Moira Saltzman, a linguistics professor at Cal State Northridge. -- American Talk
In backlash against tech in schools, parents are winning rollbacks
“If I’m giving my 5-year-old a game-ified version of a worksheet, it will hijack the development of her intrinsic motivation and jeopardise her ability to learn,” said Mernick, who teaches art education at California State University, Northridge. -- The Star