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HFPA announces over $4.5 million in grants
Higher education institutions receiving support include Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Los Angeles, Cal State Northridge, Cerritos College Foundation, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles Valley College, Cerritos College, Santa Monica College, California Institute of the Arts, UCLA and the American Film Institute. -- Spectrum News
U.S. AMATEUR QUALIFYING ROUNDUP
Down in Southern California, Cal State Northridge junior Brandon McDonough shot 69-67 at The Oaks Club at Valencia to finish as medalist by three shots. -- AmateurGolf.com
A Guide to Guy Oseary, Variety’s 2022 Music Mogul of the Year
Early business ventures for Oseary included selling fake IDs to kids at Beverly Hills High School. At 17, he launched Wise Guy Prods. and signed his first management clients, Ice-T’s DJ Evil-E and his brother Hen-Gee. When they joined the rapper on the inaugural Lollapalooza tour, Oseary went along, leaving behind a brief stint at Cal State Northridge. “Jane’s Addiction was my favorite band, so I’d watch them every night,” says Oseary. -- Variety
Hart District Announces Appointment Of New Principal, Assistant Principal
As a site administrator, Mrs. Bennett has been responsible for all areas of school leadership including oversight of special education, school modernization, intervention and technology to name a few. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from San Diego State University and a Master’s Degree from California State University Northridge in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. -- SCV News
How One Entomologist Followed a Passion to Understand Insect Interactions
She received a B.S. degree in biology from California State Polytechnic University Pomona, an M.S. in biology from California State University, Northridge, and a Ph.D. in entomology from Texas A&M University. While at Texas A&M she was awarded a Diversity Excellence Fellowship, identified bacteria not previously known in aphids, served as chair of ESA’s Student Affairs Committee, and was awarded a USDA-NIFA Predoctoral Fellowship to examine potential ecological facilitation of Buchnera aphidicola in sorghum aphids. -- Entomology Today
Naomi Hirahara talks to LA crime writer Gary Phillips about the lost landmarks of Los Angeles
A: Harry is based on two real-life folks. One is Harry Adams here in Los Angeles who was a Black freelance photographer. He took what you would call society pictures of middle-class Black folks. His photos are in a collection at Cal State Northridge. He was also a part-time barber and I thought that was great. -- Los Angeles Daily News
CSUN Students Create Technology To Fight Wildfire: Report
NORTHRIDGE, CA — Students at California State University, Northridge designed an autonomous air and ground vehicle system to fight fires, KTLA reported. -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
Velaquez First Candidate to Qualify for PUSD District 7 Election
Velazquez is a third generation educator and tenured professor at California State University Northridge where she teaches predominantly first-year and first-generation college students. -- Pasadena Now
Do newly popular 'rage rooms' pose a threat to public health?
The danger to the environment and to customers from such businesses is likely minimal – especially compared to larger issues the Department of Toxic Substances Control regulates, said Antonio F. Machado, professor of environmental and occupational health at California State University, Northridge. The amount of toxic material rage rooms generate is probably small, and good ventilation could alleviate much of the concern for patrons, he said. -- Jefferson Public Radio
Deep divisions, further delay for California’s math guidelines
Katherine Stevenson, a math professor at California State University, Northridge, who has worked with teachers in Los Angeles Unified, said, “It’s very hard for teachers not to get lost in skills and practices that are very concrete, so I applaud the big ideas.” But, she said, preparing lesson plans and classroom tasks will require an intense amount of preparation and continuous training. “If you look at the framework as an aspirational document, I am OK with it, but I have real concerns as an actionable document.” -- Visalia Times Delta