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The 8 Best Niche Museums And Galleries In Los Angeles
Up in the Valley, Cal State-Northridge has a historic and comprehensive set of art galleries. Founded in 1958, it has since showcased over 500 exhibits, featuring artists like James Roble as well as the student artists who study at the university. Right now, the gallery is presenting an exhibition of Judy Baca in conjunction with Pacific Standard Time's LA/LA exhibit. Baca's Great Wall of Los Angeles is a hugely important work of public art, and she's a CSUN alum, so it's only appropriate her work would get its retrospective on campus.m -- LAist
CSUN Partners With SFV Community Colleges to Launch “Reverse Transfer”
A college degree, whether earned at a two-year or a four-year institution of higher learning, opens the doors to career opportunities and provides employers with a skilled workforce that can help propel a company into success. -- SCV News
8 Cheap and Free Things to Do in L.A. This Week
CSUN is putting on a special Halloween screening of Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse hosted by senior professor and Hollywood historian John Schultheiss. One of the great accomplishments of the early sound period, Lang's 1933 film imagines the titular arch-criminal — a villain whose spirit remains ambulatory while his body rots in an insane asylum — as a precursor to Hitler. Minister of Nazi Propaganda Joseph Goebbels strongly suggested a re-edit; Lang fled the country and became a successful American studio director instead. CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge; Mon., Oct. 30, 7 p.m.; free. (818) 677-1200, csun.edu. —Nathaniel Bell -- LA Weekly
CSUN Professor Wins PEN Literary Award for Fiction
Newswise — Martin Pousson had been teaching English literature and creative writing at CSU Northridge for a decade when he learned that he'd won one of the most prestigious awards in literature for his "novel in stories," "Black Sheep Boy" (Rare Bird Books). -- Newswise
The Nazis’ Plan to Infiltrate Los Angeles And the Man Who Kept Them at Bay
Anti-Nazi protest outside Deutsches Haus, Aug. 1938 (Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee Collection, Part 2, Special Collections and Archives, Oviatt Library, California State University, Northridge) -- Smithsonian Magazine
CSUN Professor Explores the Question: Is Akkermansia a Next Generation Probiotic
Items claiming to contain probiotics — live bacteria and yeasts allegedly good for our health, especially our digestive systems — line the shelves of grocery and drug stores across the country. As the trend continues to take hold, manufacturers are looking for new “good” bacteria to add to their products. -- AmericanTowns.com
Cultivating future scientists and leaders
In fiscal year 2017, 12 grants totaling $2.8 million were awarded. They include:
California State University-Northridge, Northridge, California, $250,000 -- Morning Ag Clips
CSU Working To Foster More Great Minds In STEM
The CSU is undergoing efforts to close equity gaps in STEM by preparing more students from underserved communities for these careers. CSU Long Beach, CSU Northridge and San Francisco State have received a total of $61 million from the National Institutes of Health-funded Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (NIH BUILD) initiative to implement and study innovative approaches to engaging and retaining students from diverse backgrounds in biomedical research. Campus activities funded through the award include mentoring, undergraduate research and career preparation. -- Electronic Component News
Sheryl Crow Has Some Fun for The New 88.5 FM
The evening of Oct. 23 saw fans having some fun as if the sun were coming up over Santa Monica Boulevard, as Sheryl Crow played a benefit concert for The New 88.5 FM, a partnership between California State University, Northridge and Saddleback College. Here are photos from that show. -- Press Release Point
CSUN Professors Research Could Have Implications for California Fishermen
On average, buying white seabass from the local market will cost you $20 to $35 a pound. Twenty-seven years ago, that wasn’t the case. In the 1980s, over-fishing of white seabass depleted California’s coastal waters of the fish, forcing its market price to skyrocket. -- Press Release Point