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Journalists and tech companies are teaming up to fight fake news about the Mexican election
In order to create a methodology to combat fake news, Pop-Up Newsroom — a temporary, virtual newsroom project of the California State University-Northridge Journalism Department — held a workshop in Mexico City last week where representatives from participating media outlets and technology companies met to discuss Verificado 2018. Tom Trewinnard, director of business development at Meedan — a software company that runs the Check fact-checking workflow, which will be used in the project — told Poynter in an email that several key areas of collaboration presented themselves there. -- Poynter
Garden events in the San Fernando Valley area, March 10-17
CSUN-al Gardening Session – Growing Fruit Trees: Don Hodel, an environmental horticulturist for the University of California Cooperative Extension-Los Angeles County, discusses the topic, 9 a.m. March 24. Free class. Request a space in the class by email:
. Class location at Cal State Northridge and other instructions sent upon registration. -- Los Angeles Daily News
CSUNs Acclaimed Department of Music Stays True to the Classics
In an era when pop, hip-hop and technology dominate the music world, California State University, Northridge is holding fast to its classical roots. At nearly 60 years old, its venerable Department of Music has graduated thousands of classical musicians, and CSUN alumni are playing in orchestras, holding faculty positions and teaching music in private practice all over the world. -- Press Release Point
Surfacing: How One Sport Is Keeping A Language, And A Culture, Alive
Some of the players believe that women cannot handle the physical strain of the game, said Paula Mota, 25, a graduate student at California State University, Northridge, who has spent three years observing and researching this group of pelota mixteca players. But she added that there were some women’s teams in Mexico. -- Global Financial Market Review
Mars colonial dream continues! Musk: SpaceX is building its first space
If we want to anticipate the scene of Mars colonization 50 years later, reasonable speculation at the moment is just like fortune-telling. Of course, if you just want to imagine the community under the airtight big dome, it's too easy. The forefront of exploration is always in danger, but in the past these dangers have not succeeded in stopping us. This time will not make us stagnant. Quoted from the poet TS Eliot: “Only those who are willing to take risks can find out how far they can go.” Microgravity, long flight, radiation, cosmic rays: Can we overcome these worrisome dangers? ? Even if it is overcome, will there be other problems that are still unknown today? Many experts say: This will be a huge transformation. We must be mentally prepared. BJ Bluth, a sociology faculty member at California State University at Northridge, said: Think about it: When people travel from Europe to the New World, and then to the West and West, people and culture change. Now. "Attitudes, values, and lifestyles have all undergone major changes. The same phenomenon will affect those who have decided to go to other planets to colonize." She also said that this is not just a change of state of mind: Space pioneers are physiological, immune, Changes in culture and society are different from those on earth. Let's assume that we not only land on Mars, but also establish a colony on Mars. We must think about the biological effects of long-term life in the Fourth Planet - and finally having children there. The most important first issue is the effect of radiation. One of the major health concerns of humans on Mars is radiation. Astronauts walking on Mars will be exposed to cosmic radiation in the Milky Way, and in the event of periodic solar storms, the amount of radiation will also increase. -- Sina Continental News - China (in Chinese)
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Comes to The Soraya, 4/5
The Grammy-nominated Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, which captures the infectious fun of big band music, will perform at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) on Thursday, April 5 at 8:00pm. Jazz Times called the Los Angeles-based band, with a 32-year history, "one of current jazz's most vital large ensemble." Co-founder bassist John Clayton is a CSUN alumnus who has gone on to play with superstars such as Michael Jackson, Patti LaBelle and Madonna. -- Broadway World Los Angeles
Case Western Reserve University President Barbara R. Snyder Elected ACE Board Chair
Term Ending March 2021
Jonathan R. Alger, president, James Madison University (VA)
Chris Bustamante, president, Rio Salado College (AZ)
Waded Cruzado, president, Montana State University
Dianne F. Harrison, president, California State University, Northridge
Timothy L. Killeen, president, University of Illinois
G.P. 'Bud' Peterson, president, Georgia Institute of Technology
Clayton Spencer, president, Bates College (ME) -- Public Now
Latina Professionals To Inspire And Empower Hundreds Of High School Students
More than 500 Latina high school students will learn about leadership development, cultural empowerment and pathways to college, at the 25th annual Adelante Mujer Latina Career Conference (AMLCC) on Saturday, March 17, at California State University, Northridge. -- Public Now
CSUN Professor Celebrates Twenty-Two Years of Engaging Youth in Science Technology Engineering and Math Research
(NORTHRIDGE, Calif) — California State University, Northridge biology professor Steven Oppenheimer is celebrating 22 years of collaboration with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) teachers to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) research done by K-12 students in volume number 22 of “The New Journal of Student Research Abstracts.” -- AmericanTowns.com
CSUN Professor Celebrates Twenty-Two Years Of Engaging Youth In Science Technology Engineering And Math Research
(NORTHRIDGE, Calif., March 12, 2018) - California State University, Northridge biology professor Steven Oppenheimer is celebrating 22 years of collaboration with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) teachers to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) research done by K-12 students in volume number 22 of 'The New Journal of Student Research Abstracts.' -- Public Now