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Veteran Environmental Consultant and Professional Geologist is the Newest Addition at Clark Seif Clark

Mr. Clarke recently joined the CSC team as a Senior Project Manager and is based out of the company’s corporate headquarters in Chatsworth, California. He entered the environmental industry back in 1983 after receiving a geosciences degree from California State University, Northridge. His expansive field experience includes Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESA); Preliminary Endangerment Assessments (PEA); Site Inspections (SI); Expanded Site Inspections (ESI); remedial investigations; removal action implementation and oversight, including vapor extraction and soil removal; contaminated facilities decontamination and demolition oversight; developing sampling and work plans, hazardous waste characterization and disposal; Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 22 regulatory standards. -- WebWire

CSUN Awarded Campus Compact Grant to Bridge Divides on Campus and in Community

Campus Compact - a Boston-based coalition of more than 1,000 colleges and universities, committed to the purpose of higher education — has awarded California State University, Northridge a $5,000 grant from its Fund for Positive Engagement, to catalyze experiments that bridge divisions among people and groups, both on campus and within the community. -- AmericanTowns.com

Astronomers Spy Planet-Spawning Vortex around Young Star

“Observation tells you what reality is,” says Wladimir Lyra, a theorist at California State University, Northridge. “But you need theories to explain what’s happening. We feed the observations to our models in order to build theories and explain the observations. It’s this synergy that advances science.” -- Brexit News

Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘Hitler in Los Angeles’

At the same time, I came across an online exhibit mounted by California State University, Northridge, which documented the activities of Nazis and fascists in Los Angeles. I pulled out a number of documents, but it was going to be impossible to read through 200-plus boxes in the collection for what was going to be a page in the book. So in 2010 or 2011, I went back to Northridge and learned the story of these men and women who risked their lives to undermine this fascist operation. -- Cetusnews

Study To Examine The Impact Of Stress On The Health Of Sexual Minority Adolescents

'Many adolescents who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual and pansexual struggle with challenges such as stigma, discrimination, family disapproval, social rejection, and violence,' explained Schrager, who is also an investigator at California State University, Northridge. 'Because of the resulting stress, many are at increased risk for poor health.' -- Public Now

Iran Fulfills Nuclear Pact, Reiterates IAEA Director

A CSUN student gave her thoughts on the Iranian nuclear deal being in crisis of getting cancelled. That's why the scientists urged Congress to support the Iran Deal as it is. It has only increased its involvement in regional conflicts, especially in Syria and Iraq, with the deployment of its own conventional forces and tens of thousands of proxies, including Lebanese Hezbollah. A CNN poll this month revealed that two-thirds of Americans are opposed to the USA ditching the deal. -- Express Newsline

UCSB’s Michael Named Big West Soccer Freshman of Year

UC Irvine's Giovanni Godoy was named Offensive Player of the Year while Ross McPhie from Cal State Fullerton and Paul Geyer from Sacramento State were named Co-Midfielders of the Year. Defensive Player of the Year was awarded to Roy Boateng from UC Davis and Henrik Regitnig from CSUN was named Goalkeeper of the Year. Coach of the Year went to Dwayne Shaffer of the North Division Champion, UC Davis. -- Noozhawk

After Three Decades, This Westlake Corner Store Continues To Reinvent Itself

While the torch has been passed on day-to-day operations, the Kenneth’s influence reverberates throughout the store, from small details such as the futon still parked in the upstairs office, to big ones, like the fact that in 33 years, the shop has never been robbed. While the younger Lee had no plans to take over the family store — he graduated with a business degree from California State University Northridge and planned to start his own clothing line — he ended up working at Sam’s in large part because his dad asked him to. -- LA Weekly

Getting People With Disabilities Involved in the Maker Movement

“DIYAbility encourages makers to focus on what people can do, instead of on what they can’t,” Schimmel says. He spoke about the organization at this year’s CSUN Assistive Technologies Conference, in San Diego, which The Institute attended. -- The Institute

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