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‘Hansel and Gretel’ the Musical,’ and more 2017 family fun fare
Tickets for “Hansel and Gretel” are available at the theatre box office, online at ValleyPerforming ArtsCenter.org or by calling 818-677-3000; The Valley Performing Arts Cener is located at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge. -- Gardena Valley News
Screenings of Academy Award-nominated short films among movie events in the LA area
Cinematheque at Cal State Northridge: John Cassavetes Retrospective: “Faces” (1968), 7 p.m. March 2. Free. Upcoming: “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968), 7 p.m. March 9. Armer Theater in Manzanita Hall, Auditorium Room 100. 18111 Nordhoff St. www.csun.edu -- Los Angeles Daily News
“We understand each other” — An Echo Park book club for those struggling with language
The Aphasia Book Group has been meeting since 2013, according to its founders – Michael Biel, a speech pathologist who teaches at Cal State Northridge, and his wife Francie Schwarz, a public service librarian at the Echo Park Branch Library. -- The Eastside LA
Teens organize mental health panel
Now in his 20s, Nielsen is married and studying psychology at Cal State Northridge, where he plans to earn a master’s degree in social work. -- Thousand Oaks Acorn
Microaggressions, Faculty, and Academic Librarians: a study in intersectionality
At the 2016 Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library and Information Science (CIDLIS), I learned about another microaggression project spearheaded by Joy Doan and Ahmed Alwan at California State University, Northridge: Microaggressions & Academic Libraries. Joy and Ahmed are specifically examining microaggressions against academic librarians by non-library faculty or “teaching faculty.” Their project is rooted in the widely held belief that collaboration between librarians and faculty essential to the integration of the academic library into a campus community. Yet the goal of their project is to investigate the “dissatisfaction” academic librarians feel “about mistreatment by some teaching faculty.” -- ARCLog
SAS enables visually impaired to 'visualize' data
SAS Graphics Accelerator will be officially unveiled at the 32nd International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (known as CSUN) in San Diego. On March 2, SAS will host a data science lab where attendees can try out SAS Graphics Accelerator and SAS University Edition. Interested attendees should email
to register for the SAS Data Science Lab. -- Yahoo! Finance
Cryptzone Highlights Compliance and Accessibility Best Practices at CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
Cryptzone, a provider of security and compliance solutions, will unveil new web accessibility best practices at the 32nd CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in San Diego, Feb. 27-Mar. 4, 2017. In booth 109, Ken Nakata (Director of Accessibility) and Jeff Singleton (Senior Accessibility Solutions Consultant) will provide a comprehensive overview of Compliance Sheriff, Cryptzone's content-aware compliance automation solution that enables digital accessibility validation for dynamic and mobile websites. -- IT Business Net
Top Ten Unchanged In Latest Women's Varsity Top 25 Poll
Hartwick College (34 points), Harvard University (28 points), Loyola Marymount University (25 points), Wagner College (20 points), California State University, Northridge (15 points), Marist College (10 points), California State University, Bakersfield (8 points) and California Baptist University (4 points) complete the Top 25. -- USA Water Polo
UC Davis looks to end two-game slide with Big West tournament looming
The UC Davis men (16-11, 8-4) enter Thursday’s game against Cal State Northridge in second place in the Big West Conference after losing back-to-back road games last week. -- Sacramento Bee
Modern-Day ‘Hidden Figure’ Shares Her Inspiring Journey as a Female Rocket Scientist: ‘I Wanted to Own the Fact That I Was a Woman’
She went on to earn her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at California State University, Northridge, which she says is her proudest accomplishment, since she put herself through school through jobs (including part-time modeling) and scholarship money. -- People Magazine