Her photos captured life in Black Los Angeles during the 1940s and ’50s. Vera Jackson, the only woman who worked in the 1940s as a staff photographer for The California Eagle — the oldest Black newspaper — captured images of weddings, society events and protests, chronicling every-day life in a community that was largely ignored by the rest of the city.

Host Carmen Ramos Chandler talks with Owen Doonan, an art historian and archaeologist at California State University, Northridge, who sees the arguments taking place in the media and online about the accuracy and authenticity of Christopher Nolan’s film “The Odyssey” as an opportunity to explore the ideas of artistic freedom and responsibility, and the malleability of myth.

Sometimes, all you want is a salad. However, especially if you’re living on the International Space Station, it’s not always that easy. The conditions, including a lack of gravity and water, can make growing leafy greens near impossible. Chhandak Basu, a biology professor at California State University, Northridge, is hoping to change that. 

During Latinx/a/o/e Heritage Month, CSUN celebrates Nuestra Gente, Raíces y Cultura — our people, roots and culture — and the many experiences and traditions that shape the university community.

Anthony Cerrato, a graduate student in social work, is this year’s CSU Trustee Emerita Claudia H. Hampton Scholarship honoree.

This resurgence has come in the form of vinyl records, CDs, cassette tapes and DVDs that were once viewed as obsolete media.