In the 1980s, there was no album bigger than Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” — the biggest commercial hit in recorded music history. And there were fewer commercials bigger than the public service announcement “This Is Your Brain on Drugs.” One can hear CSUN alumnus Brian Banks ’78 (Music) on…
Two CSUN alumni have been recognized with the highest journalism honor in the country for their powerful images taken in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020. Julio Cortez ’06 (Journalism) and Ringo Chiu ’01 (Special Major) were among the 10 Associated Press (AP) photographers honored with…
Largest Individual Gift in the University’s History Represents “Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity to Advance Our Future as Leaders in Equity-Centered Student Success” California State University, Northridge President Erika D. Beck announced today that CSUN received a gift of $40 million from philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott and her husband Dan…
The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., the renowned civil rights leader and instructor affiliated with CSUN’s Civil Discourse & Social Change initiative, was recently honored by the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, the NAACP, during a ceremony broadcast on BET and numerous ViacomCBS networks. The story of American history in the 20th and 21st centuries can’t be written…
Music enriches. It entertains, empowers and enlightens. And music’s restorative power enables people to heal, both physically and mentally. The benefits of music therapy — using music to improve a client or patient’s well-being through singing, playing an instrument, composing music or movement to music — are tangible…