In a laboratory in the basement of California State University, Northridge’s Eucalyptus Hall, associate professor of physics Sattar Taheri-Araghi and his students are setting out on an ambitious project to understand how antimicrobial peptides act under conditions that closely resemble real infections.

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.

Growing up, Stevie Ruiz was always astonished by how much his mother, a janitor for the California State Parks system, knew about the history and ecology of the land she was caring for. Yet park visitors always turned to a park ranger, not her, with their questions.

California State University, Northridge has launched a new podcast series, “Sustainability Stories” that highlights community leaders, educators, artists, entrepreneurs and community builders who are creating meaningful change.

What does the future hold? California State University, Northridge is opening its doors to high school and community college students to explore their answers to that question on Friday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the annual CSUN Open House.

The first step in dealing with burnout is acknowledging that you are burned out, says California State University, Northridge professor Shyrea Minton.

When we get sick, we get a fever. We’ve been taught that a rising temperature means your immune system is actively fighting off an infection. But what does that mean at the most basic core of your body, your genes? Michael Abdelsayed hopes to find out, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is backing his efforts.

Officials with California State University, Northridge’s Global HSI Equity Innovation Hub are hoping to elevate the power of that intergenerational knowledge with the launch of “Culture is Currency,” the hub’s inaugural national STEAM innovation challenge, with 18 Hispanic-serving institutions across seven states, including California, Arizona, Texas, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico and Florida.

California State University, Northridge is partnering with the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education to conduct the Propel Regional Training for news editors and managers across the state on Oct. 22-24 in Burbank.

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.