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.
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.
Newsrooms, most corporate owned, across the country have dramatically downsized and even disappeared as the internet and social media offer alternative ways to find out what’s going in the world.
For years, pundits have been ringing the death knell for Hollywood, claiming that the movie industry is on its last legs, unable to survive competition from streaming services and online content. CSUN film professor Nate Thomas said that is not going to happen.
Host Carmen Ramos Chandler continues her conversation with Irvin Rendon, manager of CSUN’s DREAM Center, which provides resources and services to undocumented students, mixed status families, staff, faculty, allies and future undocumented students while fostering a more inclusive campus community.
Sometimes, it’s the little things that can stand in the way of a student truly fulfilling their career dreams.