A CSUN alum’s research team won a $5 million prize for its work using drones to study the Amazon rainforest ecosystem.

For 40 years, the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference has been a global leader in accessibility innovation, connecting experts, advocates, and tech pioneers.

As we turn the page to 2025, CSUN Newsroom polled our team of editors and writers (and readers!) about the stories from the past year that resonated with them. Read on for their recommendations.

Thanksgiving, “Friendsgiving” or both? We asked CSUN students about their celebrations and learned how they blend their own cultural and personal traditions to turn this holiday into unique celebrations of community,

CSUN’s Pathways to Excellence or “P2E” program is a four-week summer transition program, offered free of charge to new incoming students. Students learn about university life, take tours of the campus, and meet with peer mentors and professors.

Longtime civil rights activist Dorothy Wood Lawson died in early September, just three months following the passing of her husband, CSUN lecturer and fellow civil rights activist, Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. She was 89.