Raising a child has always been expensive but with high inflation and a surge in the price of everyday essentials, some households are drowning as childcare costs add to their laundry list of expenses.

The series received more than 350 submissions from students across Southern California. Only 33 were selected as finalists, including four made by CSUN students as their culminating projects. The films will be aired on PBS SoCal, Chan. 28, beginning Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 10 p.m. 

Joshua trees are a vital part of the Mojave Desert ecosystem. California State University Northridge evolutionary biologist professor Jeremy Yoder is hoping a new exhibition at the Lancaster Museum of Art and History will draw attention to the endangered species.

California State University, Northridge microbiologist Cristian Ruiz Rueda has dedicated his career to developing novel ways of preventing and treating infectious diseases caused by bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics. 

Documentaries will take the spotlight in California State University, Northridge’s Fall 2024 Cinematheque series, which begins September 18th and runs through December 4th. The Wednesday night screenings are free and open to the public.

There are more than 4,000 nonprofits in the San Fernando Valley and, if Alejandra Acuña has her way, California State University, Northridge faculty, staff and students will be working with each and every one of those organizations to ensure they are successful in transforming the communities they serve.

Whether we like it or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay. As long as we understand its limitations, California State University, Northridge psychology professor Ellie Kazemi said AI has the potential to help bridge social service and education gaps in underserved communities.

They risked their lives in the fight for a better economic future for farmworkers and recognition that the men, women and children who picked produce in America’s fields were human beings and deserved to be treated with respect.

“Esperanza y Dignidad: The Farmworker Movement”, comisariada por el Tom & Ethel Bradley Center de la Universidad Estatal de California en Northridge, capta los rostros de cientos de hombres y mujeres que integraron el movimiento. La exposición se inaugura esta semana en el Museo de Justicia Social, en el centro de Los Ángeles.

California State University, Northridge marine biologist Peter Edmunds has been able demonstrate, with data meticulously collected over nearly 40 years along the coral reefs off St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, that those “acute” events, combined with the “thousand cuts” caused by rising ocean temperatures are damaging the marine ecosystems that once helped corals thrived.