The small shells found by researchers that include California State University, Northridge anthropologist Hélène Rougier at La Roche-à-Pierrot, a prehistoric archaeological site in Saint-Césaire, France, date back more than 42,000 years, providing evidence of the oldest workshops for the manufacture of shell ornaments in that area.
California State University, Northridge’s 40th annual Powwow returns to campus on Saturday, Nov. 29, in celebration of the American Indian communities of Los Angeles County and throughout Southern California.
California State University, Northridge has once again earned a place among the nation’s top music business programs, according to Billboard magazine.
The award-winning entertainment news site TheWrap has included California State University, Northridge among the nation’s top 50 film schools of 2025, alongside such prestigious institutions as the University of Southern California, New York University and AFI Conservatory.
The CSUN Symphony Orchestra played a live-to-film concert to the movie “Toy Story,” highlighting the link between the Mike Curb College and The Soraya.
A special fall edition of the Associated Students’ “Big Show” featuring Galantis captivated the crowd on the University Library Lawn.
The band was first established in a CSUN music class in 2000, when Prof. Ric Alviso first joined CSUN’s Music department.
All film showings will take place on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the Armer Screening Room, located in Manzanita Hall.
Performers brought history to life as part of Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations with a performance of “August 29.” The play honors journalist Ruben Salazar, whose death in 1970 in East Los Angeles galvanized a generation.
Ten-time Grammy Award-winning jazz legend Arturo Sandoval is teaming up with California State University, Northridge’s music students for a live performance during a free screening of the film “For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story” on Wednesday, Sept. 24, as part of CSUN’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.