Chemistry master’s student Samantha “Sammie” Ellis and undergraduate astrophysics major Jesus Poblano recently received one of the most competitive and prestigious awards for students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
Regardless of the obstacles or the time it took to navigate them, members of the graduating class of 2025 said California State University, Northridge was there when they needed it and made it possible for them to achieve their academic dreams.
With the help of their own TARDIS, CSUN’s environmental biologists have been studying climate change’s impact on the state’s iconic toyon plants — popularly known as “Christmas Berry” or “California Holly” — to get an understanding of chaparral and oak woodland communities’ resiliency.
On a crisp February evening, the University Library lawn transformed into a window to the universe as nearly 150 students and community members gathered for a Star Party.
San Fernando Valley artist Jack Doehring established scholarship and research funds to honor his late mother and aunt.
Numbers tell a story. California State University, Northridge mathematics professor Maria D’Orsogna is hoping that the recent study she and her colleagues did on alcohol-related deaths in the United States will serve as a resource for policymakers and community members working to reduce alcohol-related harm.
As a changing climate continues to warm the planet and thaws ancient permafrost, some people are concerned that long-dormant pathogens, or “zombie viruses,” could emerge from the newly thawed ground, unleashing new epidemics or pandemics on the world.
Southern California’s iconic Joshua trees are in bloom, and California State University, Northridge’s environmental biologists are asking the public’s help in figuring out why and what it means for the trees’ future.
It may still be a few years off, but California State University, Northridge biology professor Rachel Mackelprang is part of a team of scientists who are developing safety protocols for when samples collected from the martian surface by NASA’s Perseverance rover or other missions are brought to Earth.