California State University, Northridge will celebrate Africana Studies Week beginning Friday, Nov. 1, with a special plaque commemoration of the founding faculty of the department, and will culminate the celebration on Monday, Nov. 4 with a lecture and alumni panel discussion. 

California State University Northridge’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences will host CSUN’s third annual BikeFest on Sunday, Nov. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. BikeFest is free and open to the public.

Celebrating alumni success for Hispanic Heritage Month: Giovanni Batz ’08 (Political Science), an assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UC Santa Barbara. reflects on his time at CSUN and how it set him on his career path.

CSUN’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences will host the university’s third annual BikeFest on Sunday, Nov. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. BikeFest is free and open to the public.

Renford Reese, a political science professor at Cal Poly Pomona, set up a scholarship fund to honor beloved CSUN political science professor Boris Ricks.

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.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that cities can enforce bans on homeless people sleeping on sidewalks and other public outdoor spaces, a decision that will particularly resonate in cities like Los Angeles, where homeless encampments remain a major issue.

As several states pass laws limiting discussions regarding critical race theory (CRT), researchers at California State University, Northridge have outlined how the academic framework can better help connect the most vulnerable unhoused individuals to their needs.

While some downtown areas have nearly returned to or even exceeded their pre-pandemic foot traffic rates, cities with downtowns that exclusively catered to office workers are struggling to recover as remote and hybrid work has become increasingly popular.