In honor of Veterans Day, we asked Sen. Caroline Menjivar, Marine Corps veteran, to reflect on the holiday, her experience as a Matador student veteran and what it means to be a veteran today. Here are highlights of the conversation with CSUN Newsroom.

Actress, author, Emmy-winning host and social media personality Tabitha Brown is the featured speaker at the next “Salon Series” event hosted by California State University, Northridge’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. 

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.