The Olympics and World Cup provide worldwide entertainment and tourist dollars to the host cities as thousands of people from all over the globe travel to watch a match. But that level of interest and demand takes a toll on both athletes and the cities, raising questions about the events’ purpose and impact, according to Chris Bolsmann, a kinesiology professor at California State University, Northridge.

California State University, Northridge’s Department of Theatre will welcome Native Voices, the only professional theatre company in the United States devoted to bringing Indigenous playwrights, on Monday, April 7, to perform “To Indigeneity and Beyond!”

Members of the public and the campus community at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) will get a chance to test-drive the latest in electric vehicles on Wednesday, April 9, at CSUN’s Institute for Sustainability’s fourth annual EV Car Show.

Known for its prior success hosting the games in 1932 and 1984, Los Angeles will become the first city to have hosted the Olympics three times, setting the stage for a historic two-week event.

As the recent Southern California wildfires have reminded us, one needs to be prepared for the unexpected, particularly as population density, urbanization and other factors continue to impact the environment around us.

CSUN political science professor Jason Morín, whose research focuses on Latino voters, explained that Trump made in-roads with conservative Latino voters who prioritized the economy and border security and were resistant to Democrats’ messaging on cultural issues.

The wildfire symposium is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March 7 at the University Student Union’s Northridge Center, on the west side of the campus off Zelzah Avenue.

“The Camp: An Opera in Two Acts,” which tells the story of the Shimono family, will open on Saturday, Feb 22, and run through Sunday, March 2.

California State University, Northridge professor Jeremy Yoder has been honored in three national scholarly societies on evolutionary biology for his work advancing equity and justice in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. 

Carefully sorting through the detritus — mostly animal bones — of an archaeological excavation that took place in Germany in the 1930s, California State University, Northridge anthropologist Hélène Rougier found inches-long bone fragments that offer a glimpse of what life was like for early modern humans more than 40,000 years ago.