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CSUN Solar Observatory Celebrates Move to New Home
CSUN’s solar observatory has returned to the campus. Photo by Richard Chambers It is one of only a dozen solar observatories in the country and one of the oldest still in use. On March 15, the San...
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CSUN Planetarium Presents New Perspectives on the Night Sky
The projector in the center of the Donald E. Bianchi Planetarium simulates the current night sky for visitors of this semester’s planetarium shows. Photo courtesy of Jan Dobias. Spanish major Day...
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CSUN Celebrates Solar Observatory’s New Home on Campus
California State University, Northridge has a new eye on the sky, and it’s zeroed in on the sun. The university celebrated the opening and dedication of its solar observatory in a ceremony March 15 on...
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CSUN VEX Robotics Club Qualifies for World Championship
California State University, Northridge mechanical engineering junior Steven Paqueo has been involved with robotics since the fifth grade, when his mother convinced him to participate in the VEX...
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CSUN Students Present Their Innovative Apps at Second Annual AppJam Showcase
California State University, Northridge students Navin Row, Ali Saeed-Alqahtani, Ryan Duckworth and Harout Ter-Papyan approached their entry into the second annual AppJam Showcase — a contest where...
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Students’ Creative Talents, Innovation and Hard Work Highlighted at Seventh...
Unmanned aerial vehicles, a steel bridge, a social networking website for gamers, a concrete canoe and a human-powered tricycle — all these incredible creations and more were on display at the Seventh...
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CSUN Seismology Professor Looks to Past to Understand Current, Future Fault...
California State University, Northridge geology professor Julian Lozos has a history with earthquakes. His research on a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that occurred in 1812 in the Inland Empire used...
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CSUN Strikes Gold in National Higher Ed Sustainability Ranking
CSUN volunteers help add more plants to the campus food garden on Sustainability Day, in October 2015. Photo by Lee Choo. After years of planning and contributions from dozens of faculty and staff...
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CSUN Connects to Local Community Through Robotics Academy
Students at Canoga Park High School, Columbus Middle School and Hart Street Elementary in the San Fernando Valley are diligently working on their latest homework assignment — to build a robot. With...
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CSUN Prof Named First Latina Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
California State University, Northridge biology professor MariaElena Zavala has been named the first Latina Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB). The ASPB is a professional...
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CSUN Marine Biology Program Studies Effects of El Niño on Coral Reefs
While people across the Pacific coastline have been pelted with the torrential downpour of El Niño, California State University, Northridge biology professor and coral reef expert Peter Edmunds delved...
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CSUN Students ‘Beat the Quake’ with Puzzle Room
California State University, Northridge’s Department of Police Services invited students, faculty and staff to Beat the Quake on April 28 at the Bayramian Lawn. The event featured campus and community...
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CSU Students Present Year-Long Math Research Projects at CSUN Symposium
California State University, Northridge hosted students and faculty from seven other California State Universities for the PUMP Research Symposium on April 23 in Live Oak Hall. Preparing...
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CSUN Students Develop Lean Manufacturing Solutions for New Horizons
CSUN manufacturing systems engineering professor Shereazad Jimmy Gandhi and his students work on the efficiency of New Horizons’ manufacturing systems. Photo courtesy of Roschell Ashley. This spring,...
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Third-Annual Rally in the Valley Showcases Elementary School Robotics Projects
California State University, Northridge hosted the third-annual Rally in the Valley event May 7 in Redwood Hall, to showcase technology and engineering-related projects of more than 200 elementary...
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CSUN Geology Professor Studies Environmental Change in Grasslands
CSUN geology professor Jennifer Cotton depicts the different areas in North America affected by vegetation change. Photo by Ruth Saravia. What do old bison hair, teeth and bones have to do with...
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CSUN Engineering Students Take First at the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge
California State University, Northridge mechanical engineering students dominated the field at the 2016 American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ (ASME) Human Powered Vehicle Challenge last month in...
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CSUN’s VEX Robotics Club Scores Fifth Place at Robotics World Championship
California State University, Northridge’s VEX Robotics club scored fifth place at the VEX Robotics World Championship recently in Louisville, Ky. From more than 200 VEX Robotics teams worldwide, only...
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CSUN’s Larry Allen Honored for His Contributions to the Scientific Knowledge...
Larry Allen (right) and fellow marine biologist Daniel Pondella, who presented Allen with the Wheeler North Award. Photo courtesy of Larry Allen. Larry Allen, a respected authority on California’s...
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CSUN Graduate Wins Prestigious Science Fellowship
When Ryan Davis ’15 (Biology) was in high school, he didn’t even consider going to college. He grew up in a troubled household in Northridge with a father who was addicted to drugs and a mother who...
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