Pasadena Tournament of Roses to Host Free World Music Day Events
Workshop presenters will include Ping Ho, Founder and Director of Arts & Healing Initiative and Co-developer of Beat the Odds; Mike DeMenno, Manager of Recreational Music Activities at Remo, Inc. and Co-developer of Beat the Odds; Hilary Yip, Chair of Music Therapy Department at California State University, Northridge; and Cory Hills, multi-percussionist, composer, Grammy Award winning artist, and creator of Percussive Storytelling. -- Pasadena Now
CSUN Remembers Lecturer, Civil Rights Icon James M. Lawson
Longtime California State University, Northridge lecturer and pioneering civil rights activist, the Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., has died, at the age of 95. Lawson was a mainstay of the CSUN campus since 2010. He taught theories and practices of nonviolent activism as part of the Civil Discourse and Social Change initiative, an effort dedicated to promoting ideas of community involvement, as well as social and justice related activism. In the 1960s, Lawson was a close adviser and friend to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and traveled with him to the southern United States to train people in the ways of peaceful protests in the struggle for civil rights. -- SCV News
Trouble dead ahead: Acidifying oceans harm tropical corals
Porites reefs, say scientists Peter Edmunds and Robert Carpenter of California State University at Northridge, are among the most sensitive of all corals. Edmunds, Carpenter and Steve Doo of the University of Hawaii published results in the journal Limnology and Oceanography revealing the consequences of ocean acidification. The reefs may not be able to grow and reproduce. -- National Science Foundation
Warning: Tropical Corals at Risk from Acidifying Oceans
Porites reefs, say scientists Peter Edmunds and Robert Carpenter of California State University at Northridge, are among the most sensitive of all corals. Edmunds, Carpenter and Steve Doo of the University of Hawaii published results in the journal Limnology and Oceanography revealing the consequences of ocean acidification. The reefs may not be able to grow and reproduce. -- Mirage News
NASA lets university students solve issues
Students from California State University, Northridge, who are part of the university’s Autonomy Research Center, displayed and discussed their research with posters highlighting the technology they developed at a recent event at Edwards Air Force Base. A Mars science helicopter, mini rovers for science exploration, and 3D printed sulfur concrete for Mars habitats are some of their projects, and they answered questions from experts in the field on May 23 at the Air Force Test Pilot School auditorium. -- Antelope Valley Press
Student Protests Raise Questions and Inspire Hope, CSUN Prof Says
While the academic year winds down, Antastasiia Timmer, an assistant professor of criminology and justice studies at California State University, Northridge, said student activism over the war in Gaza is not over. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
CSUN Prof Gives TEDx Talk on Creating a Unified Framework for Psychotherapy
With the stigma around mental health shifting, conversations about therapy are becoming increasingly popular. However, those who seek mental health counseling know finding a therapist or an ideal therapy approach isn’t always easy. -- SCV News
Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, June 13-20
SoCal Sound Benefest: The SoCal Sound, 88.5-FM (California State University, Northridge (KCSN) and Saddleback College (KSBR) linked together adult, album and alternative radio station), hold a fundraising concert with Pete Yorn, Jade Bird, Cayucas, JEMS, and special guest Jackson Browne, 8 p.m. June 15. Tickets $29 and up. Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. www.thesocalsound.org/ -- Los Angeles Daily News
Rev. James M Lawson, Jr., bellwether of nonviolence in the civil rights movement
When Vanderbilt University sponsored a three-day Freedom Ride commemorative program in 2007 Lawson participated. A year before this event, during a graduation ceremony, the university apologized for its treatment of him and he later returned to teach at the college. His papers were donated to Vanderbilt in 2013. For several years he served as a visiting scholar at California State University Northridge (CSUN), where he taught a semester-long course on nonviolence. -- New York Amsterdam News
Ventura College Foundation Distributes Over $636,000 In Scholarships
Gabrielle MacNeill of Simi Valley, a member of the Ventura College water polo and swim teams, is transferring to Cal State Northridge in the Fall. She received multiple scholarships including the Miriam and Henry Schwab Memorial Aquatics Scholarship given to students involved in aquatics. A swim instructor, she teaches kids with physical and cognitive disabilities. MacNeill will major in psychology and possibly obtain a master’s degree in occupational therapy to continue her work helping kids. -- Moorpark Patch
Soraya Season Ranges From Randy Newman’s Faust to Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
To open the 2024–2025 season for The Soraya, the performing arts center at California State University, Northridge, Newman is fashioning an all-new concert version of the score. His take on the classic tale of soul-selling is set for performances Sept. 28 and 29, cast to be announced. -- San Francisco Classical Voice