Perusing the list of performers scheduled for the Shanghai Expo’s US Pavilion in May, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton lit up when she saw the name Cal State Northridge. Clinton remembered Northridge from her husband’s speech here in 1995 and her own campaign stop in 2008.
Who are we away from work? Meet a cross-section of Cal State Northridge faculty and staff who are as interesting and involved off-campus as they are during working hours. At CSUN, their ideas and energy are in the mix! Second in a series.
“Look up at the building and observe the windows,” College of Science and Mathematics Dean Jerry Stinner urged biology alumni, community members and other celebrants at the mid-April grand opening. The window placement, he explained, represents a kind of scientific/architectural “in joke”: their meticulous arrangement represents a DNA fingerprinting pattern on an electrophoresis gel.
In the heart of French Polynesia, a motor boat glides across a crystal lagoon, stopping at the bay’s perimeter. As the vessel rocks gently in the subsiding wake, a handful of university scientists gear up for a dive into the shallow depths. The less experienced students among them, dazzled by the treasure below, wrestle on their scuba equipment, eager to explore the ridge of colorful marine life that stretches like a jeweled necklace around the mountain island of Moorea.
Damaged hearts regenerate. Paralyzed children run again. The blind regain vision, and cancer is eradicated.
Regional Edward R. Murrow awards to date from the Radio Television Digital News Association to the university’s KCSN News Dept.
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