CSUN: Are you Aware? – Magic Mushrooms
November 28, 2017
We asked CSUN students if they were aware of the possible decriminalization of hallucinogenic mushrooms. We also got an experts opinion from a CSUN Biology professor.
CSUN increases the number of impacted majors
January 18, 2017
CSUN has added several new majors to its list of impacted departments in order to control the amount of incoming students and better manage the resources available to current students. Starting fall 2017, biology, communication studies, health administration, public health, and radiological sciences...
Letter to the editor: don’t forget the social sciences
October 8, 2015
While I appreciate the passion and emphasis behind your September 24th editorial (“Time to make science popular”), I’m concerned about its limited conception of what science includes. A focus on “chemistry, biology, physics and astronomy” ignores systematic inquiries in...
Letter to the editor: science will surely drive us into a brighter future
October 6, 2015
I was delighted to see the editorial “Time to make science popular.” Such attention at CSUN is rare. I agree that science needs to be accessible to the public, including to non-science majors at CSUN. We live in an age of science, with extraordinary advances being made almost every day. Yo...
Editorial: a double standard at the expense of science education
September 23, 2015
Descended from religion and philosophy, science is what has kept societies from suicidal destruction for centuries. The science buildings at CSUN prove our progress and innovation. While the prestigiousness of the chemistry, biology, physics and astronomy fields are rightfully served, a sense of offering...
Student collapses and dies of cardiac arrest at SRC
October 6, 2013
A memorial service will be held for CSUN student Michael Ahmad Jabali who died of cardiac arrest in the Student Recreation Center (SRC) last Monday. Jabali was last seen running around the SRC indoor track on the third floor where he collapsed. Nicole Karaan, president of the Lebanese Student Asso...
Biology students tag turtles in Orange Grove census
March 27, 2011
In the middle of the orange grove, there is a pond. In that pond there is a population of red-eared slider-turtles. Biology 512, taught by Robert Espinoza, is a class on herptology, or the study of reptiles and amphibians. The class went out to capture, measure, tag, mark, log, and release the animals...
$1.6 million grant to help biology students
January 20, 2010
CSUN received a $1.6 million grant from the Californian Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) that will enable the training of undergraduate and graduate students for careers in stem cell biology. The grant will give an opportunity to six graduate and four undergraduate students to intern at...