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Four CSUN Students Receive Scholarships to Study in China

(August 20, 2012)

Further cementing the relationship California State University, Northridge has with universities in China, Chinese government officials have awarded four CSUN alumni and students with scholarships to study in that country.

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Public Invited to Join CSUN Freshmen as They Explore ‘One Amazing Thing,’ Author to Welcome Incoming First-Year Students at Convocation

(August 13, 2012)

Members of the public are invited to join California State University, Northridge’s incoming freshmen as they take on “One Amazing Thing” as part of the university’s 2012-2013 Freshman Common Reading Program.

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CSUN Receives $1.3 Million for Programs That Encourage Students to Consider Careers in the Sciences

(August 1, 2012)

California State University, Northridge has received more than $1.3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for two innovative programs that encourage students from underrepresented communities to consider careers as biomedical researchers.

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Concert to Celebrate CSUN Professor Fermin Herrera’s Contributions to California’s Mexican American/Chicano Culture

(July 30, 2012)

Hundreds of people are expected to gather at Los Angeles’ Ford Theatres next month to celebrate the contributions of Mexican-American and Chicano performing artists to California’s richly diverse culture.

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CSUN Student Travels to Thailand to Complete Her Senior Film Project

(July 30, 2012)

California State University, Northridge senior Tara Lucia Prades knew the story she wanted to tell for her culminating film project—that of a young rose seller in the red-light district of Bangkok. She also knew that to tell the story right, she would have to film it in Thailand.

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CSUN’s Jazz Band Is Heading to the Monterey Jazz Festival

(July 26, 2012)

California State University, Northridge’s nationally acclaimed Jazz “A” Band has been selected to perform at the Monterey Jazz Festival, one of the most prestigious and longest-running jazz festivals in the world.

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Daily Sundial Students Receive Awards for their Impeccable Journalism Skills

(July 26, 2012)

California State University, Northridge’s student newspaper, The Daily Sundial, has done it again. The award-winning paper last month received two first-place awards at the annual Los Angeles Press Club banquet.

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‘Joffrey West’ Summer Dance Training at Cal State Northridge Features Mia Michaels, Mandy Moore of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’

(July 23, 2012)

Through a new partnership with California State University, Northridge, the New York City-based Joffrey Ballet School has launched “Joffrey West,” a summer dance training intensive at CSUN through July 27, 2012.

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Singing Cowboys Replace Dwarfs in the CSUN Teenage Drama Workshop World Premiere, “Snow White and the Magnificent Seven”

(July 20, 2012)

What do a fair maiden, a magical apple and seven vegetable-slinging cowboys have in common? They are making their debut in the original stage musical, “Snow White and the Magnificent Seven,” which is premiering at California State University, Northridge’s 55th annual Teenage Drama Workshop.

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It’s ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ as CSUN’s Teenage Drama Workshop Takes on One of Broadway’s First Rock ‘n’ Roll Musical Comedies

(July 18, 2012)

Broadway is coming to California State University, Northridge as the Department of Theatre’s Teenage Drama Workshop takes on the Tony Award-winning musical, “Bye Bye Birdie.”

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