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CSULB Student Receives Don Eden Graduate Student Research Award

Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) may seem like pests to most people, but their simple biologic structure makes them ideal hosts for a variety of scientific experiments. For her work in identifying a fruit fly gene that can be useful in diabetes and other biological studies, Melissa Kaye Jones from Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) received [...]

CSULB Student Recreation and Wellness Center Awarded University’s First-Ever LEED Designation

In a first for the university, the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC) at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) has been awarded a LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. It is the first-ever LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, designation given to a building at the university.

3 Teams to Represent CSULB at Moot Court Nationals

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) will be sending three teams to the American Collegiate Moot Court Association’s (ACMA) national tournament, which will be held on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13-14, at Chapman University School of Law in Orange, Calif. The teams qualified for the national tournament with their performances at the 10th Annual Western [...]

Natalie Whitlock First CSULB Student to Receive the Southern California Kaiser Fellowship

Natalie Whitlock, a graduate student at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), has become the first CSULB student to receive the Southern California Kaiser Fellowship. “I am very excited about this opportunity and am honored that I was one of six who were chosen out of over 100 applicants. Kaiser is very excited to have [...]

CSULB and CSUF Receive $525,000 Grant For Collaborative Research Project

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) have received a three-year, $525,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a collaborative research project that will focus on increasing women’s interest and retention in computer science and engineering fields and careers.

Freshman Applications to CSULB for Fall 2012 Increase by Nearly 10 Percent Over Previous Year

Already having one of the largest first-time freshman applicant pools in the nation, Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) added to those numbers this week as the fall 2012 application period came to a close. CSULB had a nearly 10 percent increase in the number of first-time freshmen (FTF) hoping to be admitted to the campus [...]

CSULB College Chapter NAACP to Host Long Beach Deputy City Manager Reginald Harrison

The CSULB College Chapter of the NAACP will host its General Membership Meeting in conjunction with Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity , and Student Organization of Life and bring guest speaker City of Long Beach Deputy City Manager Reginald Harrison.

Music Video by CSULB Student Wins Grand Prize (and $50K)

With all that went wrong during the shoot, Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) student Leah McKissock found it ironic that the song for the music video she was directing was called “Nothing is Wrong.”  Despite all the trials and tribulations, however, the final product has paid off…in a big way. McKissock, 22, a senior film [...]

Stephanie Bryson, First CSULB Graduate Awarded Rhodes Scholar

Stephanie Bryson, a 2011 graduate of California State University, Long Beach, has been named a Rhodes Scholar, the first graduate of the university to receive the internationally renowned award. The Rhodes Trust named a total of 80 recipients worldwide, 32 from the United States, in this year’s class of Rhodes Scholars who will begin their [...]

CSULB Health Science Professor Begins Work With National Advisory Committee on HIV, STD Prevention, and Treatment

Britt Rios-Ellis, a health science professor at Cal State Long Beach (CSULB), has begun her work as a member of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment.  The acronym for the committee is CHAC. In addition, Rios-Ellis has [...]