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SCMI Pursuing a Mission of Research and Education
April 23, 2013
Category: A Closer Look
Tags: Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State L.A., CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU Fullerton, CSU Long Beach, CSU Northridge, CSU San Bernardino, CSU San Marcos, marine biology
Students participating in lab and field research during the CSU Marine Biology Semester
The Southern California Marine Institute (SCMI) —a consortium of 11 Southern California universities, including eight CSU campuses—has been providing marine research and education support to the CSU for over 15 years. Committed to offering marine expertise and hands-on field experience to students, the SCMI develops science education programs, facilitates research in marine science, and works with university and community members to execute environment monitoring projects.
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A World of Possibilities
October 31, 2011
Category: A Closer Look
Tags: Biotechnology, CSU Fullerton, CSU San Bernardino, CSUPERB, San Diego State, stem cells
A group of CSU students* (from Fullerton, San Bernardino and San Diego) assemble on the dais after attending a session on the role of stem cells in neurological function and disorders
Science thrives at the edge of what’s possible. Pushing the boundary leads to discovery and to solutions for intractable human problems. One field pushing the boundary is biotechnology, especially in the area of stem cell research related to regenerative medicine. California State University students and faculty united with fellow explorers this month in Pasadena as part of the 2011 World Stem Cell Summit.
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine sponsored the CSU participants. The participating CSU students conduct research in stem cell related fields through the Bridges to Stem Cell Research programs. CIRM has awarded CSU funding for 13 Bridges programs. This allows students to benefit from the faculty expertise and lab facilities at CSU and partner universities. Read more »
Zzyzx: The CSU’s Scientific Oasis
August 15, 2011
Category: A Closer Look
Tags: biology, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State L.A., CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU Fullerton, CSU Long Beach, CSU Northridge, CSU San Bernardino, Desert Studies Center, geology, science education, student research
If you’ve made the journey from Southern California to Las Vegas, you’ve probably seen the sign for Zzyzx, the I-15 exit somewhere in between Barstow and Baker, California—about 175 miles from Los Angeles. Curious motorists pass by it, wondering what actually exists beyond it and who would dwell in this inhospitable and desolate place.
The answer would be desert researchers, of course. Zzyzx -pronounced “zy-zicks”- is an ideal location for these folks because it’s home to the CSU Desert Studies Center, a rich research resource in the Mojave.
Coming at obesity from many angles
June 2, 2011
Category: News & Notes
Tags: Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State L.A., CSU Bakersfield, CSU Chico, CSU Fullerton, CSU Long Beach, CSU Northridge, CSU San Bernardino, health, obesity, San Diego State
Via research, outreach, CSU tackles weighty issue in labs, communities
It takes a ton of effort, coming from many directions, to tackle a big problem like obesity.
According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, 34 percent of Americans age 20 and older are obese and another 34 percent are overweight. Nearly 20 percent of youths ages 6 to 19 in the U.S. are obese, triple the rate of a generation ago.
Using strategies informed by biochemical, health and other research, efforts to reverse those trends focus on two key tactics:
- Help people make smart food choices.
- Help people be more physically active.
While First Lady Michelle Obama and others take the lead nationally, students and faculty from around the California State University advance the cause through community outreach and research projects.
San Diego State University health psychologist James Sallis was among roughly a dozen experts invited to the White House in July 2009 to brief Obama as she prepared to launch her campaign against child obesity. Read more »
Illustrating an eon – or a frog
April 29, 2011
Category: A Closer Look
Tags: Cal State L.A., community, CSU Chico, CSU East Bay, CSU Monterey Bay, CSU San Bernardino, Fresno State, Humboldt State, science education
Natural-history exhibits showcase CSU’s museum-quality talents
Expect to spot naturalists sketching on napkins – and fine art on the walls – at the opening reception for “Illustrating Nature” Friday, May 6.
The annual exhibit of work by students in the CSU Monterey Bay Science Illustration Program, it will be on display at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History through June 4. (The public is invited to an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at the museum, 165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove.)
One of several current connections between CSU campuses and science museums, “Illustrating Nature” will display 63 artworks and sketchbooks depicting Costa Rican poison dart frogs, a gravel ghost wildflower, Neanderthal jewelry production and other phenomena and organisms. 
The detailed pieces are derived from pen and ink, scratchboard, colored pencil, watercolor, gouache, acrylic and digital media. Each piece is paired with a specimen from the museum’s collection.
Once sent to the moon, fuel cells rising in the CSU
April 19, 2011
Category: A Closer Look
Tags: Cal State L.A., CSU East Bay, CSU Northridge, CSU San Bernardino, energy, fuel cells, Humboldt State, research, San Francisco State, sustainability
‘Clean-energy,’ hydrogen projects
fuel power plants and vehicles,
foster research and learning
NASA sent fuel cells to the moon and back to provide Apollo spacecrafts “clean” electricity and, for astronauts, the handy byproduct of pure water.
In the decades since, pioneering faculty and students in the California State University have sent fuel cells around the block and into the sky, as power sources for innovative street vehicles at Humboldt State University and for unmanned aircraft at California State University, Los Angeles.
And at CSU Northridge, a 1-megawatt fuel-cell power plant generates 
electricity for university facilities – and cogenerates surplus heat to warm buildings and to heat water for various uses (including the swimming pool). Other byproducts support a simulated sub-tropical rainforest. (A 1 Mw plant can provide power for about 1,200 average homes in the U.S.)
These and other research, education, outreach and energy-infrastructure projects in the CSU are advancing the use of fuel cells as a viable source of clean energy for a range of purposes, from a hypothetical apartment complex in Santa Monica to an emerging research institute in the United Arab Emirates. Read more »
Where Research Waters Flow
March 9, 2011
Category: A Closer Look
Tags: agriculture, CSU San Bernardino, Fresno State, research, Water, WRPI
From floods to droughts, from ag to urban,
WRPI links CSU expertise to hydro issues
By Sean Kearns, CSU Public Affairs
Ask David Zoldoske, “What’s the biggest misconception Californians have about water?”
Before taking half a breath, he’ll tell you: “That we have enough of it. Absolutely. That’s it.”
Zoldoske is executive director of the California State University’s Water Resources Policy Inititatives, a systemwide multidisciplinary network that brings CSU expertise and resources to bear upon key issues of water management, policy and quality. Read more »
