The 1991 screenplay for “Beauty and the Beast” may have been based on the French fairy tale, but Cal State Fullerton alumna Linda Woolverton made the characters her own, as she shared during a campus visit to speak to cast members of the university’s upcoming fall production.
Give me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks and a few thousand Titans, and you have the makings of one great night of baseball at the inaugural CSUF Night at Dodger Stadium Friday. Titans cheered on the Boys in Blue wearing special event LA/CSUF hats while watching President Fram Virjee toss the ceremonial first pitch. Alums, faculty, staff and students also were treated to a special treat: CSUF opera student Danielle Priybl singing the national anthem. The Alumni Association-sponsored event was a hit with the fans, as well as former Titans and now Dodgers Justin Turner and Dylan Floro. Play Ball!
In celebration of Woodstock’s 50th anniversary, Cal State Fullerton will create a high-energy musical variety show Saturday, Sept. 21, during the university’s annual Concert Under the Stars.
Cal State Fullerton’s SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union Center for Creativity and Critical Thinking partnered with Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District to help develop the literacy skills of English learners at three elementary schools. The summer camp focused on using art and science to build students’ language skills.
High school teens are spending the summer learning algebra and math in Cal State Fullerton’s Mathematics Intensive Summer Session, known as Project MISS. The commuter program, celebrating its 30th summer, gives students the opportunity to sharpen algebraic and precalculus concepts to get ready for their next year of high school math, as well as the rigors of university-level math and related majors. The four-week program, which ends Aug. 2, has 76 female students from high schools in Orange County and the region.
Five business leaders and entrepreneurs are among the incoming members of Cal State Fullerton’s Philanthropic Board of Governors.
A team of Cal State Fullerton antibiotic-resistance researchers are one step closer to shedding light on why Acinetobacter baumannii, one of the most powerful and deadly bacterial pathogens, is so hard to eradicate in people with weakened immune systems and in hospital settings. Their latest study, published in July in Frontiers in Microbiology (Infectious Diseases section), calls attention to how this superbug is able to grow and live by adapting to its environment inside the human body.
The Desert Studies Center, located in the Mojave National Reserve, has a new station manager, Cal State Fullerton alumnus Jason Wallace, who is conducting a long-term study on the reptiles of the eastern Mojave Desert. The center is operated by the California State University’s California Desert Studies Consortium, in which Cal State Fullerton provides administrative oversight.
CSUF alum and renowned baritone Jubilant Sykes recently shared the lessons he learned while a student and professional with music students at his alma mater.
Cal State Fullerton geological sciences faculty and students have developed an audio field trip app on the magmatic and glacial geology (the geologic story) of Yosemite National Park.