Photo courtesy of The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, New York. In the late 1990s, creators at Mattel decided it was time to make a Barbie doll devoted to the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Who better to advise the El Segundo-based toymaker than the staff at California State University,...

California State University, Northridge head men’s basketball coach Andy Newman has announced the addition of Bobby Brown to the Matador staff. A former NBA player and Big West Freshman of the Year, Brown will serve as director of Player Development this upcoming season. “I am really excited...

CUREE is about three-feet long and kind of looks like a complicated, convoluted video camera. This intrepid underwater robot may help California State University, Northridge marine biologist Peter Edmunds find clues for protecting vanishing coral species in the reefs of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Edmunds...

Authentic Armenian books, medals, personal letters, photos, autobiography manuscripts and translated documents can be found in a special collection at the California State University, Northridge’s University Library. An array of memorabilia and historical artifacts belonging to the late Armenian immigrant,...

Like detectives tracking down clues in a decades-old cold case, a team of researchers led by California State University, Northridge geologists have blown a hole into the long-accepted hypothesis that the Rocky Mountains were born by a single collision between tectonic plates, or pieces of the Earth’s...

Trevor Olson has joined the California State University, Northridge women’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Carlene Mitchell announced on Friday. Olson comes to CSUN after spending six seasons at his alma mater, the University of San Diego. Olson helped the Toreros reach the...

While politicians and even some colleges ponder the value of a liberal arts-based education, Jeffery Reeder, dean of California State University, Northridge’s College of Humanities, has no doubt that the lessons taught in those classes lay the foundation for society and provide graduates with the...

California State University Athletics is mourning the passing of former football All-American Joe Vaughn. Vaughn, who was a defensive back on the Matador football team from 1993-94, passed away on July 9 at the age of 50. A 6-foot, 200-pound senior safety from Sylmar High, Vaughn was the first Cal State...

The dream of playing professional baseball was realized for three members of the California State University Baseball team. Senior right-handed pitcher Lucas Braun and redshirt sophomore catcher Graysen Tarlow heard their names called at the 2023 MLB First-Year Player Draft, while junior right-handed...

Los Angeles State Historic Park sits just north of Chinatown on a stretch of land that once housed the train station where new arrivals to Los Angeles from the East first disembarked. The park includes green spaces where families can kick around a ball, host picnics and fly kites. Visitors can enjoy...