Cassidy Henry wanted to attend the University of California at Los Angeles since she was a 13-year-old growing up in Pennsylvania. Born in Ransom, a dwindling manufacturing town, Henry’s dream was put on temporary hiatus as a high school senior after being admitted to every UC campus she applied...

The air is filled with the smell of gas, hot metal, cleaning solution and new rubber tires. Sparks fly, as blocks of metal are molded into solenoids, shafts, gears and carbon fiber wheels. In this state-of-the-art California State University, Northridge mechanical engineering classroom, students work...

College of the Canyons will be opening a weekly culinary arts café at the Valencia campus this summer, the college announced. The café will be open on Thursdays from June 25 to July 30. Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. I am excited for our café production class to run a ‘live’ restaurant to give...

A team led by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed nanostructures made from a compound of three metals that increases the efficiency and durability of fuel cells while lowering the cost to produce them. Their solution addresses vexing problems...

Diane Domeyer In an age where technology and media are woven into the fabric of the modern workplace, digital literacy is a crucial element in even entry-level jobs. The two-day Digital Media Educators Conference hosted by College of the Canyons June 11 and 12, which has attracted faculty from across...

Dr. Yi Li California State University, Northridge President Dianne F. Harrison announced today the appointment of Dr. Yi Li as CSUN’s provost and vice president for academic affairs beginning July 20, 2015. Li brings more than three decades of higher education leadership, including award-winning research,...

For nearly 30 years, Keith S. Goldstein has stood in the wings like a proud parent cheering on his students at KCSN-FM as they racked up hundreds of professional local, regional, state and national awards. His students finally got the chance recently to reciprocate when the parent-instructor-news director...

College of the Canyons will honor its 2015 graduating class – the largest in school history — during the college’s 46th annual commencement ceremony, being held at 8:30 a.m. Friday, June 5, in the college’s Honor Grove, located on the Valencia campus. The scene of many graduations and other college...

Jennifer Mnookin, a nationally renowned evidence law scholar who has held key administrative positions at the UCLA School of Law, has been appointed the school’s dean, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh announced Thursday. Mnookin, the David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Professor of...

Wounded Warrior Project has approved a $15.7 million grant over three years for UCLA Health to expand its Operation Mend program. The grant will fund a new, intensive structured treatment program for service members suffering from mild traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. The Operation...