Campus News

Humboldt State University President Rollin Richmond and the University Senate have recognized 2012/2013 faculty honorees Mark Colwell, Sing Chew, Dan Aldag and Kathleen Doty for academic excellence.

HSU is revamping its geospatial curriculum to better prepare students for careers in the geospatial sciences.

Humboldt State University senior Jennifer Alejo has been named a 2013 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, the national coalition of almost 1,200 college and university presidents dedicated exclusively to campus-based civic engagement.

An All-Star lineup of musicians from China brings two haunting works to HSU when the Beijing Chamber Ensemble performs pieces by Beethoven and Brahms at Fulkerson Recital Hall on Tuesday April 9.

Humboldt Bay Brass Band presents “Venetians and Volcanoes” as its annual HSU concert on Friday April 5 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.

Humboldt State University's student Wildlife Team captured its 25th title in the Western Regional Quiz Bowl at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, in mid-March.

Humboldt State University will screen an award-winning documentary on the historic transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy on Monday, April 22, at 7 p.m. in the Van Duzer Theater.

Humboldt State University First Street Gallery is pleased to present The Fools of April: Paintings and Mixed Media Sculpture by David White. The exhibition will be on display from April 6th through Sunday, May 19th, 2013.

Humboldt State University First Street Gallery is pleased to present, Nature-Morphic, a solo exhibition by the artist Annabeth Rosen, April 6th through May 19th. The exhibition will feature recent works on paper and nine ceramic sculptures that Rosen has prepared for this exhibition. As the title of this exhibition suggests, Annabeth Rosen takes for her subject, morphologies, shapes, drawn from nature, while considered and reinterpreted under her poetic eye.

Award-winning mathematician Abigail Thompson of UC Davis will deliver a presentation on three-dimensional universes at the next Kieval Lecture, to be hosted by the Department of Mathematics at Humboldt State University on Thursday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 135 of the Science B building.

Humboldt State University President Rollin Richmond and faculty colleagues will host a joint leadership session March 28 of the Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group (RCTWG) and the statewide Earthquake Country Alliance (ECA) to help bolster regional awareness and preparedness.

Humboldt State will host its first Criminal Justice Dialogue exploring the need to support inmates and families of the incarcerated March 28 and 29 in the Native American Forum of the Behavioral and Social Sciences building.

The California State Student Association is seeking applications for its student trustee position, one of two student representatives to the California State University’s Board of Trustees.

Have some great photos from your Humboldt State days? Maybe a memorable story about someone who inspired you or an event that surprised you? HSU’s Centennial offers a great time to share.

Cyclists get ready. The HSU Cycling Club hosts the third annual HSU Campus Criterium on Sunday, April 7 from 7 to 1 p.m.

Humboldt State University will test its campus-wide Emergency Alert System on Thursday, March 28 from 11:45 a.m. to noon.

We all know the benefits of walking and biking to work or school: improved health, decreased pollution and an increased sense of community. But when it comes time to make the decision to walk or drive, why do so many of us chose the unhealthier alternative?

KHSU is tapping local talent for the new hosts of its weekly call-in talk show “Thursday Night Talk.”

The Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research (HIIMR) at Humboldt State University will host a lecture on recent developments in Dutch Drug Policy by Sociology and Legal Studies Professor Craig Reinarman of the University of California-Santa Cruz on Monday, March 25 at 5:30 p.m. in the Native American Forum, Room 162, adjoining the Behavioral and Social Sciences building.

Eminent Humboldt activist and White House honoree Betty Chinn will be the keynote speaker at Humboldt State University’s first-ever Pan-Asian Pacific Islander Perspectives Festival on campus, March 25-30.

Famed civil rights activist and United Farm Workers of America co-founder Dolores Huerta will discuss farm worker’s rights, community organization and marginalized communities Tuesday, March 12 a 7 p.m. in HSU’s Van Duzer Theatre.

The Department of Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies is seeking proposals for its 2012-2013 Women’s Enrichment Fund Grant Competition.

For the sixth time in seven years, Humboldt State University has received national honors for community engagement and environmental and social responsibility.

Parents take note: listening to heavy metal or other fringe music may not have as negative an effect on your kids as you may have thought.

Jon Dohlin (’92, Biology) remembers the moment Hurricane Sandy struck the New York Aquarium vividly. Shortly before 8 p.m., an 11-foot storm surge hit the Coney Island complex, engulfing the entire building with salt water.