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Justin Williams, an Interdisciplinary Studies major at Humboldt State University, has won first place and a nearly $1,000 prize in a major international essay competition on environmental politics, inaugurated by Keele University in Staffordshire, the United Kingdom.

People with social support have fewer cardiovascular and immune problems, HSU Associate Professor of Psychology Tasha Howe tells the online publication WebMD.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three-year, $610,917 grant to the Computing Science Department at Humboldt State University (HSU) to finance the Coalition for American Indians in Computing (CAIC) project, one of only 12 such projects funded nationally among the 104 grant proposals submitted to the foundation.

Accepting the recommendation of the Faculty Awards Committee of Humboldt State University's Academic Senate, President Rollin Richmond has named Dr. Christina Accomando, Associate Professor of English, Ethnic Studies, and Women’s Studies, Outstanding Professor 2006-2007.

Honoring Humboldt State University's teamwork with the Open Source Learning Management System popularly known as Moodle, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has given HSU a one-year, $100,000 Technology Collaboration Award.

Humboldt State University students, along with school administration, staff and faculty members, collected and donated a record 2,202 pounds of food during this year’s HSU Holiday Food Drive to support the efforts of Food For People, Humboldt County’s food bank.

Economist and author Christopher Thornberg will discuss real estate bubbles and California's economic growth as part of Humboldt State University's Department of Economics Occasional Lecture Series on Thursday, Nov. 30, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Science A 564.

The R.V. Coral Sea may have been completed in 1973, but she's not exactly feeling her age just yet. In fact, these days the Humboldt State-owned research vessel is breaking in a brand-new set of new low-pollutant engines.

Humboldt State University has been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, With Distinction for Hurricane Relief Service. Nationwide, more than 500 colleges applied for the President's Honor Roll in its inaugural year, and Humboldt State was one of 141 colleges and universities honored for distinguished community service and Hurricane Katrina Relief.

"There is no more remarkable strip of crust on earth than that where the great rivers of eastern Tibet almost jostle each other in their eagerness to escape from the roof of the world…Deep down in their troughs they rage," so said British botanist, F. Kingdon Ward, in 1922.

HSU Geography Department lecturer Chris Haynes and 20 geography students spent an entire weekend exploring Lava Beds National Monument.

HSU's Service Learning Center has recently been awarded a $50,000, 3-year grant from California Campus Compact to serve as the Northern California regional leader in the Youth to College (Y2C) Initiative, which aims to increase college readiness among youth from disadvantaged situations.

Dr. Stephen Sillett, Professor and Kenneth L. Fisher Chair in Redwood Forest Ecology at Humboldt State University, recently measured and verified that Hyperion—a 379.1-foot tall redwood tree, is truly the world's tallest living tree. Hyperion is the largest of three redwoods discovered this summer, which eclipse the previous world record holder, a 370.5-foot tall redwood dubbed Stratosphere Giant.

Humboldt State University junior Sarah Cole has received a $3,000 Hearst/CSU Trustees Award for Outstanding Achievement for 2006-2007.

The National Science Foundation has awarded $499,943 to finance Humboldt State University's new Scientific Leadership Scholars Program, beginning October 1, 2006.

HSU communications professor Dr. Maxwell Schnurer was featured on CIUT 89.5FM Toronto radio on Tuesday, September 26.

Two recent HSU Geography graduates took the top undergraduate prize at the annual Association of Pacific Coast Geographers meeting, September 6 through 8 in Eugene, Oregon.

President Rollin Richmond and Interim Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Chris Hopper announce Dr. Stephen C. Sillett, Kenneth L. Fisher Chair in Redwood Forest Ecology, as the Scholar of the Year for 2006.

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded another five-year, $1.79 million grant to Humboldt State University to help youngsters in grades six through 12 in Humboldt County who come from under-represented backgrounds and show potential for higher education.

Humboldt State University hosted a public research symposium, featuring undergraduate research projects developed by participants of this summer';s eight-week HSU-hosted Research Experience for Undergraduates: Role Model in Sciences program (REU-RMS), on July 24, 2006.

This fall, Humboldt State wildlife professor Matt Johnson will be heading to Jamaica -- thanks to a National Geographic Society grant -- to study insect-eating birds on Jamaican coffee farms.

Humboldt State University and Xi'an International Studies University (XISU), People's Republic of China, have signed five milestone accords that lay the groundwork for sweeping collaboration.

Dale Thornburgh, Professor Emeritus of Silviculture and Ecosystem Management at Humboldt State University's Department of Forestry and Watershed Management, has won the 2005 Sequoia Award for “his pioneering practice of sustainable forestry.

A research team of ten Humboldt State University students celebrated the culmination of a study analyzing girls' decisions to study math and sciences -- and how those relate to future career goals -- by hosting the 64 participating local high school girls for a party and raffle on campus June 10.

Paul Burgess, the Humboldt State University alumnus recognized for his pioneering work in computer software and land mine clearance, has received a $1,000 award for his master's thesis in applied mathematics, completed this spring.