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Landscape Art On Tap at Bullen Gallery

Arcata – Contemporary landscape photography, including works by two Humboldt State University alumni, will be featured Feb. 12 through March 12 at the University’s Reese Bullen Gallery opposite Van Duzer Theater.

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From the Farm to the Dining Hall

The local, organic produce served at Humboldt State's main dining hall is fresh. In fact, if you're eating a salad in The J at noon, there's a good chance the lettuce was picked that same morning.

HSU Hosts Sustainability Leadership Drive

Arcata – Humboldt State University will host some 250 high school students in early February from the Bay Area, the Sacramento Valley and north to the Redwood Coast at a Leadership Conference in Sustainability that builds on HSU’s historical role in green initiatives.

CSSA Conducts Search for CSU Student Trustee

Long Beach, Calif.—The California State Student Association (CSSA) today opened its annual search for a Student Trustee to serve on the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees. Applications are now being accepted by the CSSA.

HSU Marks Darwin’s 200th Birthday

Arcata – Humboldt State University will celebrate the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin (1809-1882), eminent British naturalist and author of the history-making On the Origin of Species, with ceremonies on Thursday, February 12, at noon in the Lobby-Atrium of building Science B.

Opening Soon: Library Internet Café

Arcata – The Humboldt State University Library has begun construction of a full-scale Internet Café, the second phase of a multi-pronged project to furnish the campus with a 2lst century Learning Commons that bridges the print and digital worlds.

Non-profit Program Forges Friendships

Friends Anna Leeper, a junior at Humboldt State, and Rachael, a student at Zane Middle School in Eureka, Calif., have gone through a lot together over the past two years. There have been Rachael’s hair and style transformations, Anna’s hectic school schedule and the requisite discussions about boys and relationships. These shared experiences have helped Anna and Rachael grow closer and develop a friendship based on trust and having a good time.

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DNA Analysis Grows at Humboldt State

Without DNA analysis educated guesses would be the best a forensic scientist could offer, television programs like _CSI New York_ would be much less interesting and forget about identifying those ancient mummy remains.

UPD Issues Wild Animal Alert

University Police caution everyone in the campus community to be alert for encounters with wild animals, following a fox attack on a student in the Quad on Thursday evening, January 22. Though the victim was bitten on the shoe, rabies treatment has been ordered as a precaution.

HSU Seeks TRiO Mentors, Instructors

Arcata – Humboldt State University is accepting applications for resident mentors and teachers to provide tutoring and other college preparatory services at the 2009 Summer Academy financed by TRiO Upward Bound, the federally funded program that helps limited-income high school students whose parents do not have a college degree.

Animation Artist Touts Math

Arcata – Academy Award-winner Tony DeRose, senior scientist at Pixar Animation Studios and one of the major designers of Geri in the Oscar-winning short film “Geri’s Game,” will analyze the impact of the digital revolution on film making in an appearance at Humboldt State University.

HSU Hoops Travels to Finish First Half of CCAA Season

ARCATA — Finishing off the first half of the California Collegiate Athletic Association season, the Humboldt State men's and women's basketball teams travel to take on top competition in Southern California this weekend. Meanwhile, HSU's spring sports will be busy preparing for their own rapidly approaching seasons.

Birth of a Wind Ensemble January 25

“It’s something that wind players in Humboldt County have been talking about for ten years,” Kenneth Ayoob recalls. But a real wind ensemble demands thirty or more players. It just didn’t seem possible.

Professor’s Skunk Research to be on PBS

Skunks have a popularity problem. But Prof. William Wood, a chemical ecologist at Humboldt State, has spent his career focusing on how plants and animals use chemicals to communicate messages—including skunks’ famous defensive spray. Prof. Wood’s work will be featured next week on the PBS show _Nature_.

Humboldt State NOW Unveils New Features

Humboldt State NOW recently added a host of features including new options for sharing and storing articles, new ways to stay up to date on all things HSU, and a new section dedicated to University Notices, the weekly university updates you're used to seeing in your in box.

HSU Construction Projects Suspended

CSU construction projects are being halted on all 23 campuses in response to a state freeze on $600 million in general obligation and lease revenue bonds that finance the projects.

Construction Advisory

The campus community should be aware of traffic impacts and pedestrian detours related to the construction of the new College Creek Apartments and the rebuilding of the soccer field.

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Online Courses Cut Carbon Emissions

There’s a moral of sorts to this story, but it’s a little tricky. Last semester, Professor David Campbell, a psychologist at Humboldt State, taught two online courses: Psychology of Critical Thinking (PSYC 100) and the Senior Seminar (PSYC 485).

CSU to Defer Payments by Cal Grant Students

The California State University announced today that it will defer State University Fee payments for the spring 2009 term for CSU students who experience delays receiving Cal Grants from the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC). Due to the state’s impending cash flow crisis, the State Controller and the CSAC have informed higher education institutions of possible delays in the payment of Cal Grant A and B awards for the spring term.