Arcata - A Chinese Universities Presidential Delegation will make a presentation to the press and the public in Humboldt State University's Kate Buchanan Room on Monday, Nov. 26, from 9:00 to 11:45 a.m.
“There are a lot of movies and books and TV shows about people in prison, but not about the people left behind,” said playwright and HSU Professor Margaret Thomas Kelso. “Their stories are pretty much untold.”
Funny, it doesn’t look like something that’s going to save the world, this viscous, green goop. And yet, if you spend just two minutes talking to Brandon Hemenway and Patrick Wiley, the chief officers of AlgaRhythms, you’ll walk away believing that their brand of slime might do just that.
Humboldt State University Professor Susan Edinger Marshall and Wildland Soils major Rosemary Records presented a poster titled "Soils-Based Evidence for a Former Salt-Marsh; Jarosite and Buried A Horizons (Humboldt County, CA),” at the Soil Science Society of America Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
Humboldt State kicks off International Education Week this Tuesday, Nov. 13, with Yan Huang, Visiting Professor, Dept. of World Languages and Cultures presenting “Chinese Characters and Their Stories” at 9:30 a.m. in the Goodwin Forum.
When he graduated from Humboldt State in 1970, Peter Underhill never imagined that students around the world would one day study his life’s work. Thirty-seven years later, however, Underhill’s research on the Y chromosome has shed new light on the history of human evolution.
He’s won ten Grammys, an Oscar and scores of international awards; he was the first jazz musician to field a platinum jazz album and last Friday night, legendary keyboardist, Herbie Hancock, played to a packed crowd at Humboldt State’s Van Duzer theater.
Humboldt State University’s Reese Bullen Gallery presents works by San Francisco artist Kay Kang. A community reception is set for Thursday, Nov. 8, from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit then runs from November 8 through December 8.
The Solmitz Archive Exhibit in the HSU Library Lobby, November 6-26, shows the effect of Nazi regime on one Jewish family from Hamburg, Germany, whose descendants are now dispersed all over the globe.
“As a sophomore, my friends told me it was too soon to start thinking about graduate school….boy were they wrong! Everyone here is telling me I am on the right track!”
The story of how Humboldt State University landed an advance screening of “The Kite Runner,” one of the most anticipated movies of the year, during the 10th annual Campus Dialogue on Race dates back more than a year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today praised the U.S. Senate’s confirmation last night of Lyle Laverty (HSU '65) as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
It would be difficult for most members of our higher education community to envision 20 years ago the extent to which they would communicate electronically. The technology rich environment in which we conduct our business has no doubt provided new ways for persons with disabilities to access a college education and pursue their dreams. That same technology has also presented unintended barriers. It is therefore imperative that campus communities build capacity to create electronic accessibility for all.
Sonatas by Mozart, Brahms and Aaron Copland highlight the November 10 concert at HSU by violinist Cindy Moyer and, in her debut appearance in the Faculty Artist Series, pianist Ching-Ming Cheng.
Humboldt State University is joining with education institutes around the world to celebrate International Education Week on November 13 – 15. This occasion is being organized jointly by the International Resource Committee and the Global Connections Club. It will be the fifth year that ‘all things international’ at HSU have been showcased by this event.
Potential threats to ecosystems, the state of technology and why Humboldt's coast is ideal for a wave-energy generation site were all discussed at a public forum hosted by the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) held at HSU on Tuesday, Oct. 23.
Islam and Afghanistan will be a major focus of the 10th annual Campus Dialogue on Race, a nine-day event that features noted speakers, panels and workshops devoted to the topic of racial understanding.
Professor Arne Jacobson works to bring efficient light and solar power to Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa, where kerosene and fuel lamps pose health and environmental problems, stifle education and economic development.
Humboldt State University had planned to host Lt. Governor John Garamendi on Wednesday, October 24th. However, due to the fires in Southern California Garamendi had to cancel his visit. He was planning to hold a “Listening Tour” with Humboldt County education, business and labor leaders, students and members of the community.
For the second straight year, a Humboldt State University student organization that encourages Native Americans and Latinos to pursue careers in science has received accolades for its strong showing at a national conference.
Bully Magnet—it’s a particularly apt term teens use to describe the unfortunate kids that bear the brunt of schoolyard bullies. Chris Byrne (’80) is intimately acquainted with the phenomenon—in his 22 years as the school psychologist at Sunnybrae Middle School in Arcata, Byrne has seen his fair share of shoving, taunting, groping and the like.
Twenty years ago, Humboldt State students and community members started a revolution with just 21 words: “I pledge to thoroughly investigate and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job opportunity that I consider.”
With a crowd of more than 200 guests present, the Behavioral and Social Sciences building was dedicated in a ceremony on Friday, October 12. The ceremony was held in the courtyard between the two BSS structures. The HSU Calypso Band opened and closed the festivities. President Rollin C. Richmond presided.
