Cal State LA interim president marks start of new academic year at Convocation
In his first major address to the university community, Cal State LA Interim President Leroy M. Morishita welcomed the start of the...
Cal State LA celebrates LGBTQIA+ community with first campuswide Pride celebration
More than 100 staff, faculty and students gathered June 29 at the Cal State LA University Club for a Pride Month event celebrating the...
Cal State LA Executive Vice President Jose A. Gomez appointed interim president of Pasadena City College
Cal State LA Executive Vice President Jose A. Gomez has been appointed interim superintendent-president of Pasadena City College following...
Cal State LA community marks Juneteenth holiday with celebration
More than 100 staff, students and faculty gathered together in the Golden Eagle Ballroom at Cal State LA on June 15 to take part in a...
Bioscience industry leader Guillermo Zuñiga receives honorary doctorate at Cal State LA Commencement
Bioscience leader and Cal State LA alumnus Guillermo “Willie” Zuñiga received an honorary doctorate during Commencement 2023. Zuñiga, a...
Entrepreneur and philanthropist George L. Pla receives honorary doctorate at Cal State LA Commencement
Entrepreneur and philanthropist George L. Pla received an honorary doctorate during Commencement 2023 at Cal State LA and was praised by...
WellBeingU Champions honored for innovative dedication to campus well-being
Three members of the Cal State LA community received WellBeingU Champion awards Tuesday in recognition of their outstanding and innovative...
Cal State LA unveils winners of first Garden of Well-Being student art contest
Cal State LA announced the winners of the first Janice Cordova Garden of Well-Being student art contest during an unveiling ceremony this...
Cal State LA celebrates grand opening of Rongxiang Xu Bioscience Innovation Center
Community, business, and elected leaders gathered at the Rongxiang Xu Bioscience Innovation Center at Cal State LA to celebrate the grand...
Wrongfully convicted client of Los Angeles Innocence Project at Cal State LA declared factually innocent
Maurice Hastings, who was wrongfully imprisoned for 38 years and was freed through the work of the Los Angeles Innocence Project at Cal...
Cal State LA community honors Monterey Park shooting victims at vigil
Small white square notecards hung along strings of yarn in Cal State LA’s University-Student Union Plaza Tuesday evening, carrying...
Cal State LA students sworn in as part of first cohort of statewide #CaliforniansForAll College Corps service program
Cal State LA students pledged to serve their communities during a virtual swearing-in ceremony this month for the first cohort of fellows...
Cal State LA Verizon enrichment program offers hands-on STEM learning for local youth
Local middle school youth delved into the world of virtual reality, 3D printing, artificial intelligence and robotics as part of a...
Los Angeles Innocence Project at Cal State LA launches groundbreaking new partnership to fight for the wrongfully convicted
A team of experienced post-conviction attorneys is establishing the Los Angeles Innocence Project (LAIP) at Cal State LA, bringing the...
Cal State LA faculty awarded grant to support interdisciplinary LGBTQ digital storytelling map
A team of Cal State LA faculty members has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the American Council of Learned Societies to support the...
Erick Rojas-Torres
Cal State LA graduate determined to use engineering to solve biomedical problems.
William Tuyor
Cal State LA graduate seeks to empower through nutrition.
Ashley Hernandez
First-generation Cal State LA graduate to help increase access to higher education.
Mylissa Magallanes
Cal State LA MBA graduate celebrates degree in honor of father’s memory.
Stacie Searcy-Ernsdorf
Cal State LA graduate finds passion for helping children through special education.
Preeminent Asian American playwright David Henry Hwang receives honorary doctorate at Cal State LA Commencement
Preeminent Asian American playwright David Henry Hwang received an honorary doctorate during Commencement 2022 at Cal State LA. Hwang is a...
Los Angeles Dodgers Spanish-language announcer Jaime Jarrín receives honorary doctorate at Cal State LA Commencement
Jaime Jarrín, the legendary Spanish-language announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, was awarded an honorary doctorate during Commencement...
Health care leader Richard Cordova receives honorary doctorate at Cal State LA Commencement
Richard Cordova, a Cal State LA alumnus and longtime leader in the field of health care administration, received an honorary doctorate...
Renowned educator and social justice advocate Sal Castro awarded posthumous honorary doctorate at Cal State LA Commencement
The late Sal Castro, a renowned teacher, education reformer and social justice activist, was awarded a posthumous honorary doctorate...
WellBeingU Champions honored for outstanding contributions to campus well-being
Three members of the Cal State LA community received WellBeingU Champion awards Wednesday for exceptional contributions that have helped...
Cal State LA celebrates naming of Janice Cordova Garden of Well-Being
Cal State LA celebrated the dedication of the new Janice Cordova Garden of Well-Being in April, named in honor of the late wife of alumnus...
Cal State LA honors distinguished alumni at 2022 awards gala
Cal State LA honored 13 distinguished alumni at its 2022 Alumni Awards Gala, including Grifols Biologicals LLC President Willie Zuniga,...
Cal State LA to establish the Mary Levin School of the Arts with transformative gift
A transformative gift from Cal State LA alumna Mary Levin Cutler will establish the Mary Levin School of the Arts, the first named school...
Pat Brown Institute at Cal State LA and California Community Foundation survey reveals Los Angeles AAPI residents fear racial attacks
The Asian American and Pacific Islander community in Los Angeles County holds deep fears of racial attacks, according to a new survey...
Mellon Foundation awards Cal State LA $1 million grant to launch first in-person bachelor’s degree program for incarcerated women in California
Cal State LA has received a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will help the university establish the first...
Pat Brown Institute at Cal State LA and California Community Foundation release survey of Los Angeles Latina/o residents
The Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State LA (PBI) and the California Community Foundation (CCF) released a new survey of...
Hundreds receive flu shots, COVID-19 vaccines at Cal State LA community health fair
Hundreds of people received COVID-19 vaccinations and flu shots during a community health fair at Cal State LA. Throughout the daylong...
Incarcerated students earn Cal State LA degrees at first-of-its-kind commencement in a California state prison
On a prison yard 70 miles away from Cal State LA’s campus, the university celebrated its newest graduates. Twenty-five incarcerated men...
Cal State LA marks the start of new academic year at 2021 Convocation
Cal State LA President William A. Covino welcomed the start of the academic year with University Convocation 2021, praising students,...
Formerly incarcerated students from Cal State LA’s groundbreaking prison education program walk at Commencement
The men blended in with the sea of graduates at Cal State LA’s Commencement, decked out in their black caps and gowns, gold honor cords...
‘More than what we were’: First graduates of Cal State LA’s pioneering prison education program will walk the stage at Commencement
Inside a classroom at a prison in Los Angeles County, incarcerated men embark on a journey. When they step inside the classroom, the men...
Cal State LA graduates celebrate milestone during start of seven-day Commencement
Commencement 2021 kicked off at Cal State LA this week as graduates from the Class of 2021 and Class of 2020 returned to campus for a long-awaited celebration.
Laura Hernandez
Theatre graduate taps into talent and passion for storytelling to design immersive worlds.
Cal State LA alumnus and survivor remembers the Holocaust — and insists that the world does too
At nearly 100 years old, dates and details don’t come as easily to Cal State LA alumnus Sigmund Burke. But certain memories are forever...
Cal State LA and government, community partners open mobile vaccination clinic at Southeast-Rio Vista YMCA in Maywood
Cal State LA and government and community partners opened a mobile vaccination clinic in Maywood this week, extending the university’s...
CSU Chancellor Joseph L. Castro virtually visits Cal State LA as part of 23-campus tour
California State University Chancellor Joseph I. Castro visited Cal State LA virtually on Tuesday, marking the third stop on his first...
Gov. Newsom visits Cal State LA to mark opening of mass COVID-19 vaccination center
California Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Cal State LA on Tuesday to mark the opening of a mass COVID-19 vaccination center at the university....
Biden administration names Cal State LA as COVID-19 community vaccination center
Cal State LA will be the site of a new federal community COVID-19 vaccination center, President Joe Biden’s White House COVID-19 Response...
Cal State LA nursing professor creates memorial artwork for health care workers lost during the COVID-19 pandemic
Inundated with heartbreaking news of health care workers losing their lives on the front lines of the global battle against COVID-19, Cal...
Cal State LA students sworn in to Gov. Newsom’s Civic Action Fellowship program
Cal State LA students pledged to serve and give back to their communities during a virtual swearing-in ceremony Wednesday for Gov. Gavin...
Cal State LA exhibition highlights renowned Los Angeles artist Betye Saar
Nearly half a century after Cal State LA hosted renowned Los Angeles artist Betye Saar’s first solo show, the work of the iconic...
Rev. Boyle inspires with message of compassion, kinship during Cal State LA WellBeingU webinar
Rev. Gregory J. Boyle, S.J. shared a message of compassion and kinship during a webinar that marked Cal State LA’s first WellBeingU...
Cal State LA marks start of unprecedented academic year with virtual Convocation
Cal State LA President William A. Covino welcomed the start of an unprecedented academic year with University Convocation 2020, which...
Faculty innovation in the virtual classroom: Q&A with Michael Willard, College of Arts and Letters
Faculty in Cal State LA’s Department of Liberal Studies are using collaborative online reading tools, videos and regular check-ins to...
Faculty innovation in the virtual classroom: Q&A with Ali R. Tayyeb, Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
Cal State LA Nursing Professor Ali R. Tayyeb plans to enhance his courses this fall with a mix of creative multimedia, including a podcast...