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Women in higher education gather at Cal State LA for leadership conference
With the theme of “Capable. Ready. Deserving of Leadership,” the 2026 American Council on Education (ACE) Women’s Network of Southern California Annual Conference drew more than 200 higher education professionals to Cal State LA on Oct. 9. Held in the university’s...
Cal State LA and Alliance College-Ready Public Schools expand partnership to help graduates earn college degrees
Cal State LA and Alliance College-Ready Public Schools signed a Joint Statement of Commitment Tuesday, Sept. 29, to help Alliance graduates make the transition to college, stay on track, and earn their degrees. Cal State LA President Berenecea Johnson Eanes and...
Cal State LA and LEEAF support East LA residents in pathway to community council
Los Angeles Economic Equity & Action Forward (LEEAF), in partnership with Cal State LA, has recently released a final report proposing a new community council to serve unincorporated East Los Angeles. Guided by feedback from 303 East LA residents who shared their...
Cal State LA debuts in National Universities category, earns high marks for value and social mobility
Cal State LA is ranked among the top public universities nationwide in the U.S. News & World Report 2027 Best Colleges rankings, marking the university’s first appearance in the publication’s National Universities category. Cal State LA also ranked among the...
Student Success
Cal State LA graduate student receives CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement
Edgar Yak-De Padua, a first-generation college student who overcame financial hardship to excel academically, has been named a recipient of a 2026 California State University Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement. The award is the university system’s highest...
Cal State LA study finds native plants boost urban pollinators
Residential yards landscaped with California native plants support four times more pollinators than conventionally landscaped yards, according to a new study led by Cal State LA alumna Esmeralda Reyes. The findings suggest that homeowners can play a significant role...
Cal State LA chemistry major earns prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Cal State LA chemistry major Elise Hastie has been named a 2026 Barry Goldwater Scholar, one of the nation’s most prestigious undergraduate awards in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education...
Juan Landa
Juan Landa did not have a fondness for math while growing up in Mid-City, but once he began taking business courses at Cal State LA, the numbers suddenly started to make sense. Landa, 21, will receive his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an...
Alumni
Cal State LA alumni reconnect through music and community at GRAMMY Museum
Hundreds of Cal State LA alumni and friends gathered at the GRAMMY Museum in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 1 for an evening of connection, community, and celebration. The capacity event marked the first regional alumni reception under the leadership of Cal State LA...
Cal State LA alumnus David Glyer and Vicki Bier support accessibility and student success
Long before Cal State LA was recognized as No. 1 in the country for upward mobility, David Glyer knew the value of the education he and his family received while pursuing their degrees. Glyer attended what was then called California State College, Los Angeles, as...
A Cal State LA romance grows into marriage, family, and shared purpose for Ruby Rodriguez and Michael Garcia
As the month that celebrates Valentine’s Day and our loved ones winds down, we present a Cal State LA love story. It is the shared story of Ruby Rodriguez and Michael Garcia, who met at Cal State LA as student assistant employees, started dating after being in a class...
A love story sparked at Cal State LA returns to campus for Valentine’s jazz celebration
Jeffrey Silverman and Amelia Pérez-Silverman met at Cal State LA’s old Physical Sciences Building (now the Student Services Building), in the room that was home to the Chemistry Club. They were engaged within months and married a year later in 1978....
Faculty Distinction
Cal State LA Professor Stephen Rothman’s ‘Effortless Perfection’ earns film festival recognition
Effortless Perfection, a short film directed by Cal State LA Theatre Professor Stephen Rothman, is earning recognition on the film festival circuit. The film has received seven laurels from six film festivals. It was screened on May 11 at the Big Apple Film Festival...
Cal State LA faculty and students contribute to Emmy win for LA County Holiday Celebration
LOS ANGELES — Cal State LA faculty member Meredith Greenburg and students Leah Cobleigh and Ngan Ho-Lemoine were part of the team behind the Emmy-winning 66th Annual Los Angeles County Holiday Celebration, which was broadcast live on PBS SoCal from the Dorothy...
Cal State LA associate professor receives regional Emmy for Key Bridge documentary
Cal State LA Associate Professor April Brown has earned a regional Emmy for her work as co-director of a documentary examining the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, and its impact on the surrounding community. Brown, a faculty member in...
Cal State LA Professor Satik Andriassian to lead arts residency for displaced children in Armenia
This coming fall, Satik Andriassian, a classical guitar lecturer and guitar ensemble director in Cal State LA's Department of Music, will return to Armenia to lead the Children of Armenia Music Program (CAMP), a three-week arts residency for displaced children....
Staff Distinction
Cal State LA nursing director receives prestigious National League for Nursing scholarship award
Eurina Cha, director of the Patricia A. Chin School of Nursing in Cal State LA’s Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services, has received the 2026 National League for Nursing (NLN) Cecelia Lou Vriheas Scholarship Award. Administered by the NLN Foundation for...
Cal State LA arts leader teaches inaugural Harvard course on arts administration and museum leadership
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Nicholas A. Mestas, executive director of The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA, recently designed and taught a new graduate-level course at Harvard University during the first term of Harvard Summer School, the nation’s oldest...
Cal State LA to host visiting Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence from Italy
Cal State LA has been selected to host a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (SIR) from Italy during the 2025–26 academic year. Dario Coletti, an associate professor of cell biology at Sapienza University of Rome, is an expert in skeletal muscle homeostasis, regeneration,...
Cal State LA alum J.T. Chestnut completes world marathon majors and five years of sobriety, marking a journey of resilience and purpose
Long-distance running is a constant in J.T. Chestnut’s life. Through joyful times and difficult ones and everything in between, Chestnut has steadfastly tightened the shoestrings of his size 8 ½ Hoka shoes, hit the road, and released endorphins as he logged one mile...
Academics & Research
Cal State LA selected to join the inaugural global ‘Partners in Peace’ initiative
Cal State LA has been selected as a member of the inaugural Partners in Peace cohort, an initiative launched by the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) in partnership with the Nobel Peace Center. This program recognizes institutions for their efforts in...
Cal State LA receives NASA grant to fund research projects that advance STEM career development
Cal State LA has received a $375,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Mentorship and Opportunities in STEM with Academic Institutions for Community Success (MOSAICS) program to support projects that offer career development...
Cal State LA awarded prestigious NSF PREM grant in collaboration with UC Irvine
Cal State LA, in partnership with the University of California, Irvine, has been awarded a prestigious Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance research and education in the field of...
Cal State LA receives $5 million NSF grant to create urban sustainability hub
Cal State LA has been awarded a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create a hub for urban sustainability that will advance energy and water research, and expand opportunities for students to engage in intensive STEM education and training. The...
Community & Public Good
Cal State LA selected as county Vote Center for 2026 general election
Cal State LA will serve as a Los Angeles County Vote Center for the Nov. 3 general election, giving voters another place to cast their ballots in person. Los Angeles County voters can cast their ballots for an extended voting period at any Vote Centers located across...
Cal State LA celebrates graduates of APIs Mobilize Leadership Program
The next generation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leaders and other first-generation college student leaders took center stage at Cal State LA on Aug. 7 as students from Cal State LA and Pasadena City College (PCC) graduated from...
UAII brings intertribal Indigenous powwow to Cal State LA, a first-ever for the campus
The spirit of community, culture, and connection drew nearly 3,000 students, families, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members to University Stadium at Cal State LA on Saturday, July 25, for The People’s Home: Intertribal Indigenous Powwow, presented by the...
Cal State LA receives Braille Institute Community Hero Award for advancing access and opportunity
Cal State LA has been named the recipient of the 2026 Braille Institute Community Hero Award in the education/community partner category, recognizing the university’s longstanding commitment to preparing professionals who serve people who are blind or visually...
Athletics
Lakers great Michael Cooper takes over Cal State LA’s men’s basketball, aims to build championship culture
Michael Cooper perfectly embodies Cal State LA’s “We Are LA” ethos. After all, he was born in Los Angeles, attended high school and junior college locally, played his entire NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers, and coached the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks and the USC...
Cal State LA’s Nevaeh Asiasi earns CCAA player of the year, leads Golden Eagles to historic season
The Cal State LA women’s basketball team sat in a circle at midcourt of the University Gymnasium following an afternoon practice in preparation for the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) playoffs. Head coach Torino Johnson recapped the program’s most...
Cal State LA golfer Morgan Sjoerdsma earns unprecedented fourth Academic All-America Award
Golfer Morgan Sjoerdsma became Cal State LA’s first four-time Academic All-American when she was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Women’s At-Large third team on Tuesday, July 8. Sjoerdsma, who graduated with a Master of Arts in Educational Technology...
Golden Eagles baseball team returns to Reeder Field with new faces leading the charge
Some introductions might be necessary when the Cal State LA baseball team returns to Reeder Field this weekend. The Golden Eagles, who have been playing their home games at East Los Angeles College (ELAC) as their home field underwent upgrades, come back to Reeder...