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Cal State LA’s nursing graduate program ranks among the best in the nation
Cal State LA’s Master of Science in Nursing program continues to be ranked among the best in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 edition of Best Graduate Schools. This year’s publication ranked Cal State LA at no. 41, making it one of only...
Cal State LA receives federal grant to upgrade the hydrogen station on campus
Los Angeles, CA -- Cal State LA has received a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to upgrade the university’s Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility. The grant is part of the Department of Transportation’s effort to strategically deploy...
Cal State LA receives $2.5 million in grants to enhance services for children with visual impairments
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Cal State LA a total of $2.5 million in grant funding to help prepare professionals to teach orientation and mobility to school-aged children with visual impairments. Two personnel preparation grants were awarded through...
Cal State LA’s geology professor receives Fulbright Scholar award
Jennifer Garrison, professor of geology at Cal State LA, has recently received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to collaborate with scientists in Ecuador on an exchange program. As a Fulbright Scholar, Garrison is developing a pathway that will offer travel and...
Student Success
Cal State LA alumna selected for Disney selective writing program
Cal State LA alumna Jaleese Ramos has been selected to participate in the Disney Entertainment Television’s 2024 Writing Program. A launchpad for fresh voices in television storytelling, the year-long writing program is widely recognized as one of the best in the...
13 Cal State LA students receive prestigious pre-doctoral scholarships
A group of 13 Cal State LA students recently received the 2023-2024 Sally Casanova pre-doctoral scholar awards, which are granted each year to support the aspirations of students across the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system. Each scholar receives a...
Cal State LA computer science major receives CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement
Patrick Emmanuel Sangalang, a computer science major in the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology at Cal State LA, hopes to use his passion for computer science to inspire young students to pursue the many career possibilities in the STEM fields. ...
Stacey Lau
Stacey Lau wants to see the nation’s food systems become more sustainable, ethical and affordable. And after years of studying food science and technology at Cal State LA—and conducting research—she is prepared to help make it happen. “My thought is that if you take...
Faculty Distinction
Cal State LA honors outstanding faculty at University Convocation 2023
Five Cal State LA faculty members were recognized for excellence in teaching and outstanding achievements during University Convocation 2023. Three Outstanding Professor Award recipients and an Outstanding Lecturer Award recipient were honored for significant...
Cal State LA receives HCAI grant to expand its social work graduate program
Cal State LA has been awarded a $3.4 million grant by the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) to expand its social work graduate program and help develop a culturally sensitive and competent behavioral health workforce. “There are tremendous needs...
Cal State LA awarded a prestigious National Institutes of Health research grantÂ
Cal State LA was recently awarded a $730,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide students with opportunities to participate in biomedical research.  The four-year grant from the NIH Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) program will support...
Cal State LA receives grant from state’s primary energy agency for workforce development 
The California Energy Commission has awarded Cal State LA a $500,000 grant for workforce development related to zero-emission vehicles (ZEV). With California’s commitment to implementing ZEV transportation by 2035, there is a growing need to create and develop a...
Academics & Research
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...
Cal State LA Clinical Laboratory Scientist program earns reaccreditation
Cal State LA was recently granted a continuous 10-year reaccreditation for its Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) program from the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). The Clinical Laboratory Scientist Certificate program aims to...
Cal State LA receives College Futures Foundation grant to increase transfer student success in STEM fields
Cal State LA has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the College Futures Foundation (CFF) to create new baccalaureate pathways aimed at increasing transfer student success in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. The grant will establish the...
Cal State LA receives $1 million grant from Wells Fargo for equity in entrepreneurship program
Cal State LA has received a $1 million grant from Wells Fargo to support the launch of a new student entrepreneurship program that aims to help communities recover following the pandemic. The award was part of $3.6 million in Open for Business Fund grants that Wells...
Community & Public Good
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 State LA, was declared factually innocent on Wednesday. A finding of factual innocence means the court declared Hastings innocent of...
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 handwritten messages of grief, sorrow, hope and love for the victims of the Monterey Park shooting and their loved ones. “You are not...
Wrongfully convicted client of Los Angeles Innocence Project at Cal State LA freed after 38 years
Maurice Hastings, a 69-year-old man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 38 years, was freed last week after new DNA test results presented by the Los Angeles Innocence Project at Cal State LA (LAIP) pointed conclusively to another suspect. “I prayed for many years that...
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 in the #CaliforniansForAll College Corps, a new statewide paid service program. College Corps is a statewide paid service program...
Athletics
Cal State LA assistant men’s basketball coach Michael Cooper elected to basketball hall of fame
Cal State LA assistant men’s basketball coach Michael Cooper, a five-time National Basketball Association champion during a legendary career with the Los Angeles Lakers, has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Cooper is part of a...
Golden Eagles Capture NCAA National Championship
MOON TOWNSHIP, PA -- Cal State LA's women's volleyball team reigns supreme after capturing the first NCAA Division II championship in program history with another tremendous performance Saturday at the UPMC Events Center on the campus of Robert Morris University. The...
West Region champs advance to national semifinal
 MOON TOWNSHIP, PA -- Cal State LA's women's volleyball team, coming off an exhilarating five-set win over No. 3 Wayne State in an NCAA Championship Quarterfinal match on Thursday, will return to the court Friday in the first of two semifinals at the UPMC Events...
Cal State LA golfer Pratima Sherpa organizes historic all-women golf tournament in Nepal
Cal State LA women’s golfer Pratima Sherpa is changing the game in her home country of Nepal. Sherpa organized Nepal’s first all-women’s golf tournament this summer, held at the Royal Nepal Golf Club in the capital city of Kathmandu. The Women’s Open Golf Tournament...