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Leroy M. Morishita appointed interim president of Cal State LA
California State University (CSU) Interim Chancellor Jolene Koester has appointed Leroy M. Morishita to serve as interim president of California State University, Los Angeles. Morishita will begin in his position on July 31, 2023, and will serve in that capacity until...
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 technology professor receives CSU Wang Family Excellence Award
David Blekhman, a technology professor at Cal State LA, has received the California State University’s (CSU) Wang Family Excellence Award for Outstanding Faculty Scholarship. Blekhman is one of only four faculty and one staff member in the 23 CSU campuses to be...
Cal State LA researchers develop a tool to help residents understand crime trends in Los Angeles
Cal State LA researchers, in collaboration with the City of Los Angeles’ Data Team, have developed an interactive data visualization tool that helps residents understand crime trends in neighborhoods. The crime records were previously categorized by the Los Angeles...
Student Success
Seven Cal State LA students receive prestigious pre-doctoral scholarships
A group of seven Cal State LA students was selected for the 2022-23 Sally Casanova pre-doctoral scholar awards, which are granted each year to support the doctoral aspirations of students across the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system. Each scholar...
Cal State LA social work major receives CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement
Miquelle McCarthy, a social work major at Cal State LA, is passionate about serving others and working with young children. “The profound experience I have had while helping children through the first five years of life motivates me as I now pursue a career as a...
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.
Faculty Distinction
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 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...
Cal State LA men’s soccer player Morten Bjoershol named CCAA Male Athlete of the Year
Cal State LA men’s soccer player Morten Bjoershol was named the California Collegiate Athletic Association’s Male Athlete of the Year on Thursday. The award, which recognizes the best athlete from the CCAA’s six men’s sports, is voted on by the sports information...
Cal State LA men’s soccer star Morten Bjoershol signs with LAFC affiliate
Standout Cal State LA men’s soccer player Morten Bjoershol has signed on to play professional soccer for Las Vegas Lights Football Club, an affiliate of Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC). “I am looking forward to proving myself in a new league in front of new people on...
Cal State LA men’s soccer wins first national championship in program history
For the first time in Cal State LA men’s soccer program history, the Golden Eagles are NCAA Division II National Champions. Riding a single first-half goal from sophomore defender Simon Johansen, Cal State LA locked up the historic 1-0 victory at Weidner Field in...