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High-speed rail is focus of town hall meeting Oct. 27

High-speed rail is focus of town hall meeting Oct. 27
Opposing forces in the contentious California high-speed rail debate will face off at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct.27, at Fresno State. Elizabeth Alexis with Californians Advocating Responsible Rail Design and Daniel Krause of Californians for High Speed Rail will join former Assemblymember Mike Villines for...
October 24th, 2011 | Events | Read More

Educating students on 7 global trends subject of institute

Educating students on 7 global trends subject of institute
Seven global trends that are the greatest drivers of change in the next 25 years and how college undergraduates will study them are topics of a national workshop Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28-29, at California State University, Fresno. The “7 Revolutions Institute: Educating Globally Competent Citizens”...
October 24th, 2011 | Events | Read More

‘Invisible Violence’ is focus of ‘Take Back the Night’ Oct. 19

‘Invisible Violence’ is focus of ‘Take Back the Night’ Oct. 19
Take Back the Night, the international movement to raise awareness of domestic and sexual violence and violence toward children, will be observed from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at California State University, Fresno. The free, public event, in its for the 32nd year on campus, is held at the Free...
October 18th, 2011 | Events | Read More

National Chemistry Week kicks off at Discovery Center Oct. 15

National Chemistry Week kicks off at Discovery Center Oct. 15
The nationally-acclaimed Chemistry Club at California State University, Fresno will  kick off National Chemistry Week from noon-3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Discovery Center (1944 N. Winery) where college students will lead a strawberry DNA extraction activity with children aged six to 14 at...
October 14th, 2011 | Events | Read More

Ethics conference eyes civil discourse, religious diversity Oct 13-15

Ethics conference eyes civil discourse, religious diversity Oct 13-15
The Ethics Center at California State University, Fresno presents an academic conference, “Religion, and Civil Discourse,” Oct. 13-15 as part of its Leon S. Peters Ethics Lecture Series with 25 prominent scholars from across the U.S. sharing their research on civility and the humanities in diverse...
October 13th, 2011 | Events | Read More

CineCulture films Oct. 7, 8 examine Middle Eastern culture

CineCulture films Oct. 7, 8 examine Middle Eastern culture
California State University, Fresno’s CineCulture Series continues at 5:30 p.m. today with the Farsi-language film “The Fish Fall in Love” (English subtitles) and at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, with the documentary, “Little Town of Bethlehem.” Both are free and open to the public and include...
October 7th, 2011 | Events | Read More

Chiang to speak at venture forum

Chiang to speak at venture forum
State Controller John Chiang and former CalPERS Board of Administration member Tony Oliveira will speak Thursday, Nov. 3, at the sixth annual Central California Venture Forum, a collaboration between the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at California State University, Fresno, and Central...
October 6th, 2011 | Events | Read More

CineCulture examines human trafficking with film, talk Friday

CineCulture examines human trafficking with film, talk Friday
Ronna Bright, the Central Valley Against Human Trafficking project coordinator, will join film producer Anneliese Rohrer at Fresno State’s CineCulture Film Series on Friday, Sept. 30, for a discussion about human trafficking. The 7 p.m. discussion follows CineCulture’s screening at 5:30 p.m. of...
September 29th, 2011 | Events | Read More