CSU, Chico News

California State University, Chico's College of Business today received a $100,000 grant from SAP America, Inc., a subsidiary of SAP AG, the world's fourth largest software supplier of business application solutions and a research partner with leading universities across the country. Full Story

The Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Team from California State University, Chico's College of Agriculture received High Team honors at the Senior Grand National at the Cow Palace in San Francisco November 11. Full Story

The Orion, Chico State University's student newspaper, has won the national Pacemaker award, the biggest prize in college journalism, for the third straight year. The Chico State weekly has now accumulated four Pacemakers in the last five years--more than any other college or university newspaper of any sort during that period. Full Story

Join CSU, Chico's Society of Physics students tomorrow as they present the Tenth Annual Pumpkin Drop. Full Story

CHICO, CA - Clean-up has been completed and damage is being assessed after a decorative cornice fell from the ceiling of CSU Chico's Laxson Auditorium some time last night or this morning, Oct. 26-27, while the auditorium was unoccupied. Full Story

The History Department and Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society announce the inaugural year lectures for the FRIENDS OF HISTORY at California State University, Chico. The general title for this series of four lectures is Biography and the Historian's Understanding of Culture and Society. The series will show how the research and writing of members of the History Department's faculty are relevant to readers in the world beyond the classroom and within the community. Each lecture will demonstrate how biography, which is typically accessible and jargon-free, is an important means for joining scholarship with public readership. Cultural biographers, it has been argued, "are committed to writing about human life for humans--not just for scholars in a narrow field, but for all readers. Cultural biography attempts to restore humanity to the humanities." Full Story

CHICO, CA - Atlantic BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. (ABI), a start-up biotech company, will be relocating in Chico to produce medically useful chemical products through genetic engineering. Chico State has taken an active role in recruiting ABI to Chico. In the first two years, the company will be doing basic research in facilities in Holt Hall, on the Chico State campus. After that, ABI will be moving to a permanent site off campus. ABI was attracted to Chico because of the beauty of the region, the cultural advantages offered by the University, the chance to work with university faculty, and some familiarity with Chico residents. Full Story