CSU, Chico News

The 7th annual student-sponsored Up ’til Dawn event at California State University, Chico will be held Monday evening, Nov. 5. Anyone is welcome to join students in a night of letter writing, fun, live performances, time with a St. Jude patient and education on the work of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in treating and researching childhood cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Full Story

Gordon Wolfe, a microbial ecologist at California State University, Chico, is part of a collaborative $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study organisms living in the boiling acid pools and hot acidic lakes of Lassen Volcanic National Park. Full Story

California State University, Chico’s College of Business is among the best business schools in the country, according to The Princeton Review, a New York-based education services company that included CSU, Chico in the just-published 2008 edition of “Best 290 Business Schools.” Full Story

California State University, Chico biologist Jeff Price, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, is one of the lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report that received the Nobel Peace Prize, which was announced today. Full Story

The Department of Construction Management (CM) at California State University, Chico and Turner Construction Company’s Sacramento Regional Office announce the opening and dedication of the Turner Building Information Modeling (BIM) Laboratory in O’Connell 127A on the CSU, Chico campus at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 12. Full Story

The 2007 California State University, Chico Family Weekend will begin tonight at 5 p.m. with an alumni mixer at the Warrens Center on the CSU, Chico campus. It is the first event of a weekend designed especially for parents of CSU, Chico students. As part of the weekend, a Parent Advisory Council will be launched, with 12 parents serving as the first members of this advisory group. Full Story

Community involvement, sustainability and student success are some of the topics to be addressed during California State University, Chico’s 13th annual Conference on Learning and Teaching today, Oct. 10, through Friday, Oct. 12. Full Story

The Center for Applied and Professional Ethics (CAPE) at California State University, Chico will sponsor a forum on universal health care as its first fall 2007 forum. “Universal Health Care: Does Justice Require It or Forbid It?” will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 pm in PAC 134. Full Story

Please join California State University, Chico President Paul Zingg, the University Public Safety Committee and other members of the campus community for the 3rd Annual Moonlight Safety Walk on Wednesday, October 17. Full Story

Chico Preview Day, California State University, Chico will be held on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 9 am to 3 pm, beginning in the Bell Memorial Union. The fall open house gives prospective students and their families an opportunity to visit the campus and talk directly with faculty and service program personnel. Full Story