CSU, Chico News

Gayle Hutchinson, chair of the Department of Kinesiology, has been named the new dean of California State University, Chico's College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Full Story

Alan Gibson, Department of Political Science at California State University, Chico, has been awarded a yearlong National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant to continue his research on the political thought of James Madison and the foundations of American democracy. Full Story

Professor Michael P. Marchetti, Biology, California State University, Chico recently joined universities across the country to further conservation efforts on the central Pacific coast of Mexico in La Manzanilla, Jalisco. Marchetti and his colleagues formed an interdisciplinary research team laying the foundation for natural resource planning aimed at conserving the imperiled tropical mangrove systems of the area. Full Story

One hundred fifteen California State University, Chico faculty members will be honored for their scholarly achievements next week at a reception in the Associated Students Bookstore in the Bell Memorial Union. Full Story

Bidwell Mansion State Park and California State University, Chico are jointly offering four tours of the arboretum they share this spring on Wednesdays, March 7, 14, 21 and 28. The easy and informative walks will begin in front of Bidwell Mansion at 10 a.m. and last until 11:30 a.m. Full Story

Professor William B. Fisher, professor of mathematics and statistics, California State University, Chico, has been awarded the Mathematical Association of America's (MAA) Distinguished Teaching Award. Full Story

The International Black Inventions Museum will be on display one day only at California State University, Chico's Bell Memorial Union Auditorium Monday, March 12. Full Story

Jeff Mott, director of the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve (BCCER), announced the completion of a nature trail guide that is posted on the reserve Web site under "Public Use" and available to the public. Full Story

Martin Reynolds, managing editor of the Oakland Tribune, will give a talk on diversity in journalism Thursday, March 1, as part of a campus visit funded by California State University, Chico's partnership with the MediaNews Group newspaper company. Full Story

The Center for Applied and Professional Ethics (CAPE) at California State University, Chico will hold the first in a spring series of three forums on ethics and the media on Tuesday, March 6. "That's Infotainment! Is Soft Journalism Undermining Journalistic Integrity?" is free and open to the public. It will be held in Holt 170 at 7:30 p.m. Full Story