CSU, Chico News

Students and faculty from California State University, Chico and Butte College will be participating in a national effort to discuss solutions for global warming Thursday, Jan. 31, in CSU, Chico’s BMU Auditorium. Full Story

In preparation for a visit by science writer David Quammen on March 11, the public is invited to join in a discussion series on his book “The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution” (Great Discoveries, 2006, W.W. Norton). Full Story

The Northern California Natural History Museum (NCNHM) at California State University, Chico will present its winter Museum Without Walls presentation series beginning in February. Full Story

Governor Schwarzenegger recently released his proposed 2008-09 budget that includes across-the-board cuts in response to an estimated $14 billion state deficit. The recommended reductions include a $313 million cut to the proposed California State University (CSU) budget passed by the CSU Board of Trustees. The proposed cut fails to fund access for 10,000 new students to the CSU. Full Story

Local explorer John Lane, adjunct professor at California State University, Chico, and principal scientist at Chico Environmental Science and Planning, LLC, ventured to the Lake Hargy area of Papua New Guinea in Aug. 2007. On Friday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. in the Big Room of the Sierra Nevada Brewery, Lane will report on the scientific findings of the expedition and premiere the award-winning kayaking documentary sponsored by National Geographic and filmed on the trip. He will also welcome Major Fred Hargesheimer, a World War II pilot downed over the Lake Hargy area. The event is free and open to the public, with a no-host bar. Full Story