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Counted: Data Collection on Student Parents

To comply with a recent California bill, the CSU is now collecting data on student parents—which will help the university better serve this group. Read more...

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Fresno State teams up with other CSUs to increase number of cybersecurity professionals

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno State is piloting a program in partnership with two other California State Universities to increase skilled cybersecurity professionals. Read more...

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Giving $500 a month with no strings attached? Fresno program rightly targets poverty

A significant step in Fresno's longstanding battle with poverty has just been taken, with participants of a new program set to receive monthly $500 payments for a year to help them pay for rent, food and other expenses. Read more...

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Candidates for California’s 20th congressional district in Central Valley head for third election

FRESNO, Calif. – The vacant seat in Congress left by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was not filled when voters went to the polls on Tuesday for a special election. Read more...

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Ex-Bitwise executive, downtown entrepreneur lands key Fresno job. Is there a conflict?

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer tapped a downtown Fresno entrepreneur and former Bitwise executive for a key staff position to oversee downtown Fresno Revitalization efforts. Read more...

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California is still counting votes from Super Tuesday. Experts say that’s normal

CLAIM: California is still counting votes more than a week after the March 5 primary, a sign the election was rigged. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. It is not unusual for California’s vote count to extend long past Election Day and there has been no indication of widespread fraud in this year’s primaries, experts told The Associated Press. Read more...

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Fresno State professors featured in upcoming Netflix documentary series

Fresno State’s faculty will be on display beginning March 12 when the nine-episode docuseries “Turning Point: The Bomb and The Cold War” premieres globally on Netflix. Read more...

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FRESNO STATE PROFESSORS FEATURED IN UPCOMING NETFLIX DOCU-SERIES

Fresno State faculty will be on display beginning March 12 when the nine-episode docuseries “Turning Point: The Bomb and The Cold War” premieres globally on Netflix. Read more...

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New guaranteed income program in Fresno County

Two communities that have some of the highest rates of poverty in Fresno County are getting some new financial help. Read more...

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Guaranteed basic income program coming to Fresno County this summer. Here’s who can apply.

A guaranteed basic income program is coming to Fresno County this summer – despite the county being shut out of California’s state-funded program in 2022. Read more...

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‘Ironic’: Fresno State professor on Newsom recall attempt

A political science professor at Fresno State says it is ironic that an attempt to recall Governor Gavin Newsom over mismanagement of money will end up costing the state money to resolve. Read more...

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Fresno State to increase skilled cybersecurity professionals in CSU collaboration

Fresno State is piloting a program in partnership with California State University, San Bernardino and San Jose State to address a critical shortage of cybersecurity professionals throughout California and the United States. Read more...

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Experts in the news

Dr. Naomi Bick, assistant professor, Department of Political Science, was quoted on the trend among cities to develop public-private partnerships as a way to reduce expenses and increase the speed of operations. Read more...

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How Katie Porter harnesses her blunt style and single-mom experience in her Senate campaign

One busy morning last summer, Rep. Katie Porter timed her flight back to Washington with one to Oregon so her three kids could visit their father, whom they had not seen in months. Read more...

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California banned a slur from geographic place names. Fresno County won’t let go

For years, Native American residents in Fresno County have campaigned to remove the word “squaw” from the name of an unincorporated town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The word, many Native Americans say, has been used as a slur and insult against Native women, part of a broader perpetuation of violence against them. Read more...

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Why is water in the west so complicated? Fresno State professor dives in with new book

Dec. 8– Water policy in the west is complicated and convoluted. And, according to Fresno State political science professor Tom Holyoke, there’s a reason for that. In his new book, Water Politics, Holyoke explores the political pressures as well as competing interests from industrial water users, developers and Read more...

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Inflation, mental health, jobs. Why are U.S parents so stressed?

Dec. 4– American adults believe the cost associated with raising a family is the biggest challenge facing American families overall, with concerns about technology, including social media and video games, tied with “high work demands and parental stress” for second place. Read more...

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“Americans and the Holocaust” Arrives in Fresno

Dec. 1– The traveling exhibit “Americans and the Holocaust” comes from the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. It is circulating among only 50 libraries in the United States. Two are in California: the Fresno Central Library and the library at UC Irvine. Read more...

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Anna Rosenberg receives recognition for her contributions to World War II

Oct. 12– “The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America,” written by Christopher C. Gorham, is a biography about the fascinating contribution of Anna Rosenberg, the daughter of Jewish immigrants. Read more...

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Cal State University, Fresno Professor is Tuned in to Hmong Students’ Needs in Higher Education

Sept. 29– When Professor Yang Sao Xiong of the Anthropology Department and Asian American Studies Program at CSU, Fresno was in residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, students who were his fellow Hmong shared with him about hurtful and hate-filled occurrences on campus and elsewhere in Wisconsin. Read more...

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Newsom draws contrasts with Biden as he leads Democratic debate counterprogramming

Sept. 27– Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is up to something. The question is, what? Newsom has long been rumored to be gearing up for a presidential run, with 2028 the supposed target. But a series of recent moves has raised speculation he could be setting up to try next year, or at least getting in position in case of emergency. Read more...

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Ukraine: Which Way Out?

Sept. 23– The American Left’s relative silence regarding US involvement in the Ukraine War, while surprising, is also understandable. Read more...

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Fresno’s urban sprawl policies linked to decades of poverty, blight in new study

Sept 18– To outside observers, the divide between Fresno’s northern outskirts and its aging downtown – of poverty, infant mortality, failing public infrastructure and premature death – seem to derive from another time or place. Read more...

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Water experts encourage solution to flooding and drought challenges

Sept 21– The Public Policy Institute of California, in partnership with the California Water Institute at Fresno State, hosted an event on campus Sept. 20 to share the findings of its report, “Managing Water and Farmland Transitions in the San Joaquin Valley.” Read more...

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Earning bachelor’s degrees behind bars on the rise in California

Aug. 24– For years, incarcerated people in California’s state prisons have been able to earn associate degrees. But a movement to award bachelor’s degrees has been rapidly expanding. Since 2016, when California State University, Los Angeles, became the first public Read more...

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Fresno County voters asked to weigh in on changes to election cycles

Aug. 22– A state law that went into effect earlier this year could change when Sheriff and District Attorney's elections are held. The Fresno County Board of Supervisors wants to prevent that change, and they're asking voters to weigh in. Read more...

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Hate crimes rise in Fresno region. Why, and who are most frequently targeted victims?

July 26– In Fresno County and Valleywide, race or ethnicity was the most common motivation for hate crimes in each of the past eight years. Read more...