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02/23/2023

Coming Soon! A student-led exhibition at Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology will be opening February 24th with a focus on film and tourism! From Sacramento to Italy, see how film is a catalyst for travel and shapes destinations around the world.
CSU, Chico Anthropology Department

Movies, and the tourism that results from their production, combine to create the basis for a new Chico State museum exhibit.

02/17/2023

A remarkably rich trove of fossilized animal and plant remains is undergoing evaluation and identification by a crew of Chico State paleontologists. Geological and Environmental Sciences, CSU Chico Click the link below to learn more!

Feb. 17—CHICO — A remarkably rich trove of fossilized animal and plant remains is undergoing evaluation and identification by a crew of Chico State paleontologists. The site, whose specific location the scientists do not want to publicize to avoid having it picked over by collectors and others, ...

02/16/2023

Call for applications: STEM-Net Faculty Fellows program!

Full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty with a disciplinary association with science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) and who are active disciplinary and/or pedagogical scholars are invited to apply for the CSU system STEM-NET Faculty Fellows program.

The deadline to apply as the Chico campus nominee is Feb. 22, 2023.

For more information, click the link below.
Chico State College of ECC Chico State Biological Sciences Department Chico State Chemistry and Biochemistry Department College of Behavioral & Social Sciences Geological and Environmental Sciences, CSU Chico CSU, Chico College of Agriculture

02/07/2023

According to a November 2022 journal published by the American Educational Research Association, teachers experienced nearly twice as many anxiety symptoms as healthcare workers during the pandemic. For Butte County educators, the burden of a worldwide pandemic was layered on top of challenges they already faced as the region recovered from the 2018 Camp Fire.

Chico State - School of Education and Associate Professor Tal Slemrod saw an opportunity to offer educators in the region more support as they adjusted to new teaching methods post-pandemic.

Chico State Today is the official news site of California State University, Chico. It features stories on Chico State students, faculty, and staff and highlights campus programs.

01/25/2023

How do you learn leadership skills as a researcher, and how well is science served by its current crop of leaders? Learning how to say no effectively and allocating time to meet looming deadlines is a key skill for research leaders.

In this podcast episode, Spanish neuroscience and mental health researcher Gemma Modinos talks about her own leadership journey as a group leader at King’s College London and former chair of the Young Academy Europe.

Learning how to deliver a polite refusal, alongside management training, will help young scholars with leadership ambitions, says Gemma Modinos.

01/24/2023

Recently, Congress sent more than $1.7 billion to nearly 550 colleges and universities in earmarks. Although a few institutions received tens of millions for projects, the median payment for institutions was $1.25 million, according to an Inside Higher Ed analysis.

Congress sent more than $1.7 billion to nearly 550 colleges and universities in earmarks. Although a few institutions received tens of millions for projects, the median payment for institutions was $1.25 million, according to an Inside Higher Ed analysis.

01/23/2023

"Research increasingly shows that victims of climate change disasters are left with deep psychological wounds — from anxiety after hurricanes to surges in su***de during heat waves — that the nation’s disaster response agencies are ill-prepared to treat.

But in the burned and battered forests near Paradise, a small program run by California State University, Chico is using nature therapy walks to help fire survivors recover."

A California forest therapy program is testing whether landscapes ravaged by rising temperatures can help ease the anguish that climate change will bring.

01/19/2023

Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve partners with CalTrout, Mechoopda for Native Fish Passage restoration project in Bidwell Park. A decades-old vision to restore critical spawning and rearing habitat along Ótakim Séwi (Big Chico Creek) is finally coming to fruition.

Chico State Today is the official news site of California State University, Chico. It features stories on Chico State students, faculty, and staff and highlights campus programs.

12/19/2022

Having served in the US Marine Corps for more than 4 years, Ty Weber witnessed many of his fellow leathernecks suffer from PTSD, anxiety, and depression both during active duty and when they returned to civilian life.
Now pursuing a Master of Science degree in the Marriage and Family Therapy program (Chico State Psychology Department), Weber is researching whether psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin, L*D, M**A, ketamine, and pe**te can create lasting positive effects when it comes to treating mental health. And he is asking for the campus community’s help in gathering data.

Chico State Today is the official news site of California State University, Chico. It features stories on Chico State students, faculty, and staff and highlights campus programs.

12/16/2022

CSU, Chico Anthropology Department Professor Brian Brazeal's trip to Sri Lanka was originally planned after he received the University’s Lantis Award in 2019. He soon gathered his crew (including 2020 anthropology alumna Rose Merry Blanco and current student Stacey Jones) and planned the research trip for October 2020—but the COVID-19 pandemic halted the project. The project stalled until the Sri Lankan government slowly lifted a near-two-year lockdown.

“My departure was additionally delayed because a political crisis was brewing in Sri Lanka,” he said. “When Fulbright finally decided to let me go, they said, ‘you have to go right now.’”

Click the link to read more about his research and exciting experiences!

Chico State Today is the official news site of California State University, Chico. It features stories on Chico State students, faculty, and staff and highlights campus programs.

12/12/2022

Professor Amy Magnus of the CSU Chico Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice has always had a passion for rural communities. Her interest in areas with smaller populations is the focus of her academic research, which also feeds her activist passion to solve social injustices and inspire the next generation. Click the link to read more!

Chico State Today is the official news site of California State University, Chico. It features stories on Chico State students, faculty, and staff and highlights campus programs.

11/29/2022

The Mendocino Hotshots at the Red Bluff Recreation Area chipping fuels near private property earlier this month. Along with maintenance provided by our contractors Chico State Enterprises, this work is part of ongoing efforts to help mitigate wildfire hazards. We have more fuels reduction happening at the Red Bluff Recreation Area and will be sharing more pictures soon!