by Jocelyn Y. Stewart | Oct 14, 2019 | Fall 2019, Features
Standing onstage at the Luckman Theatre, in the glow of the spotlight, President William A. Covino announced the news: “Our goal for We Are LA: The Campaign for Cal State LA is … $75 million,” he said. As he spoke, a sea of gold and black streamers cascaded downward...
by Jillian Beck | Oct 14, 2019 | Cover Stories, Fall 2019, Features
Cover Story Engineering a Life Alumnus Salvador Rojas built a robot while studying at Cal State LA. But his greatest invention came outside the lab. By Jillian Beck For a moment, Salvador Rojas glimpsed his future through a courthouse window. Inside the Edmund D....
by Kaitlin Ragland | Oct 14, 2019 | Fall 2019, Features
Feature An old utensil, a fresh twist — and a few sharks Alumna Mylen Yamamoto’s version of chopsticks is eco-friendly, practical and fun. By Kaitlin Ragland Mylen Yamamoto fondly remembers days spent with her grandmother in the garden of her childhood home in Aiea,...
by Sandy Banks | Oct 14, 2019 | Fall 2019, Features
Feature The Birth of Chicano Studies By Sandy Banks Carlos Muñoz, Jr. remembers when he first began to ponder the meaning of his Mexican roots. Muñoz, now 80, was living in the crowded Segundo barrio of El Paso, Texas. His family—like thousands of other émigrés—had...
by Jillian Beck | Jan 1, 2018 | Features, Winter 2018
Shaping the Future of Nursing An alumna’s transformative gift encourages leadership in health care. By Jillian Beck Patricia A. Chin remembers flipping through her fundamentals of nursing textbook nearly four
decades ago. Back then, the books only reached a few...
by Kate Kealey | Jan 1, 2018 | Features, Winter 2018
Reaping the Harvest John Chi creates a device to harvest the body’s versatile master stem cells. By Kate Kealey Headlines have proclaimed the wonders of stem cells for decades. Scientists hypothesize they can provide the key to understanding or even curing dozens of...
