November 16th, 2009 07:00am

SSU to host hunger, homelessness panel tonight

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Sonoma State University will host a panel discussion on the state of hunger and homelessness in Sonoma County Monday night. The free discussion will be from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the multi-purpose room of the Student Union. Sociology professor Sheila Katz will head the discussion that will also include a discussion about recent developments in state and national policy. “With the nation’s unemployment rate over 10 percent and California’s even higher, … Read More »
October 30th, 2009 07:00am

Need a little music in your life? (It’s free)

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This just in from Sonoma State University: “Young singers from high schools across Sonoma and Marin counties will flock to Sonoma State on Nov. 5 to sing in the annual High School Choral Invitational. “Interested persons are free to drop by Ives Concert Hall throughout the day and listen as students receive coaching and encouragement from choral professionals. “Hosting this year is SSU Chorus Conductor Jenny Bent. Joining her as Guest Clinician will … Read More »
September 3rd, 2009 07:00am

Quantum-mechanical peculiarities? Sign me up!

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Ok, I got to this one late, so blog readers will have missed “Imaging a Planet Around Fomalhaut Using the Hubble Space Telescope” but not to worry, there is more from Sonoma State University’s free public lecture series “What Physicists Do.” Every Monday at 4 p.m. (barring Labor Day) a working physicist will give a talk on a variety of heretofore incomprehensible (to me) topics:   Gibor Basri, professor of Astronomy and Vice … Read More »
September 1st, 2009 10:33am

UPDATED: Check out SSU art exhibit online

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Sorry if it was unclear: The exhibit will show at the SSU Library. There will also be a reception from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 10 that will feature live Romani music by Sani & Benji Rifati, Gradina & Friends. ________ For the first time, Sonoma State University is offering a (via internet) sneak peek into an exhibit being shown at the SSU Library Art Gallery.   Ceija Stojka’s work, billed as … Read More »