DEC.05.02 |
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Faculty
Keeps Tabs on Community Issues
Several studies investigate how O.C. feels
about the economy, government and recent events.[
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DEC.05.02 |
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Economist
Calculating Community College Success Equation
Economist puts the wide range of services
that community colleges offer under the microscope to determine
if they are fulfilling their missions.[
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DEC.05.02 |
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Are
Prevention Programs Working With Children?
Researcher reviewed effectiveness of drugs,
alcohol and violence prevention programs on middle school youth
and the found them wanting. [
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NOV.19.02 |
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Researchers
Investigate the Monetary Habits of Orange County's Hispanic
Community
Economists estimate 40 percent of O.C.'s
Hispanic population bypasses bank to pay bills and make purchases
in cash.[
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NOV.14.02 |
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Engineering
Professor Developing Methods for Lunar Home Repair
NASA awards grant to study possible use
of composite materials to repair structures that will be used
on the moon.[
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NOV.14.02 |
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History
Professor Seeks Quality Student Learning
Educators study ways to improve quality
of undergraduate education.[
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OCT.03.02 |
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Eating
Bats in Guam Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Professor of biological science, Sandra
A. Banack, is collaborating with the National Tropical Botanical
garden on research aimed to link the consumption of flying foxes
by Guam's Chamorro population to a neurological disease. [
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OCT.03.02 |
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Program
to Develop Future Environmental Biologists
Cal State Fullerton is making its own
contribution to environmental care by launching a program that
will develop a new generation of environmental biologists and
ecologists. [
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SEP 05.02 |
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Newest
Research and Treatment of Medical Issues Covered in 'Advances
in Medicine' Lecture Series
“Advances in Medicine” will
feature physicians and medical professionals discussing some
of today's most topical issues in the area of healthy aging.
Presented by Continuing Learning Experience (CLE), the lecture
series is sponsored by CLE and the UCI Geriatric Resource Center.
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JAN.03.02 |
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Environmental
Economists Study Benefits of Reduced Pollution
Cal State Fullerton's Jane Hall and Victor
Brajer, nationally recognized experts on environmental economics,
were recently awarded a $22,000 California Air Resources Board
contract to estimate what the economic gains have been in terms
of the improved health of the region's K-12 children.
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DEC.04.01 |
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County
Residents Find Terrorist & Other Threats Lower to O.C. Than
to Nation
Eight out of 10 O.C. residents surveyed
in the November Cal State Fullerton Center for Public Policy/Orange
County Business Council survey viewed international terrorism
as a major threat to the United States. However, just under
half of the survey respondents said that international terrorism
was a major threat here at home in Orange County.[
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NOV.30.01 |
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Cal
State Fullerton Conducts Study of Santa Ana River
The Santa Ana River Bibliography Project
to include literature about the river's basin and its Riverside,
Orange and San Bernardino county tributaries. Geography, human
water use and development, environmental issues, natural and
human disasters, artistic expressions about the river and legal
issues will also be covered.[
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NOV.01.01 |
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Research
to Examine Television's Influence on Teens
The impact of television on adolescents'
sexual behavior is the focus of a multiyear research effort
funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
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AUG.03.01 |
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Orange
County Marine Fossils May Yield Scientific Bonanza
A treasure trove of marine fossils uncovered
during excavations for a golf course in south Orange County
will be examined by top scientific experts. The collection consists
of nearly 300 specimens of marine vertebrate and some invertebrate
fossils more than 10 million years old.[
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JUN.07.01 |
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CSUF
Study Explores Cause of State's Housing Shortage
A new study of California's housing affordability
and availability notes that where economic growth is strongest,
the shortage of housing for low- and medium-income earners is
most acute.[
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