Integrated studies into the genomic, metabolic, and cultivable diversity of the human gut symbiont Akkermansia muciniphila

Akkermansia muciniphila is a mucin-degrading bacterium found in the gut of most healthy humans, typically at 1 to 4% relative abundance. A number of studies in humans and model organisms have found positive associations between the abundance of this organism and intestinal health, suggesting that Akkermansia may be a beneficial member of the gut microbiome and could be used a...

Los Angeles Promise Neighborhood Community Survey

As part of the Promise Neighborhood grant, Youth Policy Institute (YPI) is enlisting the assistance of an evaluation firm to develop and administer surveys to its Promise Neighborhood residents in the communities of Pacoima and East Hollywood. A survey instrument will be developed using the following indicators: Children?s accessibility to medical care, ages 0-5 The household?s ability to access childcare for ages 0-5 Are parents reading to...

NHD/WBD Statewide Update Project 2.0

The California State University, Northridge Center for Geographical Studies will provide services to the Division of Statewide Integrated Water Management of the Department of Water Resources (DWR) The objectives are to improve the High Resolution NHD, which will include polygonal, linear, and point features and all associated NHD attributes within mutually agreed upon priority areas at a 1:24,000 scale. The edits will meet the United States Geological Survey...

LINKED LEARNING AT CSU NORTHRIDGE: Credential, Master's and Ed.D. Programs

The purpose of this grant is to further develop strategies for educator preparation and professional development for Linked Learning, a national and statewide initiative integrating high school academic programs with career-based learning and real-world workplace experiences. The grant is made possible by the James Irvine Foundation, with CSU Long Beach (CSULB) leading the initiative with the CSU Chancellor?s Office, col...

Evaluation of the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation Fire Prevention and Safety Program

The Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation (AARBF) is a non-profit organization that has identified a significant gap when it comes to effectively communicating fire safety information to different demographic groups. Because of our experience in working with national organizations such as the American Burn Association (whom we are going to partner with on this project) we have come to realize this gap and that we can mak...

Operational Evapotranspiration for the State of New Mexico

An automated system has been designed to operationally produce and deliver evapotranspiration data to water resource managers. Planning and formulation of the system and development of the Scope of Work (SOW) for the Western Water Applications Office (WWAO) will occur through a partnership with the Center for Geographical Studies (CGS) at California State University, Northridge. The proposed system to be described in the SOW will include:...

"Collage, Confession, and Crisis in Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming"

I argue that in contemporary children's and young adult literature, the collage effect is used in order to unsettle the traditional Künstlerroman, the artist's coming-of-age narrative, and make visible the political and social forces that help to shape the writer's developmental process. Woodson's verse novel employs collage in both form and content by blending lyric, document, image, and found family object in order to...

Is Assimilation Costing Asian Americans Their Health? Type 2 Diabetes in California's Asian American Populations

The diabetes rates for Asian Americans has been increasing over the last twenty years, with over 1 out of 5 Asian Americans having diabetes, almost twice the rates to their White counterparts (11.3%) (Lee et al., 2011; Menke, Casagrande, Geiss, & Cowie, 2015). The diabetes prevalence for Asians living in the U.S. are higher than those individuals living in their countries of origin...

Transforming College Teaching: Statewide implementation of the Faculty Learning Program to improve STEM undergraduate teaching and learning

Transforming STEM Teaching Faculty Learning Program is a program designed as part of an NSF-WIDER Grant, and is now being more broadly implemented as part of an NSF-Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) Grant, to help instructors of large lecture STEM courses enhance their teaching practices and improve student learning gains. The program focuses on t...

Learning to Code by Making Music: The Introduction of Computer Science Coursework with World Music Applications for the Retention of Underrepresented Students in STEM

We propose attracting and retaining underrepresented student interest in STEM fields at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) with the incorporation of topics from world music into the introductory programming course. As an applied field, computer programs are developed to address a need in an application area. Typically, t...

Collaboration Resulting in Educators Applying Technology Effectively (CREATE) Project

California State University, Northridge (CSUN), in collaboration with three school districts and a local charter school, proposes a Development Grant to develop and evaluate the i3 Collaboration Resulting in Educators Applying Technology Effectively (CREATE) Project to improve student achievement through the use of technology in implementing the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (CCSSM) [Absolute Prior...

Collaborative Research RUI: Building a mechanistic understanding of water column chemistry alteration by kelp forests: emerging contributions of foundation species

Kelp forest ecosystems are of ecological and economic importance globally and provide habitat for a diversity of fish, invertebrates, and other algal species. In addition, they may also modify the chemistry of surrounding waters. Uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) by giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, may play a role in ameliorating the ef...