University researchers in the Central Valley have identified technologies that they say will wipe out just about every speck of coronavirus passing through air-handling systems on buses. But transit operators, while excited at the prospect of making bus travel safer for passengers and drivers, say it could take months or...
Fresno State Vice President Named as University’s Interim Leader
Fresno State Provost Saul Jimenez-Sandoval will take the helm at the university as interim president when current Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro takes his new job as California State University chancellor in January. The appointment of Jimenez-Sandoval, who is also Fresno State's vice president of academic affairs, by CSU...
Fresno State Reports Record Enrollments This Fall Despite Closed Campus
A record 25,300 students enrolled in Fresno State classes in the fall semester, about 5% more than the fall semester of 2019, even though the campus has been closed because of the coronavirus. Fresno State is bucking a national trend of lower enrollments at colleges and universities sparked by the...
Water, Energy and Technology Center at Fresno State Wins $50,000 in Competition
There was an early morning Zoom celebration heard around at least a few homes in the Valley Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced selections for the prize portion of the Energy Program for Innovation Clusters , and a team from Fresno was one of the winners. The Water, Energy...
As Political Whirlwind Swirls, Fresno State Brings Top Washington Reporter Back for Event
It was one of the most dramatic weeks in presidential history and Robert Costa was there to cover it. Between a raucous debate, a COVID-19 diagnosis, a trip to Walter Reed and back, Costa — Washington Post reporter and host of PBS's "Washington Week" — will have a lot to...
Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta ‘Thrilled’ with Honor from Fresno State
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union and renowned civil rights activist, was honored Friday morning in Fresno State's Peace Garden with a gingko tree planted to commemorate her 90th birthday and her legacy. The event was part of an ongoing commemoration by the 23-campus California State University...
‘Passionate and Effective’: Fresno State’s Castro Will Now Lead CSU System.
Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro has been selected as the eighth chancellor of the California State University system, the CSU announced Wednesday morning. Castro has led Fresno State since 2013. He will be the first California native and first Mexican American to lead the 23-campus university system with enrollments...
Donated Coats Will Keep 4K Fresno Unified Kids Warm This Winter
Thousands of Fresno Unified School District students will be a little warmer this winter, and they can thank an anonymous donor. The district plans to hand out the coats first to homeless students in coordination with FUSD's Project ACCESS program. The Salvation Army helped store the coats. “Thanks to a...
Fresno State, Other CSUs Will Continue Online Instruction in Spring
Most students at Fresno State and the other 22 California State University campuses will continue with online instruction in the spring 2021 semester, chancellor Timothy P. White announced Thursday. White made the announcement in an open letter addressed to faculty, students, and staff. The CSU announcement comes on the heels...
Foundation of Hollywood Mogul Perenchio Donates $5.5M to Fresno State
The foundation of the late entertainment billionaire Jerry Perenchio is donating $5.5 million to Fresno State to support student success. Born to an Italian family of winemakers in Fresno on Dec. 20, 1920, Perenchio was enrolled by his parents in a Los Angeles prep school at 15. He graduated from...