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Fresno State Awards 4 Honorary Doctorates for 2021 Commencement Season

Fresno State News A Native American basket weaver, two university benefactors with ties to Valley agriculture, and the head of Valley Children's Healthcare will receive honorary doctoral degrees from Fresno State this year, the university announced Monday. Honorary doctorates are awarded on behalf of the California State University system and...

Judge Rules for Assemi Brothers in Suit Against Wonderful Pistachio Company

Fresno Superior Court Judge Kimberly Gaab issued a 6-page ruling against the Wonderful Pistachios and Almonds company on Thursday saying the company, "engaged in unfair conduct that significantly harmed or threatened to harm competition in the (pistachio) industry." A lawsuit brought by Assemi Brothers, LLC  alleges Wonderful threatened to not only harm...

Fresno State Celebrates New Resnick Student Union With Groundbreaking

Not all of the Fresno State students who were on hand for Thursday's groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lynda and Stewart Resnick Student Union will still be on campus when it opens in the fall of 2021, but that didn't dampen the day's excitement. Construction actually started in November. But...

Ag Billionaires Pledge $750M to Caltech for Climate Research

Beverly Hills billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick, who've built a farming empire in the San Joaquin Valley, have pledged $750 million to Caltech, a private university based in Pasadena. Their gift will support research into environmental sustainability in the face of climate change, Caltech officials said last week. "In order to...

Wonderful Company Owners Give $10 Million for New Fresno State Student Union

Fresno State's new Student Union will be named for The Wonderful Company owners Lynda and Stewart Resnick, who are donating $10 million to help underwrite the $60 million structure, the university announced Tuesday. Listen to this article:   The donation is Fresno State's largest student-life investment to date. In 1994...

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