by Pat Lopes Harris | Oct 15, 2014 | Academics
Much of San Jose State’s current student body was not born when the 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake hit the Bay Area 25 years ago on Oct. 17, 1989. Yet the fact that San Jose State took the need to prepare for the next big one seriously is clear to anyone on...
by Christina Olivas | Oct 15, 2014 | Academics
It’s the caliber of the students and faculty members that draws crowds to the College of Humanities and the Arts Showcase. Visitors learn about the college by experiencing everything from students performing the lead roles from the musical “West Side Story” to the...
by Pat Lopes Harris | Oct 15, 2014 | Academics
While sorting through the belongings of his younger brother, who died suddenly of heart disease, Vincent Seid was stunned to find scores of plaques his brother received for his contributions to more than 300 Apple patents. Calvin Seid, ’83 Industrial Design, was a...
by Pat Lopes Harris | Oct 7, 2014 | Academics
Librarian Kathryn Blackmer Reyes walked into the 2011 Latino Comics Expo in San Francisco and sensed a tremendous opportunity for the artists and for San Jose State. She could see how the comics, meticulously created to authentically incorporate the Latino and Chicano...
by Pat Lopes Harris | Oct 7, 2014 | Academics
Professor Thalia Anagnos, Department of General Engineering, has been awarded a second five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the Engineering Leadership Pathway Scholars Program. ELPS2, building on the success of the original ELPS, will provide...