2008 Woodie Awards
Two SJSU students who are residents of Campus Village Building C were detained late Tuesday night for allegedly firing a BB gun at a female subject, said University Police Michael Santos. The suspects, Boyah Kaar and Stephan Gooben, were cited and then released, he said. (0) comments
Mark Savage, a senior sociology major, was recently named as one of 15 college students from across the country to participate on Campus Progress' student advisory board for his second straight year. Campus Progress, the nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, a branch of the Center for American Progress, was started in February 2005 and continues to promote progressive student values in America, said Ramya Raghavan, communications and outreach manager for Campus Progress. (0) comments
A group of environmentally conscious SJSU students have been growing vegetables on private properties near campus since January. This October the students plan to sell the vegetables to SJSU, to be used in Dining Commons, the Market Cafe and the Student Union. (2) comments
A research team led by Michael Graham, an SJSU associate professor in Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, has discovered vast green forests of kelp believed to be extinct. Graham teaches and conducts his research at the laboratories, a national research facility consisting of seven CSU campuses including SJSU. (0) comments
The College of Engineering will hold a naming ceremony today at 4:30 p.m. in honor of a $15 million endowment bestowed by former SJSU graduate Charles W. Davidson last May. The endowment is the largest private individual gift in the history of the university, according to Joy Leighton, the director of communications in the college. (0) comments
A new device, called the impedance threshold device, can treat unaddressed medical problems faced by soldiers and NASA astronauts, said a senior research physiologist at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research. Dr. Victor Convertino's presentation Tuesday in the Dr. (0) comments
