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CSU to collaborate with two Chinese universities
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Immediately following their trip to Japan this month, a team of CSU deans and Interim CSU President Tony Frank traveled to China to begin negotiations resulting in research agreements and enhanced foreign exchange in one to two years, Frank said last week.
WORLD AIDS DAY
Decades-old virus still brings stigma
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In the early 1980s, doctors believed that heterosexuals were not at any risk of contracting the AIDS virus, and initially categorized it as a disease that only affects homosexuals and drug users, contributing to extensive misunderstanding that AIDS is only a gay white man's disease.
United States seeks to ease tensions
President Bush calls India's leader to pledge solidarity
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WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush assured India's leader on Sunday that the U.S. government will put its full weight behind the investigation into the attacks in Mumbai. A senator endorsed a campaign suggestion from Barack Obama - appointment of a special envoy, perhaps Bill Clinton, to the disputed region of Kashmir - as the U.
Former state rep. 'very interested' in CSU
Buescher: BOG decision to not split president and chancellor positions 'unlikely'
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Pending a decision by the CSU System Board of Governors to split the CSU president and chancellor roles, former State Rep. Bernie Buescher said last week that his interest lies in the potential chancellor position for now and he is "very interested in CSU.
CSU to re-evaluate all green initiatives
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Following an announcement this month that its administration will "take a hard look" at its carbon neutrality goal, CSU will, in addition, take a step back in deciding the fate of each of its green initiatives, Interim CSU President Tony Frank said last week.
India terror begins with corpses on train platform
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Two young men walk casually through Mumbai's main railway station, a worn Victorian hulk bustling with late commuters heading home, scurrying past small food stands and juice bars and vendors selling newspapers. They enter near the taxi stand, where long lines of battered black and yellow cabs wait for fares.
Mumbai cop, left for dead, rides with gunmen
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MUMBAI, India (AP) _ The militants waited in the shadows for the police van to pass, and when it slowed down in the narrow road, they sprayed it with gunfire. The gunmen opened the doors and dumped five slumped officers' bodies into the streets, then piled into the van to continue their siege.
Obama turns to friends and foes for top posts
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ President-elect Barack Obama plans on Monday to announce six experienced hands to fill top administration posts, moving at record speed to name the leadership team that will guide his presidency through a time of war and recession. His selections include longtime advisers and political foes alike, most notably Democratic primary rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and President Bush's defense secretary, Robert Gates, staying in his current post.
