America's first street-ready fuel-cell car is a cherry-red, pint-sized coupe that emits no exhaust except pure water. Produced at Humboldt State University for the city of Palm Desert, the fuel-cell-powered neighborhood electric vehicle carries two people, runs at a top speed of 35 mph, has a range of 30 miles, runs on hydrogen, and can be refueled in two minutes.
Humboldt State University's Schatz Energy Research Center (SERC) has been issued a patent for a fuel cell design that underscores how less can mean more in the world of clean energy, and may help propel the clean power of fuel cells into more widespread use.
Peace Corps Director Mark D. Gearan will visit Humboldt State University next weekend to deliver a commencement address and to honor the university's unparalleled legacy of service to the agency.
To tackle a subject--American Indians--long overlooked and poorly understood in civics classes--the rights and responsibilities inherent in American Indian sovereignty--Humboldt State University will host about 200 high school students Friday, May 21, for American Indian Civics Day.
A Humboldt State University teacher of adaptive physical education goes to West Africa to help attach artificial limbs to 160 women and children, victims of mutilation amid civil unrest.
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For most Californians, the Gold Rush brings to mind '49ers panning for dreams, but for many indigenous tribes of Northwest California, it was a holocaust; Indian students have published a book with that perspective, based on interviews with tribal elders.
Seeking to stem a very high dropout rate among Indian students, 30 years ago Native American leaders and professors in Northwest California created the first Indian teacher-training program, believing Native students would respond better to Native teachers, and it worked.
The first endowed chair to support the study of the redwood forest will allow researchers to explore more aggressively the ecology of the tallest trees in the world, specifically the complex communities hundreds of feet up in them and also the biophysical limits to how tall can trees grow.
In a move that reflects a growing demand among universities to make socially responsible, sustainable investment choices, Humboldt State University’s charitable foundation has already adopted a the policy to strictly limit its holdings in companies directly or indirectly involved in fossil fuels. Now, through its “Humboldt Investment Pledge,” The HSU Advancement Foundation is urging other universities to do more to clean up their investments.
A portable imaging tool could change the way the medical community analyzes and understands the long-term effects of sports-related concussions. Research conducted by Humboldt State Kinesiology professor Rock Braithwaite has played a significant role in demonstrating the usefulness of computerized neurocognitive testing in determining the extent of the effects of concussion on cognition and performance among student athletes and military personnel.
Beginning with the development of smaller products, such as solar lanterns to replace kerosene lighting, the Schatz Energy Research Center at Humboldt State University is expanding its efforts to produce energy alternatives with a new program to test larger scale renewable energy-powered consumer products.
Humboldt State University, along with 15 regional partners, has received a $5.88 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct innovative biomass research.
A new study by researchers at Humboldt State University and the University of Colorado, Boulder is shedding light on an unexpected benefit of jogging in older adults.
Humboldt State University is moving aggressively to green up its endowment, taking a leadership role in higher education by further divesting from fossil fuels and adopting a broad definition of socially concerning sectors to be avoided. Significantly, the effort involves targeting mutual funds.
A new project at Humboldt State University is seeking ways to attack college food insecurity from all angles. That means providing food aid, offering health education and cooking lessons, conducting original research on college hunger, and seeking ways to change state and national policies that make it difficult for students to access help.
Could desalination be the answer to California’s drought? As parts of the state become drier, scientists are looking at ways to turn seawater into drinkable water.
We’ve all observed them: online trolls who post insensitive and inflammatory comments on the Internet to provoke and upset as many people as possible. If we could just eliminate trolls from the Internet the world would be a friendlier place, right? Not exactly, says HSU Communication Lecturer Whitney Phillips.
The number one killer of firefighters isn’t burns or smoke inhalation. According to Arcata Fire District Battalion Chief Sean Campbell, it's stress and exertion, which kills about 50 firefighters each year nationwide. "It's not uncommon for firefighters working at a scene or just after an incident to die of a heart attack or other stress or overexertion related illness."
For a select group of new science students, California’s second largest river, the Klamath River, will be the focus of everything they learn and do at Humboldt State University.
A potential revolution is unfolding on out-of-the-way logging roads. Foresters and researchers are innovating unique ways to make use of forest residues—low quality trees, tree tops, limbs, and chunks that formerly would have been left in slash piles and burned, or worse, left to rot.
A small fishing boat swept into the ocean by the 2011 tsunami off the coast of Japan washed ashore two years later in Northern California the subject of new children's book.
Humboldt State University is moving aggressively to green up its endowment, taking a leadership role in higher education by further divesting from fossil fuels and adopting a broad definition of socially concerning sectors to be avoided. Significantly, the effort involves targeting mutual funds.
Humboldt State University has pledged support for the White House American Campuses Act on Climate demonstrating Humboldt State’s commitment to carrying out sustainability goals and supporting strong action on climate change by world leaders.
Humboldt State University received a record number of applications for the fall 2016 semester.
Humboldt State’s cutting-edge program to prepare the next generation of stem cell and regenerative medicine professionals has received a major boost.
Humboldt State University is among the country’s first universities to accept Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
New research by astrophysicists has revealed the fastest ultraviolet winds ever detected near a supermassive black hole more than 10 billion light-years away.
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has named Humboldt State University student Tina Sampay the best student columnist in the southwest for colleges and universities with an enrollment of under 10,000 students.
World’s first known multicellular green plant made its debut more than 500 million years ago.
Researchers found that individuals who maintain an active jogging habit into their senior years are spending nearly the same amount of metabolic energy as a 20-year-old.
Humboldt State Social Work senior Morgan Burris has been given a California State University Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement.
Humboldt State University researchers describe how outdated state and federal requirements are keeping college students from accessing food assistance programs.
A piece of ongoing research about human values and behavior in the wilderness shows that people take greater risks when they possess safety devices.
Are coded racial statements—so-called “dog whistle” statements—imperiling the middle class and efforts to realize social justice? The keynote address of the Campus Dialogue on Race tackles this question and more on Nov. 3
Mention of redwoods may conjure up majestic groves, the hard-fought timber wars, and the threatened existence of a famous, sacred tree species. But one Humboldt State University professor is concerned about an “endangered” listing for Northern California’s most famous “charismatic megaflora,” saying it sends the wrong message.
If co-teaching sounds like it could lead to some conflicts, you’re not wrong—especially when it comes to a charged topic like climate change. It’s part of the reason why it’s rarely done in academia. But working through those disagreements, even in front of the class, is part of the point.
Humboldt State University researchers have been awarded a $271,000 federal grant to help two Northern California fishing communities improve the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of their waterfronts.
Allegations and investigations into interference in the U.S. Presidential election have brought Russian-American relations into the national spotlight in a way unseen since the fall of the Soviet Union 25 years ago.
A researcher is pairing linguistics and Native American studies to help revive a culture.
In 1967 Lyndon Johnson was president, a movie ticket cost $1.25, and Humboldt State College students were organizing the campus’s first film festival. Half a century later, the festival is the oldest student-run film festival of its kind and even though the tickets have gone up (slightly) in price, it’s still one of the best deals going for moviegoers.
Humboldt State University is one of the nation’s first college campuses to have residence halls dedicated to preventing sexualized violence and supporting survivors and their allies.
Humboldt State University’s northern California campus is home to the tallest tree on any college campus anywhere in the world. This was confirmed by HSU Forestry Professor and renowned tall tree expert Steve Sillett and his graduate students who have painstakingly measured and mapped the major limbs of this impressive 240 foot Sitka spruce.
Humboldt State University has signed on to a statement of support for the principles and targets of the Paris Agreement. The letter is from mayors, governors, university leaders, and businesses from across the country.
Scientists always assumed it was a northern flying squirrel gliding through the canopies of Pacific coastal forests.
Humboldt State University aims to improve graduation rates and keep family members connected with their new college students and the University experience.
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Humboldt State University Environmental Studies professor identifies “eco-depression” among her students and adjusts her teaching methods to help students cope with their feelings
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