Sushil Chintala, an international student from India plans to finish his masters in electrical engineering at Cal State Long Beach this fall, after which he will decide between three options: apply for more school, apply for one-year work experience or go home. After he graduates, Chintala will have 60 days[Read More…]
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Apple’s Siri earns bad marks on new report
Siri is in big trouble. She has a “D” on her report card. Apple’s voice recognition program, Siri, works accurately only 68 percent of the time in quiet rooms, according to a report released by the Minneapolis-investment bank Piper Jaffray & Co. The study gave Siri a “D” for accuracy,[Read More…]
CSULB alumna brings new artists together
Anyone within the Bungalow Gallery in Downtown Long Beach could hear the booming laughter of Cal State Long Beach creative writing alumna, Sarah Miller, as she played hostess for an art and reading event Friday night. Miller started hosting readings and art events as an undergrad at CSULB in 1997.[Read More…]
Mothers and daughters team up in engineering competition
When three Cal State Long Beach professors saw a low percentage of women in the field of engineering, they also saw an opportunity to bring mothers and daughters together to build what is typically seen as a boy’s project – robots. Thus began “My Daughter is an Engineer,” a three-day[Read More…]
Student loans may be forgiven after 10 years
Those with various forms of student loans may soon find relief through a bill designed to alleviate the growing burdens attached to student debt. The Student Loans and Forgiveness Act of 2012, introduced by Rep. Hansen Clarke (D-Mich) in March, is designed to help current students and recent graduates by[Read More…]
Long Beach Transit buses end service in Seal Beach
After racially sensitive comments disrupted a community meeting in Seal Beach, Long Beach Transit decided to no longer provide service to the city. The cut will start at the end of August. The meeting in May was designed to discuss alternative bus routes in the city. Instead, Long Beach Transit[Read More…]
Brown appoints two new trustees to the BOT
Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed two new members to the Cal State University Board of Trustees: Lupe Garcia from Alameda and Hugo Morales from Fresno. To officially join the Board, both Garcia and Morales must wait for California State Senate confirmation, which could take up to a year, CSU Spokesman[Read More…]