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Alum Rebecca Solnit on 'Mansplaining' and Her Long Career

ELLE -- While she studied art history at San Francisco State University and journalism at UC Berkeley, she’s a polymath who’s taken on a staggering variety of subjects: from a little-known 1950s West ...
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Alum Blanche Brown Featured in Dance Documentary 'Lives Well Lived'

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE -- Among them is Oakland dancer Blanche Brown, 78 when she participated in the documentary and 82 now, and still teaching a weekly dance class at San Francisco’s ODC. “I can’t ...
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Alum Charles Hall Invented the Waterbed in 1960s, Brings It Back Afloat Today

REALTOR.COM -- Fifty years ago, Charlie Hall introduced the water bed to the modern world as part of his master’s thesis project at San Francisco S ...
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In 1968, Firing of English Instructor George Mason Murray Helped Lead to SF State Strike

KQED-FM (SAN FRANCISCO) -- One of San Francisco State’s most influential anti-Vietnam War organizers was a popular English instructor named George Mason Murray. He also happened to be the minister of ...
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University celebrates student research with college-wide showcases

As the academic year comes to a close, SF State’s colleges are celebrating the scholarship, research and creative activities of the University community with multiple student project showcases. In ...
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SF State-produced documentaries tell stories of the first Black Marines

To commemorate Black History Month, a San Francisco State University documentary team will debut four shorts about the first Black servicemembers in the U.S. Marine Corps. Each of the short films will ...
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'Big Joy' Celebrates Former Instructor James Broughton, Exuberant Poet and Filmmaker

VASHON-MAURY ISLAND BEACH COMBER (WASHINGTON) -- During one of 37 interviews conducted for the documentary, beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti confessed he felt like an interloper in the early 1950s, ...
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Student script wins national award from Broadcast Education Association

What started as a class assignment has turned into a national award for a San Francisco State University student who has since graduated. Jae Hamilton is a first-place winner in the Broadcast ...
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SF State President Teaches Class This Fall, Returns to Her Roots as a Professor

With the help of SF State’s Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning, President Mahoney is teaching History 120: “History of the U.S. Through Reconstruction.” It’s taught through a ...
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Decades Later, Pain Lingers for Family of Slain Alum Frank Carlson

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE -- The crime has stayed with Eric Carlson — who was 16 at the time of the killing — but so have his undimmed memories of his brother, an aspiring journalist who was a graduate ...
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Students for Justice in Palestine Founder Hatem Bazian Attended SF State

JEWISH PRESS -- In 2001, Hatem Bazian founded Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of Berkeley. Bazian was born in Nablus, went to high school in Amman, Jordan and came to the U.S ...
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Alums John Noxon and Deborah Marcus Showcase Rock Art of Native American Cultures

THE UNION (GRASS VALLEY) -- Noxon and Marcus were first exposed to Native American paintings and carvings in Zion National Park in 1975. Intrigued, they sought scholarly information about these ...