Jason Halley

Congratulations to the four newly named Collective Grants Academy Fellows. It's been great to capture your innovative projects in agriculture, clean energy, financial education, and sustainable infrastructure. Learn more about projects: today.csuchico.edu/four-facu…

UPAA's Q1 Narrative results feature the top five entries across video, social media, and photo essays. Always inspired to see how others tell stories. VIEW Winners: upaa.exposure.co/2026-27-q1-…

Matt Cashore makes an interesting point: AI-powered phone cameras are changing what people expect from professional photos, often without realizing it. READ Story: upaa.exposure.co/the-ai-that… Story By Matt Cashore

Aspiring teachers in Chico State's ROOTS program will receive a $42,000 stipend while working in rural classrooms as part of the nearly $8 million award over five years. READ Story: today.csuchico.edu/rural-tea… Story By Michael Drummond

Professor Italo Lima's research into GPS-enabled collars could allow farmers to move grazing boundaries without physical fences. READ Story: today.csuchico.edu/chico-sta… Story by Michael Drummond

Reading through the memories of Fred Sisson, who helped shape UPAA as an organization. READ Story: upaa.exposure.co/upaa-rememb… Story By Nick Romanenko

Chico State is hiring a Social Media Strategist to manage the social media channels for the university. Apply if you're creative, a communicator, and have a vision to tell the Wildcat Story. APPLY: jobs.csuchico.edu/ch/en-us/j…

Congratulations to Bobby Gordon’s paper that took first place in the 2026 Southwestern Anthropological Association Student Paper Competition. READ Story: today.csuchico.edu/chico-sta… Story By Michael Drummond

Proud of the recognition that Chico State receives for the return of land to the Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria and Susanville Indian Rancheria. READ Story: today.csuchico.edu/aashe-202… Story By Michael Drummond

Mason Shorts oversees nearly 200 native seed species, turning wild-collected seed into crops for habitat restoration across California. READ Story: today.csuchico.edu/mason-sho… Story By Clayton Truscott

Chico State moved up in ranking to No. 8 among public universities in the West in U.S. News amp; World Report. See the results. READ Story: today.csuchico.edu/us-news-w… Reviewed by Michael Drummond

Ge Yang's experiences from his own childhood now inform the work he does with Hmong youth and families becoming the 2026–27 CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement recipient. READ Story: today.csuchico.edu/csu-trust… Story By Katharine Clark

Congratulations to the photographers who placed in the CSU Photo of the Year competition. Great images and Joe Johnston with the 1st place showstopper. Happy to have my image seen in the header. See Photos: calstate.edu/csu-system/news…

Enjoyed photographing Ricardo Ramos-Torres and learning how his Gridley family and community remain part of his experience in Concrete Industry Management and soccer. READ Story: today.csuchico.edu/ricardo-r… Story By Andrew Staples

When you're supposed to make them smile, Sean Jacobs’ is one of those people that make you smile. READ Story: today.csuchico.edu/sean-jaco… Story By Michael Drummond

Drones and machine learning being used to count walnuts, an interesting project to photograph and see in action. READ Story: today.csuchico.edu/chico-sta… Story By Michael Drummond

Super cool video of Chico State's President becoming our mascot Willie the Wildcat with help of students in the Computer Animation and Game Development program. SEE Video: youtube.com/watch?v=OPqLTl_p…

Marley Harrison balances public health, college volleyball and overnight hospital shifts—a lot to take on at once. READ Story: today.csuchico.edu/marley-ha… Story By Andrew Staples

Angela Gapa found directing surprisingly similar to teaching: both mean communicating a vision and bringing people along. READ Story: today.csuchico.edu/angela-zi… Story By Clayton Truscott

I love fossils, so it's cool to see Bradley Cobian become a paleontologist to uncover a career rooted in preserving and protecting relics of the past. READ Story: today.csuchico.edu/geology-g… Story By Katharine Clark