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 Guitarist Steve Cotter will lead Pierce Street Jazz on April 2.

Guitarist Cotter to lead Pierce Street Jazz

Los Angeles jazz recording and performance artist, guitarist Steve Cotter will lead the next Pierce Street Jazz concert at La Sierra University on…
 Kitty Simmons, La Sierra University library director stands among roughly 3,000 books she plans to sell during the library’s annual sale beginning March 31.

Library holds largest public book sale

Kitty Simmons, library director at La Sierra University recently walked among stacks and boxes of books filling the library’s receiving room, pointing…

TEDxLaSierraUniversity brings "The Possible" to Riverside

On Thurs., April 24 more than 300 visionaries, leaders, designers, entrepreneurs, and students from across the Inland Empire will gather in the new…

 Dr. John Thomas (third from right), dean of La Sierra's Tom and Vi Zapara School of Business, received the Mayor's Innovation Honoree award in Riverside last month from Mayor Rusty Bailey (far right).

Riverside awards La Sierra’s Thomas for innovation

John Thomas, dean of La Sierra University’s Tom and Vi Zapara School of Business defines innovation as thinking outside of the box, of seeing things…
 Figure skater Tyler Nichols is a senior student in the Zapara School of Business

Figure skating biz student spins success from discipline

Competitors in the recent XXII Winter Olympics know very well the high degree of self-discipline, sacrifice and support from others that is required…
 Dr. Frank Jobe (center) received the La Sierra Alumnus of the Year Award in April 2013, surrounded by his family.

La Sierra mourns passing of alum, sports medicine great Dr. Frank Jobe

It is with sadness that the La Sierra University community received the news of the passing of one of its beloved alums, Dr. Frank Jobe.

 La Sierra students Caitlin Cuenca and Andrew Pedersen with Syrian refugee children in Jordan.

University’s student leaders seek aid for Syrian refugees

La Sierra University students Caitlin Cuenca and Andrew Pedersen had witnessed extreme poverty and disease during aid missions to other countries. But…
 (Photo courtesy of Dr. Lee Grismer) A new species of rock gecko in Peninsular Malaysia whose home was saved from excavation.

Rock gecko faces down Singapore cement company

A two-inch-long rock gecko, darkly mottled in browns, greens and yellows crawled peacefully along limestone cliffs in the jungles of Malaysia last…
 (Photo by Natan Vigna) The La Sierra University Wind Ensemble under direction of Dr. Ken Narducci

Wind Ensemble to perform unique “Anniversaries” concert

A work with recorded soundscape, an anime video composition and a piece recognizing a famed Trans-Antarctic expedition – the La Sierra University Wind…
 (Photo by Natan Vigna) Dr. Dan Harvey Lee holding a sample of his new orthodontics product, TidyFloss™

Dentist entrepreneur’s new floss biz launches from school incubator

As with most entrepreneurial concepts, Dan Harvey Lee’s new product idea took root when he discovered an unfilled need in the marketplace.

 Jason Uyeyama, La Sierra's Director of String Studies has launched a new venture

La Sierra violin prof launches OC studio

International violinist and professor Jason Uyeyama has launched a teaching studio in nearby Orange County, with the purpose of mentoring and…
 California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, Distinguished Lecture speaker

Poet Laureate Herrera to deliver Distinguished Lecture

When award-winning author and poet Juan Felipe Herrera began researching his book on courageous Hispanic Americans, he was mystified by the lack of…