SF State Gator Buzz

Take a break from holiday baking, shopping, wrapping and traveling to unwind with the fall/winter issue of SF State Magazine, now online. You’ll get a close-up view of San Francisco public artworks created by SF State alumni, faculty and students as well as a map to more magnificent creations located inside and outside of public buildings, and one in the sky above one street corner in North Beach.

The magazine includes plenty more examples of creativity soaring to new heights. Alumnus Jonas Rivera, the producer of “Up,” takes readers behind the scenes of this year’s animated hit. Readers can also sit in on a music class led by SF State’s world-renowned quartet-in-residence, the Alexander String Quartet, and find out what leading Bay Area Director will be breathing new life into “Romeo and Juliet” on campus next semester.

Other SF State innovators covered in this issue include Professor Frank Bayliss, who will soon travel to the White House to pick up one of just 22 awards for mentoring from President Barack Obama, and Vance Vredenburg, who is battling a deadly disease that has been pushing dozens of amphibian species to extinction. More faculty research is highlighted in the magazine’s Campus Beat department, along with a look at a state-of-the-art greenhouse, a bicycle path and other recent additions to the campus.

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