have attended CSUN: Frank del Olmo (for Public Service), Paul Pringle (for Public Service and for Investigative Reporting), and Ken Lubas (photojournalist). Journalist and political commentator Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks network also graduated from CSUN.
==== Sciences ====
In the sciences, CSUN alumni include astronaut Scott J. Horowitz, who flew four Space Shuttle missions, and Adriana Ocampo, who is a planetary geologist known for her contributions to the discovery of the Chicxulub crater as well as her work as Science Program Manager at NASA and lead program executive for the New Frontiers Program.
==== Athletics ====
Former students have also won 15 Olympic medals in total, with Jeanette Bolden (gold medal), Valerie Brisco-Hooks (three gold medals and one silver medal), Alice Brown (two gold medals and one silver medal), Florence Griffith Joyner (three gold medals and two silver medals), Joe Ryan (silver medal), and Bob Samuelson (bronze medal) all winning medals at the Olympic Games. The former …
