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CSUSB art professor interviewed on KVCR’s ‘Lifestyles with Lillian Vasquez’
KVCR Radio
May 20, 2021
Katherine Gray, CSUSB’s Outstanding Professor for 2020-21 and the resident evaluator on the Netflix hit show “Blown Away,” was interviewed on 91.9 FM KVCR radio’s Lifestyles with Lillian Vasquez. She talked about the art of glass blowing, her role on the Netflix show and being named the university’s Outstanding Professor. Listen to the interview at “May 20: Lifestyles with Lillian Vasquez.”
CSUSB professors receive NIH grant to study Parkinson’s disease
Highland Community News
May 20, 2021
Cal State San Bernardino has received a $441,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine if the disruption of the gut-microbiome contributes to neuroinflammation and memory problems among individuals with Parkinson’s disease.
The four-year grant will fund collaboration between CSUSB and scientists from UCLA, UCR, and Loma Linda University Health, said Jacob Jones, an assistant professor in the CSUSB Department of Psychology. His expertise is in neuropsychology, focusing on patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Jones will serve as the grant’s principal investigator and partner with Zhaojing Chen, an assistant professor in the CSUSB Department of Kinesiology.
Read the complete article at “CSUSB professors receive NIH grant to study Parkinson’s disease.”
Assault in LA investigated as anti-Semitic part of decades-long pattern, CSUSB professor says
LAist
May 20, 2021
The L.A. Police Department is investigating the assault on a party of Jewish men dining in Beverly Grove by a pro-Palestinian group earlier this week as a possible hate crime. The attack happened Tuesday night outside Sushi Fumi on North La Cienega Boulevard.
Brian Levin, the director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino, said that in order for a crime to qualify as a hate crime, there must be probable cause it was committed out of hate for a protected characteristic, like religion.
"And at least from the facts that are available, it appears that it is," Levin said.
Levin said anti-semitic attacks have been rising in the U.S. over the last five years, and they're not unusual after episodes like the violence in Gaza — they're actually part of a pattern that’s been observed for decades.
"We see these spikes that occur around catalytic events, and we see similar spikes with respect to attacks against our Muslim friends and neighbors as well, " he said.
Read the complete article at “LAPD investigating assault on Jewish men in Beverly Grove as hate crime.”
Anti-Semitic violence tends to spike in response to conflicts in Middle East, CSUSB professor says
The New York Times
May 20, 2021
Local officials and Jewish leaders in Los Angeles on Thursday condemned an attack against Jewish diners outside a sushi restaurant this week that the Los Angeles Police Department has said it was investigating as an anti-Semitic hate crime.
Anti-Semitic violence in the United States tends to spike in response to conflicts in the Middle East and other international events, and around contentious elections domestically, said Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. Hate crimes against American Jews jumped in March 1994, for example, after an American-Israeli man opened fire on worshipers in a mosque in Hebron, and in October 2000 during a Palestinian intifada, according to F.B.I. crime reports analyzed by Mr. Levin and his team.
Read the complete article at “Los Angeles Mayor Calls Attack on Diners ‘Anti-Semitic.’”
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Anti-Asian hate law passes, Hawaii senator admits it can’t stop attacks from happening
KHON TV Honolulu, Hawaii
May 20, 2021
President Joe Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law on Thursday, May 20. The legislation was introduced by Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono and New York Rep. Grace Meng.
A study from Cal State University San Bernardino shows hate crimes targeting Asian Americans are up 164% since May 2020. The racist acts were the catalyst for the COVID-19 Hate Crime Act.
US anti-hate crime law provides new enforcement tools, but will it work?
VOA News
May 20, 2021
A bill that President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday gives local and federal officials new tools and resources to combat hate crimes, while putting the spotlight on a surge in anti-Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anti-Asian hate crimes in major U.S. cities and counties spiked by about 150% last year over the year before and 194% during the first quarter of 2021 compared with the first quarter of 2020, according to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino.
Biden signs hate crimes bill after attacks on Asian Americans
Bloomberg
May 20, 2021
President Joe Biden signed legislation Thursday to combat a sharp rise in anti-Asian hate crimes amid the coronavirus pandemic, hailing it as a rare moment of bipartisanship in Washington.
Attacks against Asian Americans drew new attention in March after a mass shooting in Georgia left eight people dead. Six of the victims were women of Asian descent. Anti-Asian hate crime reported to police in the nation’s largest cities rose 169% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period a year prior, according to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University San Bernardino.
Biden signs anti-Asian hate crime bill
La Prensa Latina Media
May 20, 2021
With the support of both Democrats and Republicans, President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a bill designed to expedite the review of pandemic-related hate crimes and provide grants to local law enforcement to help improve the reporting of such incidents.
A study by California State University at San Bernardino found that during the first quarter of this year there was a 164 percent increase in hate crimes against Asian-Americans compared to the same period a year earlier, just before the pandemic hit.
Biden signs law to curb anti-Asian hate crimes amid pandemic
Philippine News Agency
May 21, 2021
President Joe Biden on Thursday afternoon signed a legislation to curb anti-Asian hate crimes that have skyrocketed during the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States.
Reported hate crimes against Asian Americans in 16 of the country's largest cities and counties have increased 164 percent since last year, showed a recent study by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino.
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