CSUSB’s Palm Desert Campus has named Sofia Torres-Crespo, who is graduating with two bachelor’s degrees, as its Outstanding Undergraduate Student for 2020-21.
Tomasz Owerkowicz (biology) was interviewed for an article about whether other animals get heart attacks, Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote the third installment of his four-part series, “Is Life a Solo Journey,” David Yaghoubian (history) discussed the Arab-Israeli “normalization” process, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) commented in an article on how white supremacists use social justice language to promote their bigotry.
News of Carol Hood (physics) being named Outstanding Faculty Advisor for 2020-21 makes the news, Francisca Beer (finance) teamed up with MBA candidate Danny Chung for a column on credit cards for students, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) comments on the Christchurch Call to Action and the spike in anti-Asian hate crimes in Vancouver, B.C.
Alumna Jean M. Stephens ’91, Global CEO of global firm RSM International Limited, has been named a recipient of a CSUSB Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.
The Princeton Review has named as one of the West’s Best Business Schools for 2021 CSUSB’s Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration. The review also listed the college as one of its Top 50 Online MBA programs.
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles of faculty and their research by Montgomery Van Wart, a professor of public administration and a CSUSB Faculty Research Fellow in Faculty Affairs and Development. In this article, he features Wagner Prado, assistant professor of kinesiology, who has consistently shown he has what it takes to make him a high-quality senior scholar.
Eric Vogelsang (sociology) co-authored a paper on what social determinants motivate people to get the shingles vaccine, Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote the second part of his four-part series, “Is Life a Solo Journey?” and Brian Levin (criminal justice) continues to speak on the continuing surge of hate crimes against Asian Americans.
Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences) discussed the state of the region’s economy, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted in an article about an act of kindness for a victim of an anti-Asian hate crime.
The GenCyber Camp, which runs through May 15, leads its participants through interactive cybersecurity courses and online career mentorship sessions.