CSUSB’s 9th annual Meeting of the Minds Student Research Symposium brought nearly 215 student presenters, 95 faculty mentors and 54 faculty members who served as judges.
The conference, with the theme “The Future is Female: 100 Years of Voices,” will be held virtually Friday, May 22, and will feature a keynote from Senator Leyva, panel discussion and breakout sessions.
Mike Stull (entrepreneurship), Meredith Conroy (political science) and David Yaghoubian (history) were included in news media coverage in areas of their expertise.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed for an article about extremist militia leaders who have been helping to organize protests against COVID-19 restrictions, and Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) was featured in the latest podcast by the Western Riverside County of Governments.
Meredith Conroy, CSUSB associate professor of political science, was interviewed in an article about how the decision of whether or not to wear a mask has increasingly become a political statement as the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic.
David Yaghoubian (history) discussed the U.S. Senate’s failure to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a bipartisan resolution on May 7 that asserted Congress’ authority on the president’s power to wage war against Iran.
Participating in the May 13 panel discussion of Aldous Huxley’s futuristic dystopian novel are Michael Chao, biology; Jasmine Lee, English; Daniel MacDonald, economics; and Jeremy Murray, history.
Enrique Murillo (education, LEAD), Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences, Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis) and Alemayehu G. Mariam (political science, emeritus) were included in news coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The university’s Model UN team maintains its tradition of excellence at the National Model United Nations Conference, despite the annual gathering being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.