Julie Taylor, associate professor of communication and media, was honored with the 2023-24 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award for her dedication to CSUSB students and effective advising qualities and practices.
Mihaela Popescu (communication studies) and Fadi Muheidat (computer science) will discuss AI at a Redlands American Association of University Women program, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed for articles about the recent protests on college campuses stemming from the continuing Israel-Hamas war.
The third annual smARTshow, a collaboration between CSUSB and Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary School, will feature the thought-provoking artwork of talented fourth-graders and be on display at the Garcia Center for the Arts in San Bernardino from May 3-9. The opening reception will take place on Friday, May 3, from 5-7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
The team, representing the nation of Burundi, was honored with the Distinguished Delegation Award, the highest award given by the National Model United Nations Conference in New York City, arguably the most prestigious conference of its kind.
Karen Escalante (education) was interviewed for an article about new standards to teach reading that were adopted by the state Commission on Teacher Credentialing, Zachary Powell (criminal justice) coauthored a study on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on law enforcement officers, and Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) was interviewed by an Arab-language television news program.
The 14 winners from the 38th annual CSUSB Student Research Competition will represent Cal State San Bernardino at the California State University Research Competition on April 26-27.
Tickets are now on sale online for the U.S. premier of “The Next Whisky Bar,” which will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, April 24-25, at the university’s Performing Arts Recital Hall.
Maylei Blackwell of the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA will be the keynote speaker at this year’s conference, which will take place in person beginning at 9 a.m. in the John M. Pfau Library, room PL-5005, and also offered virtually, with a livestream available for the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus in the Rancho Mirage Student Center.
Jess Block Nerren (communication studies) was interviewed about The Cognitive Collective on campus, Mahmood Nikbakhtzadeh (health science and human ecology) will be a guest speaker at a meeting of the ACS San Gorgonio chapter, and Mark Agars (psychology) coauthored a study about supporting workers with chronic illnesses.