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RAFFMA partnered with the San Bernardino City Unified School District and Music Changing Lives to distribute 280 free art packs to the community with a target of kids ages 6-13 from underrepresented and/or disadvantaged backgrounds.
![Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholars](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Sally%20Casanova%202021%20banner.png.webp?itok=xxcJwjma)
Four CSUSB students are among the 76 CSU students who have been named the 2021-22 Sally Casanova California Pre-Doctoral Scholars.
![CSUSB Graduate Naim Aburaddi](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%286%29.png.webp?itok=QF5w72D7)
Naim Aburaddi, CSUSB communication studies graduate student, was accepted to present at the National Communication Association, the largest and most prestigious communication association in the world.
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David Carlson, chair of the CSUSB English department, focuses on interdisciplinary research integrating the fields of indigenous culture, law and literature.
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Kaitlyn Creasy (philosophy) was awarded a American Association of University Women fellowship, and David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed for a news program on the 1988 downing of an Iran Air passenger plane by a U.S. Navy ship.
![Some holding a copy of the printed zine of "A Space Between Us."](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_SpaceBetweenUsZine_12July2021.jpg.webp?itok=uvNunD6t)
A moving collection of stories from San Bernardino residents and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected them is documented in “A Space Between Us,” a public art project by CSUSB art and design lecturer Tamara Cedré.
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Kaitlyn Creasy (philosophy) was awarded a American Association of University Women fellowship, Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote the third installment of his series on “When You Want to Be Closer Than They Do,” David Yaghoubian (history) discussed Iran’s call for a formal U.S. apology over the downing of an Iran Air passenger plane in 1988, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) commented on politicians who equate the Holocaust with their anti-vaccine stance.
![Kaitlyn Creasy](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%284%29.png.webp?itok=VmF2L8XU)
Kaitlyn Creasy, assistant professor of philosophy, has been selected for the American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship from the American Association of University Women, where she will research stubborn social emotions and their harms.
![Peter Williams](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CNS_Williams_Obit_01July2021.jpg.webp?itok=6EqcXrxO)
A memorial service is scheduled for 3 p.m. July 15 at Water of Life Community Church’s chapel, located at 7625 East Ave., Fontana.