Andrea Hinwood, chief scientist of the United Nations Environment Program, will give a virtual talk on the changes in the global environment, connections with the environment and solutions on Thursday, May 9, at 9 a.m.
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.
Qingquan Sun, a professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering, was also recognized for his work to promote and support research by his students, a number of whom are from underrepresented backgrounds studying in the STEM disciplines.
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.
Among Caitlin Kim’s learning experiences at CSUSB was the Nursing Street Medicine program. “It taught me a lot of things about life,” she said.
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.
According to Jason Ng, associate professor of kinesiology, diversity enriches the classroom environment and student learning process. "With diversity, when everybody’s so different, I think that it encourages us to challenge ourselves in how we might think and what kind of considerations we might make about others," he says.
Former astronaut and physicist Kathryn C. Thornton was the guest speaker for the College of Natural Sciences’ Gerald M. Scherba Lecture Series, which took place via livestream and in-person at the John M. Pfau Library. Thornton delighted the audience with humorous and fascinating anecdotes and insights from her illustrious career at NASA.
The College of Natural Sciences hosted seminars with distinguished CNS alumni, Tinuade Akinfolarin-Arboue and Shirley Jean, to discuss health disparities and access, as well as the lack of African Americans in the kinesiology field.