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The 421 bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees awarded this spring is the highest number in the history of the campus. This year’s commencement ceremony was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The university’s goal is to recognize graduates with a traditional ceremony when it is safe to gather in celebration.
![Kim Cousins, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been named the 2019-20 CSUSB Outstanding Professor, the university’s top faculty honor.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Cousins_OutstandingProf_03June2020.jpg.webp?itok=nPUjsxf-)
Kim Cousins, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been named the 2019-20 CSUSB Outstanding Professor, the university’s top faculty honor.
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The NIH awarded the $871,000 grant to increase the diversity of faculty and students engaged in research and streamline CSUSB’s grant operations.
![CSUSB PDC students at the Well in the Desert](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_Nursing_TheWell_18May2020_02.jpg.webp?itok=G1uxyDng)
A clinic for the homeless in Palm Springs received assistance from the PD nursing students on May 15.
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Caroline Amplatz, attorney and private benefactor, provided generous support to CSUSB’s Department of Geological Sciences.
![Meeting of the Minds virtual](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_20_Meeting_Minds_42_15May2020.jpg.webp?itok=MDRk7auM)
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.
![During National Nurses Week, CSUSB would like to thank our nursing faculty and students for their dedication and hard work.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Nursing_illustration_08May2020.jpg.webp?itok=yzjjrwMr)
In recognition of National Nurses Week, May 6-12, CSUSB thanks its nursing faculty and students for their dedication, especially in this time of the coronavirus pandemic.
![On April 30, the PDC nursing students received a donation of much-needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from Desert Care Network.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/PPE%20donation%20photo.jpg.webp?itok=6ho0oxLK)
As CSUSB Palm Desert Campus nursing students receive a donation of much-needed Personal Protective Equipment, a fellow Coyote and her daughters assist on the giving end.
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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.