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CSUSB’s College of Natural Sciences will screen the documentary “Unlikely,” which investigates America’s dropout crisis and the systemic difficulties students face. The film will be shown at 11 a.m. on Nov. 19 on Zoom.

Brian Levin (criminal justice) will speak at a webinar on Tuesday about the OC's annual hate crimes report and A. Rafik Mohamed (dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences) will speak at an "Athletes as Advocates" webinar in November.

Jake Zhu will join two other educators on the webisode on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 2 p.m. Pre-registration is required.

The formal kick-off at the Palm Desert Campus for the 2020-21 academic year took place on Aug. 27. CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales, now entering his ninth year leading the university, delivered the keynote address.

Brittany Bloodhart (psychology) and Meredith Conroy (political science) each had papers they co-authored published, and Brian Levin and Zachary Powell (criminal justice) and Marc Robinson (history), along with Rafik Mohamed (dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences) were included in recent news coverage.

Zachary Powell (criminal justice), Marc Robinson (history) and Rafik Mohamed (dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences) were interviewed for a three-part series on the history of policing Black communities. Links to each segment are below.

NBC Palm Springs' second part of its series on policing in Black communities featured CSBS Dean Rafik Mohamed, Marc Robinson (history) and Zachary Powell (criminal justice) discussing political influence on law enforcement. Enrique Murillo Jr. (education) will be one of the panelists at a forum that will focus on the policies and strategies that university officials should consider to make remote learning more equitable.

Zachary Powell (criminal justice), Marc Robinson (history) and Rafik Mohamed (dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences) were interviewed for a segment on the history of policing Black communities, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) commented on the latest news involving NASCAR, a noose in a racetrack garage and Black racecar driver Bubba Wallace.