“East Meets West: The Epic Journeys of Marco Polo and Zheng He” will be presented by Michael Yamashita, a National Geographic photojournalist and Sony Ambassador. The program will be livestreamed at 10 a.m. Friday, May 14, on Zoom.
The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art will be celebrating International Museum Week from May 17-21 with a virtual exhibition and an event about Scarabs, the ancient Egyptian symbol of creation.
Fernando Sanchez credits the foundation he received at CSUSB as playing a major role in getting into the prestigious Near Eastern Studies doctorate program at UC Berkeley -- one of the oldest and most distinguished in the country. CSUSB "helped me immensely, in more ways that I can say.”
The CSUSB College of Social & Behavioral Sciences is honoring two of its best as its Outstanding Graduate Student and its Outstanding Undergraduate Student.
Tomasz Owerkowicz (biology) was interviewed for an article about whether other animals get heart attacks, Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote the third installment of his four-part series, “Is Life a Solo Journey,” David Yaghoubian (history) discussed the Arab-Israeli “normalization” process, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) commented in an article on how white supremacists use social justice language to promote their bigotry.
A screening and discussion of the film “Pride Denied: Homonationalism and the Future of Queer Politics,” will be the focus of the next Conversations on Race and Policing, 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 12, on Zoom.
A panel presentation on “Police Drug Raids: Context and Consequences in Public Health and Structural Racism” will be the focus of the next Conversations on Race and Policing, 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, on Zoom.
David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed about the latest developments regarding the multi-national nuclear agreement with Iran, Scott Catlett (adjunct, public administration) was featured by a community new site, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) continued to be a resource for news media on the rise anti-Asian hate crimes as well as news on extremist groups.
Meredith Conroy (political science) joined FiveThirtyEight staff and contributors on a live analysis of President Joe Biden’s address to Congress on April 28, David Yaghoubian (history) commented on the impact of economic sanction on Iran, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) continued to be a resource for media reporting on the increase of hate crimes against Asian Americans.