“This grant will be used to hire undergraduate and graduate students as assistants on this major project and give significant research experience to individuals who are, traditionally, not offered such opportunities,” said Eric Vogelsang, director of the Center on Aging.
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), whose Congressional committee assignments include the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, will share his thoughts at the Nov. 1 program, set for 1 p.m. on Zoom.
Meredith Conroy (political science) was quoted in an article about Matt Gaetz and the current disarray in the U.S. House of Representatives and Jacob Jones (psychology) led a team of researchers who published a study on the mental health disparities among Latinx individuals with Parkinson’s disease.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about topics related to hate crimes and extremism, and Tony Coulson (information and decision sciences) discussed a Cybersecurity Center federal grant aimed at training more students to be cybersecurity professionals.
With the grant, the CSUSB Cybersecurity Center will focus its efforts on cyber defense, cyber research and cyber operations at educational institutions across the country. The goal is to solve the cybersecurity workforce deficit, which is now estimated to be 700,000 skilled professionals.
Amidst legislative uncertainty, CSUSB continues to offer tailored support services to the diverse undocumented student community on campus, some of whom identify as undocumented, Dreamers or DACA recipients.
Thomas Corrigan (communication studies) wrote an op-ed column piece in support of a Congressional bill – the Local Journalism Sustainability Act – that could help local newspapers whose reporting staffs have been severely gutted as a result of shrinking ad revenue and corporate consolidation.
Scot Zentner (political science), Brian Levin (criminal justice), Michael Karp (history), Michael Salvador (communication studies), Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) and Ezekiel Bonillas (entrepreneurship adjunct) were included in recent news coverage.
The five-year grant, “Proactive Approaches for Training Hispanics (PATHS) in STEM,” will help increase graduation rates and prepare students for graduate and professional schools.