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Edward Gomez (art and design), David Catanzarite (theatre arts, Palm Desert Campus), Bradford Owen (communication studies) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) are mentioned in news coverage on various topics.
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CSUSB, ranked at No. 14 by Security Degree Hub, offers a Master of Arts in national security studies through the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and is the only California State University to make the list.
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Katherine Gray (art), Barbara Sirotnik (information & decision sciences), David Yaghoubian (history), Kevin Grisham (geography & environmental studies), Brian Levin and John Reitzel (criminal justice) were mentioned in news coverage recently.
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CSUSB has been named one of the nation’s top colleges in Money magazine’s annual list of the Best Colleges rankings.
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The work of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism was highlighted by the news media in the past week.
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A new $5 million National Science Foundation grant to the College of Natural Sciences strongly positions CSUSB as a center for important research in the science of functional materials, providing hands-on research experiences for diverse students.
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The National Best Chapter Award from Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, is its highest accolade for campus chapters.
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The Center for Criminal Justice Research’s Gang Violence Symposium, "Untangling the Web of Violence," will take place from 1-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, in room SB 128 in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences building.
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Krystal Rawls (lecturer of business management organizational behavior and theory), Alemayehu G. Mariam (political science, emeritus) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) are included in news coverage on various topics.