![CSUSB's Street Medicine program](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/our%20lady%20spring%2020%202.jpg.webp?itok=jX-ga6R5)
In 2018, Diane Vines, a nursing instructor at CSUSB and its Palm Desert Campus, created the Street Medicine program to provide much-needed healthcare services to people in the Coachella Valley.
![Bianca Castro](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/CSUSB-NewsSlide_StudentSpotlight_BiancaCastro_23Jan2018_v1_1.jpg.webp?itok=gx8pnyDf)
A look back: Nursing student Bianca Castro traveled to northern Thailand to help abused animals at the Elephant Nature Park, creating a significant impact on those voiceless beings in need.
![The 4th annual CSUSB Innovation Challenge on Thursday, April 22, at 4 p.m.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_IECE_InnovationChallenge_14Apr2021_v2.jpg.webp?itok=tuKDkHPD)
The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship’s 4th annual CSUSB Innovation Challenge will feature teams from the various CSUSB colleges who will present their big business plans in pursuit of the $20,000 in prize money.
!["Staff Book Launch"](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/GradStudies_Faculty_Staff_book_launch_0.jpg.webp?itok=X-cmptEf)
More than 70 books and book chapters were featured at CSUSB’s biennial Faculty and Staff Book Launch held virtually April 12. The event showcased books or book chapters published by faculty or staff in 2019 and 2020.
![Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_FacultyInTheNews_Apr2021_0.jpg.webp?itok=D68WGIoh)
Meredith Conroy (political science) was interviewed for an article on how male politicians appear to be responding to personal controversy, Guillermo Escalante (kinesiology) co-authored a study on the explores relationship between hip extensor strength and hip flexor muscle length, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted in an article about breaking patterns that lead to hate crimes.
![Dorothy Chen-Maynard has been named the university’s 2020-21 Outstanding Service Award recipient.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Chen_Maynard_ServiceAward_08April2021.jpg.webp?itok=2SjwtEEU)
Chen-Maynard, professor of health science and human ecology, represents “all that is good as a Coyote,” observed University Awards Committee co-chairs Kimberly Cousins and Dany Doueiri in a letter to the president recommending her selection.
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The region’s business newspaper reported that Stuart Sumida (biology) was the animation consultant for two Academy Award-nominated features.
![Erika Camacho. Photo courtesy of Arizona State University.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CNS_ErikaTatianaCamacho_07April2021.jpg.webp?itok=DNv2MYUT)
Erika Camacho, director of some of the National Science Foundation programs dedicated to increasing the number of women and underrepresented groups in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines, will deliver her talk on Monday, April 12, on Zoom.
![U.S. News & World Report ranks CSUSB among best graduate schools](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CampusEntrance_USNewsRanking_30March2021.jpg.webp?itok=VqdlM3UV)
CSUSB has been listed among the nation’s top universities in 2022 for its exceptional graduate programs according to U.S. News & World Report.