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Stuart Sumida (biology) was interviewed about his paleontology work and consulting for award-winning animated films, Sally McGill (geological sciences) discussed the latest research on the San Andreas fault, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) commented on proposed legislation to screen out extremists from entering law enforcement and interviewed on the increase in anti-Asian American hate crimes.
![Claudia Davis, associate professor of nursing.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CNS_Nursing_ClaudiaDavis_March2020.jpg.webp?itok=jgB3RGOV)
As part of our celebration of Womxn’s History Month, take a look back when nursing faculty member Claudia Davis received the 2020 Minority & Minority Serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research award.
![Stuart Sumida, CSUSB biology professor, served as a consultant on Pixar’s animated film, “Soul,” and Disney’s live-action feature, “Mulan.” Both were nominated for Academy Awards.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Sumida_CSUSB_OscarNoms_15Mar2021.jpg.webp?itok=UyOq_HBx)
With the Pixar animation film, “Soul,” nominated for Best Animated Feature, and Disney’s live-action feature, “Mulan,” nominated for Visual Effects, CSUSB biology professor Stuart Sumida has served as a consultant on two Academy Award-nominated films.
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Besides teaching multiple nursing courses at CSUSB, Diane Vines also runs the university’s Street Medicine Program, which she helped create in 2018.
![Stuart Sumida, professor of biology, was an animation consultant on the Golden Globe-winning feature film, “Soul.”](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CNS_SoulGoldenGlobe_Sumida_05Mar2021.jpg.webp?itok=xXS8o7Ev)
The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature went to Pixar’s critically acclaimed “Soul,” for which CSUSB biology professor Stuart Sumida served as consultant.
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Evangeline Fangonil-Gagalang and Mary Anne Schultz (nursing) published a research paper on precision health and precision medicine, Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts) and Tony Coulson (information and decision sciences) discussed racist Zoom bombings of online events, and Brian Levin was interviewed about the increase of hate incidents targeting Asian Americans.
![The 10 students will showcase their work at the 35th annual California State University Student Research Competition on April 30-May 1.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_OSRCompetition_11Feb2021_1.jpg.webp?itok=4JpHYgd1)
The 10 students who won at the CSUSB competition will showcase their work when they represent the university at the 35th annual California State University Student Research Competition on April 30-May 1, to be held virtually by Cal Poly Pomona.
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Bree Putman (biology), Meredith Conroy (political science), Brian Levin (criminal justice), Kimberly Collins (public administration) and Vipin Gupta (management) were included in recent news coverage.
![The Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) is the focus of a recently published paper co-written by Bree Putman, CSUSB assistant professor of biological sciences.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Putman_Elgaria3_15Feb2021.jpg.webp?itok=XDKXzmHL)
Bree Putman, CSUSB assistant professor of biological sciences, co-wrote a paper on the use of community science to show the challenges of urban living for elusive native lizards.