![CSUSB students are raising funds and delivering face masks to Inland Empire front-line medical staff.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/CNS_Nursing_N95MaskDonation_xxJune2020.jpg.webp?itok=z5PMvg75)
The Health Science and Human Ecology Department-Public Health Education and the Department of Nursing are raising funds and delivering face masks to Inland Empire front-line medical staff.
![Student research poster presentations at the Center for Advanced Functional Materials Summer Research Open House and CREST Open House in July 2015. The CSUSB center is the recipient of National Science Foundation’s International Research Experiences for Students grant.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CNS_CFAM_NSF_Grant_16June2020.jpg.webp?itok=HZye8rT7)
The National Science Foundation grant will enable STEM CSUSB students to travel to New Zealand next summer to research new materials that could be used to advance aerospace technology.
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Brian Levin (criminal justice) wrote an op-ed column on extremists recent activity as a possible preview of turmoil during the U.S. presidential election, and was interviewed on various topics related to extremists' behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic and the demonstrations stemming from the death of George Floyd.
![Office of Strategic Communication](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/CSUSB_PDC_Commencement_generic_June2020.jpg.webp?itok=TxXhc3v2)
The 421 bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees awarded this spring is the highest number in the history of the campus. This year’s commencement ceremony was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The university’s goal is to recognize graduates with a traditional ceremony when it is safe to gather in celebration.
![Kim Cousins, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been named the 2019-20 CSUSB Outstanding Professor, the university’s top faculty honor.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Cousins_OutstandingProf_03June2020.jpg.webp?itok=nPUjsxf-)
Kim Cousins, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been named the 2019-20 CSUSB Outstanding Professor, the university’s top faculty honor.
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The NIH awarded the $871,000 grant to increase the diversity of faculty and students engaged in research and streamline CSUSB’s grant operations.
![CSUSB PDC students at the Well in the Desert](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_Nursing_TheWell_18May2020_02.jpg.webp?itok=G1uxyDng)
A clinic for the homeless in Palm Springs received assistance from the PD nursing students on May 15.
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Caroline Amplatz, attorney and private benefactor, provided generous support to CSUSB’s Department of Geological Sciences.
![Meeting of the Minds virtual](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_20_Meeting_Minds_42_15May2020.jpg.webp?itok=MDRk7auM)
CSUSB’s 9th annual Meeting of the Minds Student Research Symposium brought nearly 215 student presenters, 95 faculty mentors and 54 faculty members who served as judges.