The first event of Afrolatine California will celebrate the Afro-Oaxacan community of Mexico. It will take place Feb. 25-26 in partnership with the Garcia Center for the Arts in San Bernardino and the Afro-Latinx Connections club at UCLA.
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.
Daniel Nickerson (biology) discusses a stem cell-focused student training program funded by a grant from CIRM Creating Opportunities through Mentorship and Partnership Across Stem Cell Science, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted in a commentary about a news network’s coverage of immigration issues.
CSUSB will now offer a second stem cell-focused student training program thanks to $2.9 million in grant funding from the CIRM Creating Opportunities through Mentorship and Partnership Across Stem Cell Science (COMPASS) program.
Brian Heisterkamp (communication studies), Tony Coulson (information and decision sciences) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) were mentioned in recent news coverage.
Lúa López (biology) discussed her DNA research, Rigaud Joseph (social work) shared advice on considering online Master of Social Work programs, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed for an article on anti-Semitic comments by Kanye West.
The NSF grant will help López move forward with research in the field of ancient genomics, the study of the genetics of historical or extinct species such as the thale cress.
The grant will help develop a studio incubator, where students from various disciplines and departments will work together on different projects.