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CSUSB professor’s research cited in article about banned, opiod-like product still being sold in California
CalMatters
March 17, 2026
Research by Teresa Perry (economics) was cited in an article about California lawmakers’s effort to regulate products that contain kratom leaf, an addictive, opioid-like plant. Perry’s 2025 study found that the online marketing for most kratom drinks described them “as either all-natural or good for well-being — and that a person would be better off consuming them.” Another study in 2025 “analyzed online posts about kratom and found that kratom drinkers often don’t know about the side effects, because product labels don’t mention them.”

Review: 'American Moor' at Green Room Theatre Company
Broadway World
March 18, 2026
The online publication reviewed the production of "American Moor," directed by Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts, emerita). The play is running through April 3 at various locations in the Coachella Valley as part of Green Room Theatre’s Newish Shakespeare Festival.

Pitch competition for entrepreneurs slated for next month in Palm Desert
MyNewsLA.com
March 18, 2026
Cal State San Bernardino’s Randall W. Lewis Center for Entrepreneurship will host a pitch competition next month at the Palm Desert Entrepreneurial Resource Center as part of the county’s Innovation Month, where entrepreneurs and business leaders will compete for funding and recognition. The Greater Coachella Valley Innovation Showcase will be held from 5-7 p.m. April 21.

“The Coachella Valley has an emerging group of innovative founders and problem-solvers,” Mike Stull, director of CSUSB’s center for entrepreneurship, said in a statement. “This showcase is designed to put their innovations in front of the community, connect them to resources and open doors to capital and opportunity — right here at the ERC Palm Desert.”

Call rises to remove Cesar Chavez’ name from sites, streets, events across Southern California
The Press-Enterprise/Southern California News Group
March 18, 2026
Already canceled: This month’s Cesar Chavez Memorial Breakfast hosted at Cal State San Bernardino, an event that typically honors local entrepreneurs, leaders and Latinx community members in the labor movement. 

Professor Enrique Murillo Jr., one of the memorial breakfast organizers from Latino Education and Advocacy Days at Cal State San Bernardino, said that the event had originally been postponed for March, and was going to be rescheduled for later in April, after Easter. But now, Murillo said, having “recently become aware of the allegations… for sure the breakfast is cancelled for 2026.”

He expressed dismay in a joint statement with event co-organizers from the Hispanic Coalition of Small Businesses and the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice.

“Our work and theme for 2026 for upcoming programming and events will continue to focus on the youth,” Murillo said. “We stand in solidarity with the survivors. We join with others in calling for accountability, justice, and a path forward rooted in healing, truth, and dignity. Only through this process can we remain aligned with the values that the movement itself was meant to uphold.”

Science has an Epstein problem. Women in paleontology say it's a symptom of a deeper misogyny
CBC Radio (Canada)
March 19, 2026
Stuart Sumida, president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and CSUSB professor of biology, was interviewed for an article about women pursuing careers in paleontology against the backdrop of the pstein files and allegations of abuse and harassment. 

The Epstein files have created so much outcry in the paleontology community, Sumida said, that the SVP released a statement on Facebook  acknowledging that some of its members have appeared in the documents. It notes that appearing in the files "does not, in itself, establish wrongdoing," and points people to the SVP's ethics policy and online reporting tool.

Retired CSUSB professor discusses possibility of more ‘lone wolf’ terror attacks
NewsNation
March 15, 2026
Brian Levin, founding director of CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, says data from recent years shows lone-wolf attackers have been motivated by a wide range of causes. He was among the experts interviewed for a segment in the aftermath of an attack on a synagogue in Michigan and a separate attack at a university in Virgina, both on March 12.

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