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CSUSB faculty panel discussion on the use of ChatGPT set for March 22
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch
March 16, 2023

The use of artificial intelligence applications, primarily ChatGPT, will be the topic of a faculty panel discussion at Cal State San Bernardino on Wednesday, March 22. Free and open to the public, “ChatGPT in the University: Faculty Perspectives,” will be presented by the CSUSB Libraries and the Faculty Center for Excellence from noon-1:30 p.m. on Zoom.

Panelists are Mike Chao, biology; George Georgiou, computer science and engineering; Matthew Poole, art history and theory; Mihaela Popescu, communication studies; and Megan Zane, philosophy.


Associate professor of public administration named CSUSB's Outstanding Faculty Advisor
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch
March 16, 2023

Sharon Velarde Pierce, an associate professor of public administration and CSUSB alumna, was honored for her expertise in advising, authentic care for student success, a heartfelt passion for the profession, and her enduring commitment to teaching and mentoring students.

Instead, it turned out to be a surprise announcement with at least two dozen faculty, administrators, students and staff looking on as Cal State San Bernardino President Tomás D. Morales named Pierce, an associate professor of public administration and CSUSB alumna, the university’s 2022-23 Outstanding Faculty Advisor.


The Cargo Rebellion: In 1852, on way to Guano Islands, 400 indentured Chinese workers mutinied
Daily Kos
March 16, 2023

The work of Brian Levin (criminal justice) and CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism was cited in article about a new book, “The Cargo Rebellion: Those Who Chose Freedom,” about the mutiny in 1852 of 400 indentured Chinese workers who overthrew their captor, Connecticut businessman and slave trader Leslie Bryson.

According to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, “anti-Asian hate crime increased by 339 percent last year (2021) compared to the year before, with New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities surpassing their record numbers in 2020.”  According to Levin, although, the numbers of anti-Asian hate crimes appear to have decreased in 2022, they remain at "disturbingly elevated levels when compared to pre-pandemic [levels]."


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