
When asked what motivates CSUSB professor of chemistry Kimberley Cousins, her answer is simple. “Our students,” she says.

The Cal State San Bernardino Anthropology Museum, in partnership with the San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health, hosted a Black Balloon Day event that remembered those who died from substance use disorder and shined a light on the epidemic.

Mike Stull (entrepreneurship), Stacey Fraser (music), Kristi Papailler (theatre arts) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) were mentioned in recent news coverage, and a study by Gisela Bichler (criminal justice) was recently published.

Isabel Peña is the first CSUSB student to earn the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival fellowship in stage management, both regionally and nationally.

Terrence Floyd, the founder of the We Are Floyd Foundation and a board member of the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, discussed how to promote change, how to deal with grief, law enforcement and his brother, George.

Stuart Sumida (biology) discussed his work consulting with movie studios to translate the realistic and precise movements and behaviors of animals onto the big screen, and Arianna Huhn (anthropology) was interviewed about last weekend’s Anthropology Museum celebration of Oaxaca’s Afro-Mexican heritage and history at the Garcia Center for the Arts.

“fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life,” a powerful contemporary performance about the transformative nature of literature in the world, takes the CSUSB Ronald E. Barnes stage March 10-19.

The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino has sponsored the VE Regional Tradeshow and Competition program annually since 2018. The 2023 event will mark the first time the program has been held at CSUSB.

Yale University professor Beverly Gage will discuss her biography on J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI from 1924 to until he died in 1972, at the next Conversations on Race and Policing.

Student Affairs is bringing spirit days to CSUSB and is encouraging students to use the Coyote Connection platform to stay updated with on-campus organizations and events. Coyote Spirit Day is every Thursday this semester.

Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed in reports about the FBI’s knowledge of a man, now charged with two hate-motivated shootings, prior to the incidents, and Lisa Looney and Eugene Wong (both child development) led a team that published a study on the impact of teacher perceptions on students’ academic-related outcomes.

“Why Women Went West” is a multi-media chamber opera that tells the unfolding narrative of a sole woman protagonist, Mary Hunter Austin, and her journey west. The performance is free and will be presented at RAFFMA on March 9 at 5 p.m.