
CSUSB has earned top honors in the Exercise is Medicine Program and special recognition for its work to encourage physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alexandra Cavallaro, assistant professor of English, is the recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Community Engagement Award for her work in academia, the Prison Education Project, and the Inside-Out Prison Education Program.

Parastou Feizzaringhalam, CSUSB English professor, has been appointed associate dean for the university’s College of Arts and Letters. She will officially begin her appointment starting July 1.

The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art presents the annual Kids Discover Egypt workshop July 12-15, which will allow participants to explore the rich history of ancient Egypt with kid-friendly activities. Registration is now open on the RAFFMA website.

The John M. Pfau Library offers a number of services that include online training, textbook and equipment loaning programs, and workshops to help students, faculty and staff in their studies, research and teaching.

CSUSB’s Ed.D. program has been accepted into the AACTE Holmes Program, which supports racially and ethnically diverse students pursuing graduate degrees in education.

In this academic year alone, more than 10,000 students have saved nearly $2 million on textbook costs thanks to the Affordable Learning Solutions program at CSUSB.

“A Year After the Murder of George Floyd,” featuring professors Shea Streeter of the University of Michigan and Brian Levin of Cal State San Bernardino, is the topic of the next Conversations on Race and Policing, 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 26, on Zoom.

The theme of the tournament, Speak for Social Justice, featured five students from CSUSB oral communication 1006 courses who spoke about events related to social justice and social change.

Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) provided perspective with the news media in separate interviews on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts) was the judge for an art exhibit in Ontario, and Vipin Gupta (management) was interviewed about his latest book.

Katherine Gray (art) was interviewed on KVCR’s “Lifestyles with Lillian Vasquez,” Jacob Jones (psychology) and Zhaojing Chen (kinesiology) will lead a study on Parkinson’s disease with an NIH grant, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) provided historical context in articles about an assault in Los Angeles that is being investigated as an anti-Semitic hate crime.

Jacob Jones (psychology) and Zhaojing Chen (kinesiology) will lead a study on Parkinson’s disease with a grant from the NIH, Kevin Grisham (global studies) discusses domestic extremism and the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed for an article about an incident that Los Angeles police are investigating as an anti-Semitic attack.