The local economy was the focus of news coverage that enlisted the expertise of Daniel MacDonald (economics) and Barbara Sorotnik (information and decision science). MacDonald discussed economic inflation in a radio interview, and Sorotnik (with Lori Aldana) highlighted the latest report by CSUSB’s Institute of Applied Research.
Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, was interviewed about the possibility of extremist violence during the midterm elections and was enlisted to fact check a conservative commentator’s statement regarding the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Educator and administrator Tomás Gómez-Arias has been named to lead the college. He will begin in his new role on July 1.
Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences) was quoted about the steady growth of inland manufacturing and the inland economy, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed in several outlets about the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection.
The donations included $1,500 in food and hygiene items for Obershaw Den and over $2,000 in toys, socks and blankets to low-income families and the homeless.
In a radio segment about several HBCUs receiving bomb threats, Brian Levin, criminal justice professor and director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, said threats to marginalized populations must be taken especially seriously, and in another segment about political violence, Levin said most of the violence in California comes from a small group of far-right extremists.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) said the threat of domestic extremism remains, Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote about the role of a common theme in developing new friendships, and Peter Sturgeon and Mike Singer (Palm Desert Campus) were featured in the ‘Men in Philanthropy’ issue of Desert Charities News.
Cal State San Bernardino and its Palm Desert Campus will be closed for winter break beginning Thursday, Dec. 23, and will reopen for business Monday, Jan. 3.
History in the Making: A Journal of History has been awarded third prize in the 2021 Gerald D. Nash History Graduate Journal competition, given by the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society.
CSUSB’s Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration has been listed at No. 3 for the Best MBA for Human Resources and ranked in the Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2022.
Martha Garcia, the new superintendent/president of College of the Desert, was formerly introduced to the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus Advancement Board, members of the CSUSB administration and various community partners.
Zachary Powell (criminal justice) discussed the impact federal consent decrees have on local law enforcement reform for an article about U.S. Department of Justice investigations of the police departments in Louisville, Ky., and Phoenix, Ariz.