Cal State San Bernardino recently concluded a three-week training workshop on vectors and vector-borne diseases. The workshop, now in its second year, provided students with an immersive learning experience combining lectures, laboratory work, field training and site visits.
Nine CSUSB students and faculty in the biology department represented the College of Natural Sciences at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science National Diversity in STEM Conference held in Phoenix.
The College of Natural Sciences welcomed more than 40 students from regional community colleges to CSUSB for its Community College Discovery Science Fair, an event designed to inspire and empower students pursuing careers in STEM and allied health fields.
Zachary Powell (criminal justice) published a paper on reforming “pattern-or-practice” police reform and Brittany Bloodhart (psychology) was one of the authors of a four-year study that examined predictors of women’s STEM major choices.
Project RAISE (Retention and Achievement for Introductory STEM English Learners), a five-year Institutional Transformation Project funded by the National Science Foundation, will host the inaugural I.E. Summer STEM Community event on June 1 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
CSUSB was well represented by about a dozen undergraduate and graduate students and four biology department faculty: Michael Chao, Heidy Contreras, Joseph Heras and Anna Zelaya.
Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) was interviewed about the establishment of the the Entrepreneurial Development Services and Resource Center in downtown San Bernardino, José Muñoz (sociology) co-wrote a paper on STEM dean’s responses to barriers faced by that Latiné/x/a/o contingent faculty at HSIs, and Yawen Li (social work) and Kenneth Shultz (psychology) co-wrote a study on the adoption of electronic health records by adult day services.
The training, which will take place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 24-Aug. 10, and consist of lectures and laboratory work, will take place at CSUSB, with field work led by the Coachella Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District.
Guillermo Escalante (kinesiology) was interviewed about the use of anabolic steroids, José Muñoz (sociology) co-wrote a report on the issues raised at the Conference for Latinx Contingent Faculty Members, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was quoted in an article about why some people of color are drawn to white supremacy.