Three university-wide awards – Distinguished Alumni, Emerging Leader and Coyote Spirit – will be presented, as well as the Paw Print Awards, which honor esteemed alumni from each of the university’s five colleges.
Bree Putman, CSUSB assistant professor of biology, is co-author of the study, which is the first time “social buffering” has been documented in reptiles.
Stuart Sumida (biology) was interviewed about his work in paleontology and animation, and Brian Levin (Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism) was quoted in an article about the increase in hate crimes in Texas.
Graduate nursing student Alura Williams and undergraduate biology student Manuel Madrigal are this year’s College of Natural Sciences’ Outstanding Students.
Jacob Lacy will graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in physics and plans on attending the University of Vermont biomedical engineering Ph.D. program to ultimately become a professor in the field and a researcher in ulcerative colitis.
Angela Davis discussed a variety of topics at the April 17 event, including feminism, intersectionality, social justice, environmentalism and racism.
Stuart Sumida (biology) served as a consultant on a new TV series, “Jane,” Angie Otiniano Verissimo (health science and human ecology) is one of the moderators for a program with activist Angela Davis, and Leslie Amodeo (psychology) led a team of researchers from CSUSB that examined one of two core symptoms associated with autism spectrum disorder.
Through her activism and scholarship over many decades, Angela Davis has been deeply involved in movements for social justice around the world. Come see her speak at noon on April 17 in the Santos Manuel Student Union.
Biology major Ally Bledsoe is working hard to become a pediatric oncologist and hopes to someday find a cure for cancer.