The university’s John M. Pfau Library opened its doors recently to about 90 middle school students from throughout San Bernardino County, offering expert guidance and academic resources to elevate their History Day projects. The San Bernardino County History Day Competition will take place in March.
Cristina Mora, the Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley, will present “Normalizing Inequality: How Californians Make Sense of the Growing Divide,” at noon Thursday, Oct. 16, in person at CSUSB’s Faculty Center for Excellence.
Three presentations are scheduled for October, highlighting the research of CSUSB faculty on topics ranging from mathematics and biology to global data-sharing partnerships.
To help kick off Hispanic Heritage Month on campus, the “Pop-Tart, Pop-In!” event at noon Monday, Sept. 15, will feature free copies — on first-come, first-served basis — of Julia Alvarez’s “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents,” a novel that explores the lives of two sisters who emigrate from the Dominican Republic to New York.
Stewarded by Jennifer Beamer, faculty librarian for scholarly communications, the award aims to propel open scholarship by providing essential training, resources and collaborative opportunities for CSUSB researchers, students and faculty.
Yolonda Youngs, professor of geography and recipient the prestigious John Brinkerhoff Jackson Prize awarded by the Association of American Geographers, shared insights from her research for her book, “Framing Nature: The Creation of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon.”
Nancy Matsumoto, who translated the poems of her grandparents, Tomiko and Ryokuyō Matsumoto, and Eri Yasuhara, dean emerita of CSUSB’s College of Arts and Letters, will be among the panelists for the program, “By the Shore of Lake Michigan,” presented by the CSUSB Libraries at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 29.
Yolonda Youngs, professor of geography and recipient the prestigious John Brinkerhoff Jackson Prize awarded by the Association of American Geographers, will present “Framing Nature: The Creation of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon.” This free event, open to the public, will take place at noon Tuesday, April 22, at the Faculty Center for Excellence.
Cal State San Bernardino hosted a discussion highlighting the legacy of Claudia H. Hampton, the first Black woman trustee in the CSU system, featuring author Donna Nicol and a conversation on educational advocacy.