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Stethoscope on a table
January 3, 2024

Sonia Otte, founding director of Cal State San Bernardino’s Master of Science in Physician Assistant (MSPA) program, recently discussed the vision and plans for the new curriculum that will launch in August 2025.

JHBC, Faculty in the News
December 21, 2023

Francisca Beer (accounting and finance), Stuart Sumida (biology), Vipin Gupta and Karen Castillo (management) and David Ready (public administration, adjunct) were quoted by reporters in recent news coverage.

CSUSB Palm Desert Campus held a pinning ceremony in its Indian Wells Theater on Dec. 15.
December 19, 2023

A pinning ceremony is a symbolic welcoming of newly graduated nurses into the nursing workforce as they prepare to serve the public.

Students at commencement
December 18, 2023

Nearly 1,600 graduates participated in five ceremonies over the Dec. 15-16 weekend at Coussoulis Arena, which was packed at each ceremony with family and friends celebrating their accomplishments.

Graduates walking to commencement
December 11, 2023

CSUSB’s Coussoulis Arena will be the site of the university’s Fall Commencement ceremonies on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 15-16.

An ozonesonde balloon rises into the sky above Cal State San Bernardino, part of the NASA/NOAA Aeromma airborne campaign to study pollution dynamics.
December 8, 2023

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory installed a lidar system on campus, near the Facilities Management building, to measure the vertical distribution of pollution, focusing on ozone and aerosols. It is part of a broader effort to enhance scientists’ knowledge of pollution in mountainous regions, where unique atmospheric dynamics are at play.

William Vandyke (center), a CSUSB health science and human ecology faculty member, speaks at the annual Day of Remembrance ceremony at CSUSB on Dec. 2, 2023.
December 4, 2023

The Peace Garden, built in front of the Chemical Sciences building in honor of the 14 lives lost on Dec. 2, 2015, was the site of the university’s annual Day of Remembrance. Five of the 14 were CSUSB alumni.

Palm Desert Campus, Faculty in the News
November 30, 2023

Diane Vines (nursing) discusses the grant the Nursing Street Medicine program received from the Desert Healthcare District & Foundation, Thomas McWeeney (public administration) co-wrote an op-ed on school safety, and Brian Levin (criminal justice emeritus) was interviewed on the increasing hate incidents against Arabs, Muslims and Jews.

CSUSB student Erick Herrera presents his research at the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research Conference, which took place Nov. 18 at Cal State Fullerton. He was one of 42 CSUSB students who presented at the conference.
November 27, 2023

The 42 students representing a cross-section of academic disciplines, presented their research at the 2023 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research Conference, “Discover the Possibilities,” which took place Nov. 18 at Cal State Fullerton.