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Q&A with Marc Arsell Robinson
South Seattle Emerald
July 17, 202
The online news publication featured Marc Robinson (history) in a question-and-answer about his latest book , author of “Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest,” which charts the establishment and political activities of Black Student Union (BSU) chapters at the University of Washington (UW) and Washington State University in the 1960s.
Stuart Sumida among featured speakers at San Diego Comic-Con’s final day
Screen Rant
July 18, 2024
The fan website, in a wrap-up featured panels at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 21, reported that CSUSB biology professor, Stuart Sumida (“His Dark Materials”), would be one of the science advisors appearing on a panel about their work in film and other pop culture projects. These scientists represent a specialized and vital part of the entertainment industry, allowing fiction to inspire people to do their own research and even pursue scientific careers.
The art and science of making and breaking glass
Chemical & Engineering News
July 22, 2024
Katherine Gray (art) was interviewed for an article about the science of glassmaking. Gray is the resident evaluator for the Netflix show, “Blown Away,” a reality glass-blowing competition. Four seasons in and the show has increasingly cut together footage with more technical details about the art and the science of glassblowing.
For Gray, it’s mostly about being attuned to the materials. “How you manipulate the material is a lot of science, but then what you are aiming to do with it is definitely more art,” she said.
‘Families and the legal socialization process: the impact of symbiotic harms’
Journal of Crime and Justice
Andrea Giuffre (criminal justice) co-authored a study that examined the extent to which family members influence adolescents’ legal socialization. “This study examines how the family experience of a police stop may be an overlooked mechanism in the transmission of perceptions about the law,” according to the abstract.
‘Fines and Fees in Flux: Exploring Changes in Municipal Violation Sentencing after Court Reform’
Justice Quarterly
Andrea Giuffre (criminal justice) co-authored a study on the use of monetary sanctions (fines and fees) as part of punishment in the criminal legal system. “The current study uses Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average models to assess monetary sanction reform legislation in St. Louis, Missouri – where the U.S. Department of Justice’s Citation2015 Ferguson Report implicated monetary sanctions practices as a contributing to tension between the community and the criminal legal system,” according to the abstract.
Inland Empire leaders, including retired CSUSB professor, see ‘buffet of hate’ as discriminatory attacks and bias increase
LAist
July 18, 2024
Hate crimes have risen in recent years, but the scapegoats vary with the political winds, several experts said July 16 at a panel discussion about combating hate in the Inland Empire. “Hate crimes have gone up in every presidential election year,” said Brian Levin, cofounder of the Cal State San Bernardino’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism.
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