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CSUSB School of Entrepreneurship re-named in honor of business leader and philanthropist Randall W. Lewis
Desert Charities News
May 22, 2025
Mike Stull, director of the Randall W. Lewis School of Entrepreneurship as well as program director for the Randall W. Lewis Entrepreneurship Center, was quoted in an article about the naming of the school and center for business leader and philanthropist Randall W. Lewis.
Tiny clawed tracks left in ancient mud are the oldest reptile footprints
CNN
May 22, 2025
Stuart Sumida, president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and professor of biology at California State University, San Bernardino, was quoted in an article about new findings, published on May 14 in the journal Nature, that challenge long-held assumptions and signal that the transformation of tetrapods living in water to living on land likely occurred much more rapidly than scientists thought.
Fossil prints rewrite history of when animals first evolved to live on land
Atlanta Journal-Constitution/The Associated Press
California State University, San Bernardino paleontologist Stuart Sumida was quoted in an article about scientists in Australia identifying the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptilelike animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. The discovery suggests that after the first animals emerged from the ocean around 400 million years ago, they evolved the ability to live exclusively on land much faster than previously assumed.
‘Act of terror’: Israeli Embassy workers killed in D.C. were at Gaza aid event
Los Angeles Times
May 22, 2025
In an article about the May 21 fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., Brian Levin, founder of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino, said that for decades, antisemitic and anti-Muslim attacks have increased in the U.S. when conflicts arise in the Middle East — and Israel’s current war is no exception.
Hate and extremism researcher on the rise of antisemitism in the U.S.
CNN
May 22, 2025
Brian Levin, the founding director of the CSUSB Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism and chair of the California Commission on the State of Hate, appeared on a segment with anchor Wolf Blitzer to offer his analysis of the May 21 fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington, D.C.
Combating extremism and hate crimes takes ‘whole of government’ approach, expert says
CNN
May 22, 2025
Combating extremism and hate crimes will take “a whole of government and whole of society effort,” Brian Levin, retired CSUSB professor and the chair of the California Commission on the State of Hate, said on May 22. Levin, who is the founding director of a research and policy center at California State University, San Bernardino, slammed the Trump administration’s moves to cut funding for things like hate crime training for law enforcement and grants related to domestic extremism.
CSUSB hate crime research cited in article about Israeli embassy staff killed in D.C. shooting
TIME via Yahoo!News
May 22, 2025
Research by Brian Levin, who founded the CSUSB Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism was cited in an article about the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., on May 21. According to preliminary data, both anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim hate crimes in 42 major U.S. cities rose last year. Anti-Jewish hate crimes rose 12% and anti-Muslim hate crimes rose 18% from 2023 to 2024, against a general decline of hate crimes more broadly.
'Please, don't': Jewish hate expert not impressed as Pam Bondi attacks antisemitism
Raw Story
May 22, 2025
Brian Levin, the founder of the CSUSB Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, name-checked attorney general Pam Bondi on CNN Thursday for pledging to do everything the Trump administration can to stop anti-Jewish violence, the news website reported.
"And if I may, Wolf, just give me one second here. I'm talking to Attorney General Bondi now," Levin said in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. "You just cut the hate crime training grants and projects for American law enforcement yesterday! So, please, don't say that you're doing everything you can when you cut those grants, and you also cut the grants related to domestic extremism."
‘A rabbit hole of paranoia’: What an IVF clinic bombing tells us about young men and online extremism
The Guardian (UK)
May 21, 2025
Brian Levin, professor emeritus and founding director of the CSUSB Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, was interviewed for an article about the fringe theories of “antinatalism” and nihilism that may influenced the man suspected of bombing a Palm Springs fertility clinic on May 17. He described antinatalism as one of the more obscure theories he has tracked. The concept generally circles around the notion that reproduction is cruel and that more children should not be brought into a harsh world.
A ‘pro-mortalist’ burned down an IVF clinic – there are fears the movement is on the rise
The Telegraph (UK) via MSN
May 21, 2025
Brian Levin, founder of the Centre for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, was interviewed for an article about the fringe ideology that apparently motivated the suspect in the May 17 Palm Springs bombing.
Retired CSUSB professor discusses possible motivation behind bombing of Palms Springs fertility clinic
KTVN Reno, Nev.
May 21, 2025
Brian Levin, professor emeritus and founding director of the CSUSB Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, described new category of extremist the FBI calls nihilist violent extremists, an ideology that may have motivated the man suspected of bombing a Palm Springs fertility clinic on May 17.
Following the Palm Springs bombing, retired CSUSB professor discusses how fringe beliefs evolve in today’s age
KPCC
May 19, 2025
Brian Levin, founder of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism and Professor Emeritus at California State University, San Bernardino, joined Palm Springs Mayor Ron deHarte to discuss the aftermath of the May 17 bombing of a Palm Springs fertility clinic.
The fringe philosophy believed to have inspired Saturday’s domestic terror attack
MSNBC
May 19, 2025
Brian Levin, professor emeritus and founder of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, was quoted in an opinion column about the suspect’s possible motivations in the bombing of a fertility clinic in Palm Springs on May 17.
Retired CSUSB professor discusses investigative steps in case of Palm Springs bombing
KNX Radio Los Angeles
May 19, 2025
Brian Levin, professor emeritus and founder of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at CSUSB, discussed the steps in the investigation taking place in the aftermath of the May 17 Palm Springs bombing, and the fringe movement the suspected bomber may have adhered to.
Retired CSUSB professor interviewed about possible motivation behind Palm Springs bomber
Spectrum News 1
May 20, 2025
Brian Levin, professor emeritus and founder of CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, was interviewed as part of a segment on the latest developments on the bombing of a Palm Springs fertility clinic on May 17.
Retired CSUSB professor discusses fringe movement that may have inspired Palm Springs bomber
NBC Los Angeles
May 20, 2025
Brian Levin, professor emeritus and founder of CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, was interviewed about the fringe ideology authorities are linking to the suspected Palm Springs bomber.
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