![The grant from the U.S. Department of Education is aimed at increasing the number of Hispanic and low-income students who are from STEM courses.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_STEM_AdobeStock_152392092.jpg.webp?itok=zFfTG57e)
The five-year grant, “Proactive Approaches for Training Hispanics (PATHS) in STEM,” will help increase graduation rates and prepare students for graduate and professional schools.
![CSUSB Provost Shari McMahan](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_ShariMcMahan_UCIAlumniAward_03Sept2021.jpg.webp?itok=OVLc6h2z)
CSUSB Provost Shari McMahan was honored as a distinguished alumna during UC Irvine’s 50th Anniversary Lauds & Laurels Awards Ceremony.
![Convocation at the Palm Desert Campus welcomed students, faculty and staff on Aug. 26.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_Convocation_27Aug2021.jpg.webp?itok=HbcAOwbQ)
CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales delivered the keynote address, sharing campus achievements and advice for students during the Aug. 26 event.
![Shanthi Srinivas](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_JHBC_Shanthi_Srinivas_xxAug2021.jpg.webp?itok=NBubz9yX)
Shanthi Srinivas fills the position previously held by Lawrence C. Rose, who served as dean of the college for the past 10 years and recently retired.
![Peter Williams](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CNS_Williams_Obit_01July2021.jpg.webp?itok=6EqcXrxO)
A memorial service is scheduled for 3 p.m. July 15 at Water of Life Community Church’s chapel, located at 7625 East Ave., Fontana.
![CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Tomas-Morales-Banner_xxJune2020%20%281%29.gif.webp?itok=QQSGRB8N)
The formal kick-off at the Palm Desert Campus for the 2020-21 academic year took place on Aug. 27. CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales, now entering his ninth year leading the university, delivered the keynote address.
![When Cal State San Bernardino went virtual in the last week of spring 2020 due to COVID-19, the Academic Technologies & Innovation (ATI) Department of the Information Technology Services Division went into overdrive, offering five webinars per day to help faculty quickly ramp up their skills in virtual teaching.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Virtual_Learning_BB0U3767.jpg.webp?itok=DiD7qewv)
CSUSB’s Academic Technologies & Innovation Department developed a Library of Webinars for Virtual Teaching webpage as an ongoing resource for faculty, as well as a Faculty Tech Advisor Program and the Summer Virtual Teaching Institute.
![Kim Cousins, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been named the 2019-20 CSUSB Outstanding Professor, the university’s top faculty honor.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Cousins_OutstandingProf_03June2020.jpg.webp?itok=nPUjsxf-)
Kim Cousins, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been named the 2019-20 CSUSB Outstanding Professor, the university’s top faculty honor.
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Meredith Conroy (political science) co-wrote an article on who Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s supporters might back in the presidential race, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was honored as a recipient of the CSU’s Wang Family Excellence Award.