Two first-generation students – Carmen Uribe, master’s in psychology, and Lidia Albarran, bachelor’s in social work – are being recognized for research excellence, community impact and a shared drive to expand opportunity. Uribe is the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences’ Outstanding Graduate Student, and Albarran is the college’s Outstanding Undergraduate Student.
The university will host its Spring Commencement ceremonies on May 15-16 at Toyota Arena in Ontario.
Tony Coulson (cybersecurity) was interviewed about the cyberattack on Canvas, an article featured the “Phoenix of Gaza XR” virtual reality project that Ahlam Muhtaseb (media studies) helped develop, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed about the latest hate crime statistics.
A group of 19 Cal State San Bernardino students traveled to China, gaining firsthand experience with healthcare systems, traditional medicine, and cultural practices in Beijing and Shanghai, and a look at how traditional practices and modern innovation intersect within China’s evolving healthcare system.
Francesca Beer (finance) discussed how reward credit cards work; Stuart Sumida (biology), as president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, was cited in an article on how some paleontologists seek research funding in light of some receiving donations from the late Jeffery Epstein; and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus), was interviewed about “speed running,” the accused gunman in the White House Correspondents Dinner attack, and the federal indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Kate Liszka, professor of history and the Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology at CSUSB, is the recipient of Cal State San Bernardino’s 2025-26 Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative Activities Award in recognition of her distinguished academic research and creative contributions.
The CSUSB Model UN team had 5 students who received position paper awards across three committees, and a delegation award of honorable mention at the 2026 National United Nations Conference in New York City, the largest and most prestigious, diverse and longest university-level Model UN.
Michael Karp, who teaches at the university’s Palm Desert Campus, will reflect on how his undergraduate experiences helped shape his academic research and discuss the process of writing and completing the book. The talk will be on Zoom and is open and free to the public.
Yawen Li (social work) recently published a paper with her collaborators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that investigated the use of electronic health care records in adult day care service centers, and found that a digital divide exists.