Valencia Jones, Lasisi Ajayi and Enrique Murillo Jr. (education), Stuart Sumida (biology), Tiffany Jones (history) and Brian Levin (criminal justice emeritus) were included in recent news coverage, and Dave Solance Smith (biology) recently published a study on predator-prey interactions and natural selection.
CSUSB’s Office of Black Student Success hosted the second annual Black Faculty Promotion and Awards Celebration, recognizing the professional achievements, leadership and lasting impact of Black faculty and staff across the university.
Scheduled to present this month are Rahim Kurwa on Oct. 8, Stefan M. Bradley on Oct. 15, Alec Karakatsanis on Oct. 22, Menika Dirkson on Oct. 29, and Brianna Nofil on Nov. 12. All have recently published books on the topic of race and policing. The programs will be streamed on Zoom and are free and open to the public.
Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed about some on the far-right trolling airline reservation systems to block Indian visa holders from booking tickets to the U.S., and Meredith Conroy (political science); Nerea Marteache (criminal justice); Evangeline Fangonil-Gagalang, Yeon Kim, Justin Schneider and Renee Gregg-Chastain (nursing); and Justin Schneider (nursing), Brittany Bloodhart (psychology) and Nicole Arkadie (social work) had their research recently published.
CSUSB is now accepting undergraduate applications for the Fall 2026 term, with a Dec. 2 deadline for pre-nursing majors and a Jan. 31 deadline for all other majors.
The campus community and the public are invited to attend Smith-Sangster’s lecture, “Community, Memory, and Adaptation after Strife: Examining a South Abydos Population in the Early New Kingdom,” on Oct. 30 at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art.
Michelle Lorimer and Michael Karp (history), Mike Stull (entrepreneurship), Enrique Murillo Jr. (education), Kevin Grisham (global studies) and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) were mentioned in recent news coverage.
Diane Vines and Samantha Duffle (nursing, Palm Desert Campus) were interviewed about a grant from the Houston Family Foundation to expand the Nursing Street Medicine Program, and news media spoke with Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) about the increase in political violence in the U.S.
The event will honor the hard work, dedication and professional accomplishments of CSUSB’s Black faculty and staff. Honorees will be recognized on Sept. 25 from 3-5 p.m. at the Obershaw Dining Room in the Alumni Center.