![The top performers at the CSUSB Student Research Competition have advanced to the statewide competition at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/24_7188%20OSR_CSUSB%20Delegates%20for%20State-Wide%20Competition%20-%20A32I1067%20%28BANNER%29.jpg.webp?itok=_WyBsmeZ)
The 14 winners from the 38th annual CSU Student Research Competition will represent Cal State San Bernardino at the California State University Research Competition on April 26-27.
![Center for Global Innovation bldg, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/Faculty-in-the-News-CGI_1.jpg.webp?itok=VWBCEDaH)
Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was quoted in an article about six Massachusetts middle school students facing hate speech charges, and Codi Lazar (geological sciences) will moderate a program on academic freedom presented by San Francisco State Academic Freedom Committee on April 25.
![Laurena Bolden, CSUSB Class of 2011, will receive the 2024 Community Champion Award from the Time for Change Foundation.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_LaurenaBolden_TimeforChangeAward_.jpg.webp?itok=7fCbwXIJ)
Alumna Laurena “Lala” Bolden ’11, psychology and criminal justice, was recognized by the Time for Change Foundation with its 2024 Community Champion Award.
![JHBC, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/Faculty-in-the-News-JHBC_0.jpg.webp?itok=xpeDJgWS)
Montgomery Van Wart (public administration), Cary Barber (history) and Miranda McIntyre (psychology) collaborated on a study that examined the likelihood of another U.S. civil war; Jim Estes (finance) offered tips on how to select the least expensive auto liability insurance; Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed by news media about incidents of antisemitism, racism and bias against the LGBTQ community; and Barbara Flores (education, emeritus) commented on a state Assembly bill that would mandate that reading instruction be aligned with the “science of reading.”
![Maylei Blackwell of the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA will be the keynote speaker at the annual Latin American Studies Conference at CSUSB on April 25.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_WLL_LatinAmericanConference_19Apr2024.jpg.webp?itok=Weo5rGHv)
Maylei Blackwell of the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA will be the keynote speaker at this year’s conference, which will take place in person beginning at 9 a.m. in the John M. Pfau Library, room PL-5005, and also offered virtually, with a livestream available for the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus in the Rancho Mirage Student Center.
![Sarah Dauncey](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_Lectures_Sarah%20Dauncey_AI_background.jpg.webp?itok=k2EoQ7Ad)
The talk by Sarah Dauncey is a presentation of the Disability Studies Lecture Series and the Modern China Lecture Series, and will be shared on Zoom beginning at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 19. Register in advance.
![University Hall, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/Faculty-in-the-News-University-Hall.jpg.webp?itok=zUbew6mV)
Jess Block Nerren (communication studies) was interviewed about The Cognitive Collective on campus, Mahmood Nikbakhtzadeh (health science and human ecology) will be a guest speaker at a meeting of the ACS San Gorgonio chapter, and Mark Agars (psychology) coauthored a study about supporting workers with chronic illnesses.
![Anthony Ortega](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_PattonStateHosp_Ortega.jpg.webp?itok=YetpsZJ_)
Anthony Ortega, a Cal State San Bernardino alumnus who is the hospital’s historian and a licensed clinical social worker, shared his presentation as a precursor to a CSUSB museum tour that will take place in late April, just before mental health awareness month in May.
![CSUSB students Alan Salcedo (left) and David Hernandez check water readings at Lytle Creek for their Geography Field Experience class.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_IWR_SBVMWD_Grant_05Apr2024.jpg.webp?itok=eLIeMWmh)
The San Bernardino Valley Regional Water Fellowship aims to equip participants with the necessary skills and knowledge to pursue careers in the water industry.