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CSUSB faculty member Lacey Kendall stresses the importance of diversity in education.
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The university will host a faculty panel on the use of artificial intelligence apps such as ChatGPT in academia, Sharon Velarde Pierce (public administration) is CSUSB’s 2022-23 Outstanding Faculty Advisor, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was cited in an article on a new book about Chinese laborers brought to the U.S. in the late 1800s.
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The CSUSB xReal Lab team hopes to not only raise awareness, but also increase empathy with the refugees in an attempt to increase humanitarian aid.
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A panel of CSUSB faculty members from a cross section of academic disciplines will share their insights and perspectives on ChatGPT and its implications for instruction, research and writing.
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Ed Gomez (art and design) was interviewed about the MexiCali Biennial, now on display at The Cheech in Riverside, and Nicole Collier (criminal justice) coauthored a study on the role of psycho-social factors on the recidivism of homicide offenders.
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Mike Stull (entrepreneurship), Stacey Fraser (music), Kristi Papailler (theatre arts) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) were mentioned in recent news coverage, and a study by Gisela Bichler (criminal justice) was recently published.
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Isabel Peña is the first CSUSB student to earn the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival fellowship in stage management, both regionally and nationally.
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“fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life,” a powerful contemporary performance about the transformative nature of literature in the world, takes the CSUSB Ronald E. Barnes stage March 10-19.
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“Why Women Went West” is a multi-media chamber opera that tells the unfolding narrative of a sole woman protagonist, Mary Hunter Austin, and her journey west. The performance is free and will be presented at RAFFMA on March 9 at 5 p.m.