The Murillo Family Observatory will host a First Light celebration on Tuesday, March 19, to mark the installation of telescopes at the facility. The observatory, named for philanthropists George and Pauline Murillo, is the only research observatory in the Inland Empire. Pauline Murillo was an elder with the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
Katherine Gray (art) returns for season four as resident evaluator in Netflix’s “Blown Away,” Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) commented on the role of politicians’ rhetoric and the increase in hate crimes against Latinos, Yawen Li (social work) was interviewed for an article about body image, and Justin Schneider (nursing) was part of a research team that examined barriers faced by transgender individuals.
CSUSB’s College of Natural Sciences’ Department of Geological Sciences recently enabled a research expedition for a faculty member and two students to travel to Antarctica to study the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Zachary Powell (criminal justice) was interviewed for a segment on the Louisville, Ky., police department beginning the work of reforming its policing practices, and Lisa Looney (child development) cowrote a chapter on a newly published book on teaching.
Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed for a segment on rising hate crimes tied to antisemitism and Islamophobia, Treasure Ortiz (public administration, adjunct lecturer) is one of three candidates running for the Ward 7 San Bernardino City Council seat in next month’s election.
Manijeh Badiee (psychology) was part of a group of researchers that published a study that “explored the experiences of Iranian adult children of divorce (ACOD) in the US,” and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was quoted in an article on a “Zoombombing” of a Laguna Beach City Council meeting where speakers unleashed antisemitic, racist and transphobic comments.
Meredith Conroy (political science) was interviewed for an article about Democrats’ strategy using the abortion issues to mobilize voters, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) commented for an article about a new survey that points to a rise in antisemitism.
Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) discussed a new, preliminary report on hate crimes and Gracie Torres (chemistry, adjunct) is one of four candidates running for a seat on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors in the March election.
Several faculty members and a graduate student from the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Natural Sciences are among the initial awardees of funding from CSUSB’s new Catalytic Investment on Research and Innovation Seed (CiRIS) program. Their research has the potential to profoundly impact both the scientific community and the Inland Empire region.