![Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_FacultyInTheNews_Jan2021_20.jpg.webp?itok=rc2LBn4S)
Lacey Kendall (communication studies) is part of the initiative, the Black Church Media Project, assisting historic houses of worship, and a newly published study co-authored by Bree Putman (biology) is highlighted in an article about citizen science.
![University President Tomás D. Morales and Palm Desert Campus Dean Jake Zhu participated in the program, which took place virtually Jan. 25.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_Webinar_MoralesZhu_21Jan2021_05Feb2021.jpg.webp?itok=SFndOnR4)
University President Tomás D. Morales and Palm Desert Campus Dean Jake Zhu participated in the program, “Destination Talent Coachella Valley – The New Realities in Higher Education,” hosted by OneFuture Coachella Valley and the Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce, and sponsored by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. The program was originally livestreamed Jan. 25.
![“Destination Talent Coachella Valley – The New Realities in Higher Education” is hosted by OneFuture Coachella Valley and the Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce, and sponsored by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_Webinar_MoralesZhu_21Jan2021.jpg.webp?itok=8Yq5LsbS)
University President Tomás D. Morales and Palm Desert Campus Dean Jake Zhu will participate in the program, which takes place virtually at 11:45 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25.
![CSUSB Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_FacultyInTheNews_Jan2021_5.jpg.webp?itok=qlP5mzLU)
Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed for his perspective on the violent political protests by extremists supporting President Trump, Pablo Gomez (psychology) co-authored a paper that was recently published, and Katherine Gray will again be a judge for the Netflix show “Blown Away.”
![The certificate in hospitality management program will run from May 3-Oct. 29.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_Hospitality%20Management%20Certificate_12Jan2021.jpg.webp?itok=KLU7QH7x)
Zoom information sessions will be held on Jan. 21, Feb. 25 and March 25. The program will run from May 3-Oct. 29.
![PDC Street Medicine flu clinic in Thermal, Dec 13](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Street%20Medicine%20Christmas%20flu%20clinic%20event%204.jpg.webp?itok=rPSv5hSj)
CSUSB Palm Desert Campus nursing students and faculty participated in a special flu vaccination clinic held on Dec. 13 in Thermal.
![Riverside University Health System officials gave a virtual update on COVID-19 in the county](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/20_4469--UA_COVID-19-Daily-News.jpg.webp?itok=eM3LE80o)
Riverside University Health System officials gave a virtual update on COVID-19 in the county and actions to take to prevent the spread of the virus. The webinar is available to view.
![Nick Conoway is the first University Legacy Scholar to graduate from the Palm Desert Campus](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/PDC%20Nick%20Conoway%20Class%20of%202020%20grad.JPG.webp?itok=q5gZKxFr)
Nick Conoway, who graduated this fall summa cum laude, is a member of the first group of University Legacy Scholars at PDC and the first University Legacy Scholar to graduate from the Palm Desert Campus since the program began in fall 2017.
![Four CSUSB Palm Desert Campus nursing students (in the blue tops) provide flu shots at a drive-thru flu shot clinic at the North Shore Beach and Yacht Club at the Salton Sea.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_StreetMedicine_Flushots_30Nov2020.jpg.webp?itok=B2JLMG5N)
The four nursing students are participants in the Street Medicine program that assists the homeless and unsheltered in the Coachella Valley.