![Center for Global Innovation, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2025/Faculty-in-the-News-CGI.jpg.webp?itok=svHyCdwR)
Ahlam Muhtaseb (media studies) discussed the Phoenix of Gaza XR virtual reality project, Lucy Lewis (music) was interviewed about the inaugural performance of the San Bernardino Youth Symphony Orchestra, Terezie Tolar-Peterson (health and human ecology) is the principal investigator for a grant aimed at combating acute child malnutrition in Nigeria, and Stuart Sumida (biology) discussed researchers’ access to privately owned fossils.
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An article about the launch of a youth orchestra by the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra mentioned the roles played by Lucy Lewis (music) and Nicholas Bratcher (former music faculty member) in the formation of the new musical program, and David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed about the August 1953 coup in Iran.
![Guest cellist Hans Jørgen Jensen and CSUSB students in his masterclass](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Music_Cellist-guest-lecture_Slide.jpg.webp?itok=WgciVtbx)
Guest cellist Hans Jørgen Jensen gave a guest lecture on the topic of practicing to the CSUSB Symphony Orchestra students followed by a guest cello masterclass.
![Students who participated in the educational videos](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_SBSOvideos_26May2022.png.webp?itok=YNI0dpRB)
Thanks to a close partnership with the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra, CSUSB music students demonstrated their skills on camera as part of the orchestra’s Music in the Schools program.
![CSUSB student William Parada plays his trumpet outside. Through a series of approved hybrid classes and safety precautions, the music lives on.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_virtualband_18Mar2021.jpg.webp?itok=GbN0o-cv)
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly presented numerous challenges for the CSUSB music department, but that hasn’t stopped them from picking up their instruments.
![CSUSB is introducing a new Entrepreneurship in the Arts minor beginning in spring.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_EntreprenuershipArts_21Jan2021.jpg.webp?itok=E7ColGTW)
The College of Arts and Letters and the School of Entrepreneurship partnered to create the new “Entrepreneurship in the Arts” minor, designed for all students in the arts, with the first core class offered this spring.
![The Sinfonia Mexicana Mariachi Youth Academy performs at a CSUSB Association of Latino Faculty, Staff & Students event. The university’s Department of Music is offering the “Coyote Mariachi Ensemble,” a new class regardless of major, this fall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Mariachi_30July2020_2.jpg.webp?itok=eT4pxLOh)
Starting fall semester, the Department of Music will offer the “Coyote Mariachi Ensemble,” a new class open to any student regardless of major. Enrollment is by audition only.
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See how “We Define the Future” in this latest edition of Inside CSUSB, an informative video series highlighting the latest events and exceptional achievements here at Cal State San Bernardino.
![newspapers cover visit of CSUSB delegation](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/NewsSlide_SoKoreaNewsClips_02Oct2019.jpg.webp?itok=EfUNl2db)
Two Korean-language news websites mentioned the visit to South Korea of CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales and the university’s delegation of students and faculty. The articles were translated by Google Translate and the summaries edited for clarity.