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CSUSB professor comments on the ‘Trumpian machismo’ infecting the Texas U.S. senate race
The New Republic
June 1, 2026
Meredith Conroy (political science), the author of “Masculinity, Media and the American Presidency,” was interviewed for an article about the U.S. Senate race in Texas between Trump-backed candidate Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico. Paxton, she said, “was engaging in ‘gender conflict framing,’ a concept she developed for her book… As competitions, elections naturally lend themselves to oppositional comparisons, and masculinity is one of the classic paradigms.”
What it’s like to be a student at the first A.I.-powered university
The New York Times Magazine
June 1, 2026
Jeremy Murray (history) was one of several California State University faculty members interviewed about the use of artificial intelligence in the 22-campus system. Because the world’s largest tech firms are headquartered in California, the state has generally become a petri dish for A.I. experiments in education.
Trace Institute launches to pioneer a new science of reality
ScienceMag.com (U.K.)
June 2, 2026
Chetan Prakash, (CSUSB, mathematics, emeritus) and Donald Hoffman (UC Irvine, cognitive sciences, emeritus) have officially launched the Trace Institute, “dedicating its efforts to decode the most profound scientific question: what is reality in its truest form?” the publication reported. “This ambitious initiative aims to overhaul prevailing scientific paradigms by centering the conscious observer within a novel mathematical framework, potentially igniting a paradigm shift across physics, neuroscience, and beyond.”
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