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The IBAP grant (2023-25) provided $302,919, while the ExMILE grant (2024-25) contributed $391,564, with more years with the same funds directly supporting bilingual teacher candidates. Close to 60 bilingual teacher candidates benefited from these funds.
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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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Leslie Amodeo (psychology), Meredith Conroy (political science), Deirdre Lanesskog (social work), Stuart Sumida (biology) and Barbara Flores (education, emerita) were included in news media coverage recently.
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Understanding how ADHD and psychostimulant treatments interact with sleep and neurodevelopment could inform medical professionals, guiding decisions on pediatric ADHD treatment to minimize long-term impacts on sleep health.
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The grant will fund the creation of a new certificate program designed to help students become proficient in Spanish while gaining valuable business and administration skills.
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Jordi Solsona-Puig (education) discussed the benefit of CSUSB receiving a $3.3 million federal grant that it will use to increase teacher diversity in the Inland Empire, and Yolonda Youngs (geology and environmental sciences) was a guest on the “Nature Revisited” podcast on which the topic focused on the iconic Grand Canyon.
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The five-year grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Augustus F. Hawkins Center of Excellence Program, will fund the ExMILE project (Excellence as Multilingual Innovators and Leaders in Education), with a goal to address teacher diversity in the Inland Empire.
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The National Science Foundation has awarded Cal State San Bernardino $308,000 to examine the role of environmental justice in clean energy technologies, and Elizabeth Castillo, assistant professor of management at Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration, will be the principal investigator.
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The $95,000 grant from the National Sciences Foundation will be used to coordinate two conferences in the spring and fall of 2025 that will focus on promoting Open Access and Research Data Management.