Larry Press, a professor of information systems at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), is encouraged by the thawing of poor relations between the United States and Cuba. He has worked for years to understand and improve the state of the Internet in Cuba and is “hopeful that this is a good start.” “While dropping the trade embargo would require congressional action, the Obama Administration has made an important concession that affects the Internet,” said Press. “U.S. companies are now free to sell communication infrastructure and information technology products and services to Cuba. They justify that exception to the embargo in hope that improved Cuban Internet access ... Read More
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Faculty Highlights: February 2015
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and journal papers that contribute to their field and highlight their expertise. We feature those accomplishments and more in this section. College of Arts and Humanities Rudy Vanterpool, professor emeritus and chair of Africana studies, was among a number of L.A. County chairs of black studies who served on a panel discussion, “A Century of Black Life, History and Culture,” at a special City of Los Angeles African American Heritage Month event hosted by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and Our Authors Study Club on February 5. Ellie Zenhari, assistant professor of art, received ... Read More
Student Research Day caps off decade of consistent growth, student achievement
With consistent growth during an entire decade of outstanding student research, faculty mentorship, and well-deserved accolades, the 10th Annual Student Research Day (SRD) at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) highlighted an event poised for expansion for years to come. This year 352 students shared their research throughout the top floor of the Loker Student Union and in the University Library in the form of 237 presentations and posters, making it the largest SRD to date. Students from a wide array of disciplines were awarded prizes for their research and presentations, and 10 winners were selected to represent the university during the system-wide CSU Student ... Read More
Alumna Kayleigh Davis joins the Peace Corps to teach English in Indonesia
Speaking in Bahasa Indonesian, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) alumna Kayleigh Davis said “Sampai jumpa lagi" (Until we meet again) as she left her friends whom she’d been visiting in Las Vegas. When she got in her car for the long drive home to Los Alamitos, she turned on a language-learning audio tape to try to memorize more words and dialogue. Davis (2014, B.A., interdisciplinary studies) believes she will have a good grasp of the language in two years when she returns from her time as an education Peace Corps volunteer teaching English in Indonesia. Accepted into the Peace Corps in December 2014, she will depart for the Southeast Asian country this March to ... Read More
Faculty Scholars Program gives Enrique Ortega more time for research, students
Working with researchers in Sweden and Italy, Enrique Ortega, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Science at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), is providing his students with unique access at the undergraduate level to not only research but also international collaboration. Ortega, who came to CSUDH as an adjunct faculty member in 2010, and his health science students have collaborated with researchers at the University of Turin in Italy and Orebro University in Sweden to gather information and form hypotheses about the individual and environmental causes or health outcomes related to mental, physical, and social health indicators. “Both institutions ... Read More
