(Carson, Calif.) California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political & Economic Institute (MDAAPEI) has awarded $20,000 research grants to six faculty researchers/teams at four institutions in California. This is the first time MDAAPEI is awarding research grants. “We are very excited to provide these awards to explore and document the impact of political, social, and economic issues in African American and other disadvantaged communities,” said CSUDH President Willie J. Hagan. The funding will support the following research projects: Nancy Deng, principal investigator, CSUDH: “How Do African American Men Succeed in the ... Read More
Archives for July 2017
Nick Cannon Addresses Teens at African American Leaders of Tomorrow Conference
(Carson, Calif.) Nick Cannon, the multi-faceted artist and philanthropist, will be the keynote speaker Wednesday, July 26, during the Annual African American Leaders for Tomorrow (AALT) Conference kick-off dinner at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). A summer conference of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) that is hosted at the university, AALT aims to give nearly 100 African-American high school students from across California the tools they need to take on leadership roles in their communities, and embark on successful college careers. Students are selected to participate in AALT based on their academic standing, involvement in leadership activities at ... Read More
Still Laboratory Seeks ‘Novel Lead Compound’ to Help Treat Cancer
“Does anyone have a cardiac pacemaker or medical device implants? How about keys, a mobile phone, or even a wallet? We wouldn’t want anything to get damaged or erased.” These are questions Patrick Still, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), gingerly asks people who venture into the new campus Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility and approach the new JEOL 400 MHz NMR spectrometer, which the Still Lab uses for cancer research. Still uses the NMR spectrometer to conduct his research on plant extracts he procured from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Active Repository Program. The extracts were prepared from ... Read More
CSUDH Heeds the Call for More Dual-Language Teachers
In 1996, California reduced the number of students per classroom from 30 to 20, creating thousands of teaching jobs throughout the state, only to have many disappear a decade later during the economic downturn, including progressive dual-language teaching positions. That has changed in recent years with the state’s economic boom, and the passage of the California Non-English Languages Allowed in Public Education Act (Proposition 58) in November 2016. Today, there is a bilingual teacher shortage, and California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) College of Education heeded the call with the creation of its two-week, Spanish immersion Dual-Language Institute in June 2016. “This ... Read More
Governor Brown Hosts Transportation Work Forum on Campus
California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) hosted a forum at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) June 30 to discuss the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 and its potential for increasing transportation job and construction contracts for large and small businesses in the state. The forum consisted of two roundtables that took place in CSUDH’s University Library that included Brown, Bradford, and transportation officials, and was attended by education leaders and other elected officials. Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, Carson Mayor Albert Robles, CSUDH President Willie J. Hagan, and California State University Chancellor ... Read More
