Professor Ashish Sinha and a team of international researchers used their analysis of stalagmites recovered from a cave deep in central China to not only map over 640,000 years of history of the Asian Monsoon–the longest and most accurate record to date–but also change the understanding of how ice ages terminate. ...examining stalagmites with radio metric dating, we are able to link ice ages and the monsoons with our record. Now that's exciting.” Sinha, chair of the Department of Earth Science and Geography at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), and his team published a paper in the journal Nature detailing their data from Sanbao Cave, where stalagmites provide ... Read More
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Physics Professor John Price Receives Fourth DOE Grant to Continue Proton Research
John Price, professor of physics at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has received a three-year, $235,000 grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) for his ongoing experimental nuclear physics program in proton research: “Photo- and Electroproduction of Multiply-Strange Hyperons at CLAS.” This is the fourth grant Price has been awarded from the DOE for the program since 2007. The funding covers Price's and his students' research costs, including travel to the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, VA, where the research has been carried out since 2006. “This is a significant sized grant for us. It enables us to do the research while ... Read More
MPA Student Hilary Dayag Named CSU Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar
Hilary Valenova Dayag, a Master of Public Administration (MPA) student at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), believes there are opportunities to make “serious advancements” in the field of health care policy, and hopes being named a 2016-17 California State University (CSU) Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar will enable him to play a role in that. As a Sally Casanova scholar, Dayag will receive a $3,000 grant and have a variety of advantages and unique opportunities to do research and prepare to succeed in a doctoral program after earning his MPA at CSUDH. The scholarship is available to CSU students with exceptional academic records who come from disadvantaged ... Read More
Scott Cheatham’s Research May Help Doctors Get More in Touch with Patients’ Pain
If all goes well, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Scott Cheatham's research could open doors for new methods of examining people who suffer from fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome–two chronic conditions that cause widespread pain in the muscles and tissues of the body–and related issues such as fatigue. For over a year, Cheatham, who serves as director of Cal State Dominguez Hills' Pre-Physical Therapy Program, studied more than 90 individuals with fibromyalgia and myofascial pain. Normally, a doctor will apply a self-prescribed amount of pressure to a body region using touch, then document the patient's reaction to the graded pressure. With Cheatham's new scale, doctors ... Read More
CSUDH’s $2.6 Million Education Grant to Improve Success of Underserved Students
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has received a $2.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to create “Project Accelerate” to improve the learning, persistence, and overall success of CSUDH students, while decreasing their time to earning a degree. The five-year, $524,8702 a year grant is funded under the ED's Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program - Title V, which provides grants to assist HSI campuses, like CSUDH, increase enrollment and educational opportunities for Hispanic and high-need students. In 2015, Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education ranked CSUDH 33rd nationally in awarding bachelor's degrees to Hispanic students ... Read More
CSUDH and Whitaker Initiative Teach Students How to Solve Conflict
To resolve a personal conflict, a middle school student might turn to a family member, a friend, or a teacher. Sometimes students also seek support from each other through a school program. This is the goal at Andrew Carnegie Middle School in Carson, California where students are taught to manage and solve conflict. To acquire the skills necessary to teach youth how to manage and resolve conflict, the teachers at Andrew Carnegie Middle School are being trained through the Domestic Harmonizer Program. This program was developed by California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) and the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI), an international non-profit organization founded ... Read More
Forest Whitaker, CSUDH Program to Teach Conflict Resolution in Schools
Today at a school-wide assembly at Andrew Carnegie Middle School, artist and social activist Forest Whitaker–the Founder and CEO of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI) and UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation–officially launched the Domestic Harmonizer Program with California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). Andrew Carnegie Middle School is in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and currently enrolls 915 6-8th grade students, all of whom will participate in the program. The Domestic Harmonizer Program is an innovative initiative designed by WPDI and CSUDH's Negotiation Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program and College of ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: August 2016
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 Donald Hata, emeritus professor of history, presented the workshop "Words Can Lie Or Clarify," which showed how the U.S. government intentionally used euphemistic language for propaganda purposes to minimize and conceal the punitive nature of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans (Nikkei) interned during World War II. Hata's workshop took place in July at the Tule Lake Segregation Center National ... Read More
CSUDH welcomes future Class of 2020 during Freshman Convocation
Ready to launch their college careers at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), hundreds of new Toros here onhand to receive frank advice and words of encouragement from campus leaders along with Facebook executive and CSUDH alumna Bree Nguyen during Freshman Convocation on Aug. 26. After the Freshman Class of 2016 took their seats in the StubHub Center Tennis Stadium, the familiar sound of Pomp and Circumstances began to play in the arena as President Willie J. Hagan, vice presidents and college deans marched to the stage in full academic regalia, creating the look, feel, and atmosphere of what will be their commencement day in four years. …You are going to meet people ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Alumna Arleene Valdez Takes on Big Events for the LA Times
“Baptism by rain” is what Cal State Dominguez Hills alumna Arleene Valdez ('11, B.A., communications, minor in marketing) calls her first assignment as a planner of consumer events at the Los Angeles Times after it rained on the newspaper's annual Festival of Books for the first time in its 20-year history. Fortunately, the festival is so popular that it still had its largest turnout to date in April 2016 as its long-time fans and newcomers–more than 100,000s attendees–broke out umbrellas or just got wet as they strolled the entire USC campus to find books, and enjoy literary speakers, performers, and food. All the while, Valdez and her colleagues in the Times' events department were ... Read More
