The California State University, Dominguez Hills Department of Theatre and Dance presents its fourth show of the 2015-16 season in celebration of women as playwrights, choreographers, directors and designers with a production of Mary Zimmerman's Tony-Award winning play “Metamorphoses.” The play will run for two weekends, March 11-20, in the University Theatre. Dramatically set around a large pool of water at center stage, “Metamorphoses” is a contemporary retelling of Ovid's poem of classic Greek myths, including Midas, Orpheus and Eurydice, Narcissus, and Eros and Psyche, among others. Humorous and sorrowful, sensuous and thoughtful, the play explores the fluidity of human nature and the ... Read More
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Accounting Society launches Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program at CSUDH
Students from the Accounting Society at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) were among the knowledgeable volunteers helping hundreds of individuals and families who converged on campus Feb. 13 to take advantage of the Free Income Tax Preparation and Family Resource Fair. The Accounting Society partnered with the California State Board of Equalization (BOE) to host the fair in CSUDH's Claudia Hampton Lecture Hall. As the participants entered the hall, BOE staff checked to ensure participants brought the proper documents and information with them to file their taxes during in-take interviews, while the students sat down with them in the adjoining computer lab to help them ... Read More
11th Annual Student Research Day attracts more than 450 student researchers
Showcasing the popularity of Student Research Day (SRD) at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), this year more than 450 students found time during their busy academic schedules to develop and present comprehensive research to the campus community. The over-whelming response in student submissions resulted in the largest SRD in the event's 11-year history on the campus, and the decision to extend the conference over two days. Along with the hundreds of student presenters, nearly 100 faculty served as mentors, and more than 170 faculty, staff, alumni and outside professionals sat in on sessions to critique their work. “It's unbelievable! The number of students ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Welcomes Natural History Museum researcher for lecture on using social media and citizen-scientists
Scientific research doesn't have to be limited to a laboratory or a small team of scientists; it can be a social discovery. For its annual Distinguished Guest Speaker Series the California State University, Dominguez Hills College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences welcomes Los Angeles County Natural History Museum (NHM) researcher Dr. Jann Vendetti to discuss how she is utilizing social media and citizen-scientists in her work as a malacologist (malacology is the study of mollusks). The lunch-time lecture will take place Thursday, February 25 from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Loker Student Union Ballroom on campus. The event is free and open to the public; lunch will be ... Read More
Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers perform African American ‘spirituals’ at CSUDH
A nearly full University Theatre at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) was captivated by rich harmonic tones of the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers of Los Angeles on Feb. 4 as they performed a broad arrangement of melodies called “spirituals,” songs inspired by the hardships of African slaves. Founded in 1968, the acclaimed traveling company has helped engender international recognition of African American spirituals (also known as “Negro Spirituals”). Originally unaccompanied monophonic (unison) songs, spirituals are best known today in harmonized choral arrangements. “In the beginning there was the work, and the work became the song. In between 1720 and 1865 [when ... Read More
Shari Berkowitz and her colleagues discover that sleep deprivation increases risk of false confession
Shari R. Berkowitz, an assistant professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), and her fellow researchers provide the first empirical evidence that sleep deprivation increases the risk an innocent person will falsely confess to an act of wrongdoing. Berkowitz and her colleagues published their paper “Sleep deprivation and false confessions,” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Berkowitz assisted in designing the experiment, creating the research materials, and writing the paper. The researchers' breakthrough study found that after a single request, the odds of participants providing a false admission were 4.5 times higher if they had ... Read More
CSUDH President Willie J. Hagan inducted into L.A. Hall of Fame during African American Heritage Month celebration
For his role in “reinvigorating” California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) mission for the students and communities it serves, President Willie J. Hagan was honored on Feb. 3 with the City of Los Angeles's Hall of Fame award for “Outstanding Achievement in Education" at its kick off of African American Heritage month in the city. Four-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lionel Richie was also honored during the celebration with the “Living Legend Award.” Other inductees into the Hall of Fame were California Board of Equalization Chairman and CSUDH alumnus Jerome Horton ('79, B.S., business administration), and California Court of Appeal Justice Audrey Collins. L.A. ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills selected to participate in national initiative to re-design first-year college experience
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has been selected by American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) to participate in its three-year “Re-Imagining the First Year of College”(RFY) project, a sweeping initiative aimed at transforming the first year of college to enhance students' success in their undergraduate years and in the 21st century workforce. “CSUDH is pleased and excited to be among only 44 universities selected across the nation to be part of AASCU's Re-Imagining the First Year of College,” said Ellen Junn, CSUDH provost and vice president of academic affairs. “Our campus has been very proactive in implementing a range of new initiatives for ... Read More
Walter Mosley is 2016 Patricia Eliet Memorial Lecture Guest Author
To continue its year-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Watts Rebellion, California State University, Dominguez Hills welcomes best-selling novelist and Los Angeles native Walter Mosley as the 2016 Patricia Eliet Memorial Lecture Series guest speaker on Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Loker Student Union ballroom. The author of more than 40 books ranging from crime novels to political essays, Mosley is considered one the most versatile and prolific writers in the United States today. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy and PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award. Mosley is best known for his mystery series featuring ... Read More
A Change is Going to Come. But When?
What happens after a community rises up in protest and demands an end to inequality, brutality, racism and economic injustice? Justin Gammage, CSU Dominguez Hills assistant professor of Africana studies, examines whether or not civil rights movements – both past and present – have effected change. For the last couple of years, an angry chorus of protest has risen in response to a string of police shootings that have resulted in the deaths of unarmed African Americans across the United States. The Black Lives Matter movement, along with other activist groups, have newly elevated an old, persistent issue into the national dialogue. “In the last three years, there have been the largest ... Read More
