California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) is a partner campus on three National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaling $2.5 million to continue its success in increasing the number of Hispanic and other underserved students studying computer science. The lead grant is a five-year, $2 million Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI) award. CAHSI is composed of more than 10 member institutions: CSUDH; Florida International University; New Mexico State University; Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; University of Houston-Downtown; University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; and the University of Texas at El Paso. “We have developed several initiatives through CASHI ... Read More
Living Long and Prospering: Occupational Therapy Program Promotes Carson Seniors’ Health
On a Thursday morning last spring, Paul Penoliar and his CSUDH student assistant, Isabelle Guevera, help 15 older adults do a series of stretching exercises. Stretching will give you a better quality of movement,” the longtime occupational therapist and CSUDH lecturer tells them. “It helps you to become more flexible. Stretching helps joint issues and provides stress relief.” Some of the seniors have back pain, others are recovering from breaking bones and from surgery; Penoliar shows them how they can adapt the exercises to accommodate their abilities. It's no secret that one of the most pressing health care concerns in the United States is the increasing demand for innovative, ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills Student Betty Solares Receives CSU Trustees’ Award
Bertha (Betty) Solares, a human services major and sociology minor at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), has endured much in her life: an abusive mother, teen pregnancy, an abusive husband, drug addiction, and depression. At her lowest point she was living on the streets, had lost custody of her child, and wound up in jail twice. When Solares learned she was pregnant with her second daughter, she made the decision to turn her life around. Today, Solares carries a 3.6 GPA at CSUDH, and she is not letting her troubled past cripple her. Instead, she is using it as her inspiration to help and serve others. Solares' story and success has garnered her California State ... Read More
Susan Needham Named finalist for Civically Engaged Faculty Award
Anthropology Professor Susan Needham was a finalist for the Campus Compact's 2016 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award for her passion in involving her students in research and relationships that greatly benefit the communities that California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) serves. A national coalition of colleges and universities, Campus Compact created the Ehrlich Award to recognize faculty who demonstrate exceptional engaged scholarship, including an ability to lead students in progressive civic learning; who conduct community-based research; promote and create community partnerships; and are committed to service-learning and civic engagement. Needham, who along ... Read More
Ashish Sinha’s Research on Asian Monsoon Leads to Discovery of What Ends Ice Ages
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
