Source: Los Angeles Sentinel On Wednesday, November 18, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) President Thomas A. Parham hosted Consequential Conversations: A Dialogue with mixed media visual artist, Toni Scott. The virtual conversation launches a strategic creative partnership between Scott and CSUDH exploring her artistic background, influences, and plans for upcoming projects. “In our quest to become a model urban university, CSUDH is positioning itself as the source for culturally rich and currently relevant information which the arts help us achieve through the visual expressions and renderings by the artists themselves,” stated Parham. “This new CSUDH-Toni Scott ... Read More
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Inside Higher Ed: ‘College Science Teaching’
Source: Inside Higher Ed Terry McGlynn is constantly promoting better teaching of science in American colleges and universities. A professor of biology at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and author of the blog Small Pond Science, he believes that good teaching is essential at every kind of college. But to achieve that, he thinks some of the incentives of American higher education (think of what generates raises at research universities) need to change. He's put his ideas together in a book, The Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching (University of Chicago Press). McGlynn answered questions about his book via email. Q: What are the major flaws of science teaching at ... Read More
Daily Breeze: Giant New Murals Installed at Carson’s Cal State Dominguez Hills
Source: Daily Breeze Eight new murals, 47-foot-high, now adorn the new student residence hall at Carson’s Cal State Dominguez Hills. The residence hall was designed so its exterior could be used as a roof-to-ground canvas for large-scale art works that can be rotated every few years. The university described this installation, by multi-disciplinary artist and Los Angeles native iris yirei hu, as telling “stories of people, places and pain and often their interdependencies.” The collection includes murals of Tongva elder Julia Bogany and Black writer and activist James Baldwin. “I hope the murals will speak well to students,” hu said. “For students who are learning to heal, ... Read More
Daily Breeze: South Bay Researchers to Look Into Regional Economic Impact of Legal Marijuana
Source: Daily Breeze How fired up is the South Bay and Long Beach — economically, at least — since the legalization of marijuana four years ago? The region could soon find out after Carson’s Cal State Dominguez Hills received a $1.8 million, two-year state grant to study the costs and benefits of the cannabis industry in several diverse communities the university serves. Those include Torrance, Hawthorne, Carson, Inglewood and Lawndale in the South Bay, as well as Long Beach, Compton, the unincorporated county community of Willowbrook and the L.A city neighborhood Watts. Cal State Dominguez Hills researchers said in their grant application that the region they will focus on has ... Read More
KFI News Radio: CSU Dominguez Hills Gets Grant To Study Cannabis Industry
Source: KFI News Radio CARSON - Cal State Dominguez Hills has secured a $1.8 million grant to conduct research on the cannabis industry in the South Bay area, officials announced today. “I am delighted that CSU Dominguez Hills has been awarded this critical funding for the important work they are doing,'' said Sen. Steven Bradford, a Democrat who represents the South Bay area. “Their research will assist in understanding the role that the cannabis industry plays in economic revitalization and equity in our community, informing policy decisions for years.'' The money -- part of more than $29 million in public university research grant funding to universities across ... Read More
