“The few that are available for medical study become pretty expensive and that's why we end up purchasing plastic replica skulls because they're just easier to get a hold of and they hold up better because real human skulls are quite fragile.” - Sarah Lacy, assistant professor of anthropology, was interviewed for the NBC-4 News feature “Are Museum Bones on Display Real or Replica?" Lacy's interview begins at 14:20 minutes in the piece. Source: NBC-4 News ... Read More
CSUDH In The News
New Cal State Dominguez Hills president stands on legacy of fairness, faith, equality
In a Sunday church sermon and with characteristic boldness, the current vice chancellor of UCI and future president of Cal State Dominguez Hills made his ambition clear. Thomas Parham, who will take the reins of CSUDH next month, vowed to transform the university into “a destination campus, not a default campus.” Parham went on to declare he plans to turn 1.9 grade average students into students with 2.5 grade averages, to build 3.6 students into PhDs. If it sounds like the same old rhetoric, it's not. Parham was like no other vice chancellor at UCI and it's certain he won't be like any other public university president when he leads at Cal State Dominguez Hills. How's this ... Read More
Hamoud Salhi Adresses Relocation of the Embassy in Jerusalem on CCTN
 CGTN's Elaine Reyes spoke to Hamoud Salhi about the relocation of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Salhi is interim dean of undergraduate studies and a professor of political science at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Source: EBL News ... Read More
Your Phone Is Almost Out of Battery. Remain Calm. Call A Doctor.
Larry Rosen knows he has a problem. Headed home from work, the psychology professor said his heart skipped a beat when he glanced at his iPhone and suddenly realized his battery was at 7%. He had no charger. “You get this feeling: Oh my God, I'm lost,” he said. Prof. Rosen, a past chairman of the psychology department at California State University, Dominguez Hills, knows whereof he speaks. He is a leading researcher in a new field of scientific inquiry that is attracting dozens of researchers across the globe and is increasingly being treated by clinical psychologists: smartphone anxiety. Does your heart rate jump when your iPhone battery dips below 20%? You could be suffering from ... Read More
Thomas Parham Appointed President of CSUDH
The board of trustees of the 23-campus California State University System has chosen Thomas Parham as president of California State University, Dominguez Hills. Dr. Parham will take office in June as the 11th president of the university. California State University, Dominguez Hills, located in Carson between Los Angeles and Long Beach, enrolls nearly 13,000 undergraduate students and more than 2,000 graduate students. African Americans make up 13 percent of the undergraduate student body, according to the latest data submitted to the U.S. Department of Education. Currently, Dr. Parham serves as vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of California, Irvine. He has held ... Read More