(Carson, CA) “2018 Art and Design Faculty Exhibition,” featuring work by 12 members of the California State University, Dominguez Hills Art and Design Department, runs Sept. 17 through Oct. 10. An opening reception for the artists will take place on Monday, Sept. 17, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. The gallery is open Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Investigating a range of subject matters and approaches to artmaking, the exhibition demonstrates the span of the media and materials used by these teaching artists in their personal practices. The exhibition includes work by Michele Bury, Daniela Campins Cambra, Jim Keville, Vladimir Goryachev, Gilah Hirsch, Greg ... Read More
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Professors Honored with CSU Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award
Three California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) professors have been recognized by California State University (CSU) with the 2018-19 Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award for their commitment to student success. The CSU has honored Professor of Communications Nancy Cheever, Professor of Psychology L. Mark Carrier, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology Larry Rosen for their collective research and mentorship of undergraduate and graduate students in the area of applied cognitive psychology. The field focuses on information processing and its application in real-world contexts and everyday environments. The CSUDH professors were among 26 faculty leaders awarded throughout ... Read More
Geoffrey Martinez Brews Up a Good Cup of Java for Compton
It wasn't the billowing smoke filling his apartment courtyard from a popcorn machine with a convention oven mounted on top that initially piqued Geoffrey Martinez's curiosity, it was the smell of freshly roasting coffee beans that drew him in. “I had never seen coffee roasting before so it definitely caught my attention,” said the California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) alumnus of the first time he met his neighbor Chris, who had built a makeshift roaster to turn a few pounds of green coffee beans he had bought online into brew-able coffee. “He's a foody and was trying out different types of coffee and knew that I also liked coffee so we started getting into it. I never got ... Read More
Three CSUDH Students Selected for Prestigious Pre-Doctoral Program
Three high-achieving California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) students have been named 2018-19 Sally Casanova Scholars and selected to participate in the California State University system's (CSU) competitive California Pre-Doctoral Program. Cellular and molecular biology major Natalya Cardona, Spanish linguistics major Jesús Eduardo González Franco, and history major Thaithao Nguyen are among 75 undergraduate and graduate students from across the CSU system who are part of this year's pre-doctoral cohort. All three CSUDH Sally Casanova Scholars are also in the university's McNair Scholars Program, a federal grant program with similar aims: to encourage and prepare students ... Read More
Cambria Rodriguez Takes 1st at Statewide Student Research Competition
Walking through the “Becoming Los Angeles” exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles where she works, Cambria Rodriguez came across a small box labeled “Dead Man's Island: Demolished in 1929,” which contained several artifacts. Intrigued, Rodriguez, a history major who graduates with her bachelor's degree this spring, began looking into the history of the tiny island at the entrance of San Pedro Harbor. The former island whose ominous name was given for the human remains buried there in the 1800s, was demolished to make way for the expansion of Los Angeles Harbor because many sea-going vessels had run ashore on the island. “I thought 'What? There was an island there?' When I ... Read More
