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
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O&P Students Offer First Dance and Swim to those with Disabilities
With help from students in California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Orthotics and Prosthetics Department, O&P patients learned to better manage their functional limitations in a fun and active way during First Dance and First Swim adaptive clinics on March 16–17. The O&P Society, the O&P Department's student organization, held the clinics in partnership with the Orthotic and Prosthetic Activities Foundation (OPAF) to offer those with amputations, limb differences, and other physical disabilities the opportunity to learn or relearn to dance and swim with the help of skilled instructors and adaptive equipment. For many, it was the first time they entered a pool ... Read More
DACA Student Maricruz De La Torre Honored with CSU’s Crellin Pauling Student Teaching Award
Whether she becomes a biomedical researcher, a professor, or both, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) graduate student Maricruz De La Torre will always consider dispelling ignorant cultural views about science, and who teaches it, among her most important professional obligations. After sharing such values in an award nomination essay, De La Torre was honored with the Crellin Pauling Student Teaching Award, and its $2,000 prize. She was one of two California State University (CSU) students given the annual award that acknowledges outstanding teaching in biotechnology-related settings, courses, and programs. The award was presented at the CSU Biotechnology Symposium on ... Read More
Cal State Dominguez Hills Honors the Old with New Fab Lab
As subtle as it may be, there’s a profound difference between A. Quincy Jones and the Quincy Jones. Though both made their names producing creative work in ’60s-era Los Angeles, the latter is a music producer who worked with the likes of Michael Jackson, and the former is an architect known for, among other ventures, the original design of California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). One of these talented fellows recently had a “fab lab” integrated into their oeuvre, and here’s a hint — it’s not going to win a Grammy. The new Toyota Center Fab Lab at CSUDH, however, might still win awards despite being theoretically undanceable. Thanks to the efforts of the Los Angeles office of ... Read More
Sarah Lacy Hangs with ‘Hot Hominins’ on Social Media
Sarah Lacy really likes a “good brow ridge.” She thinks “it’s hot!” In class, Lacy, a new assistant professor of anthropology at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), and her anthropology students call that facial characteristic a “supraorbital torus,” which was sported by Neandertals around 40,000 years ago. They have also given the long-extinct human species a “sexy” social media presence with Lacy posing with their skulls in a series she calls “Hot Hominin of the Day.” “I dress a bit unusual, and my students were joking about it. They thought I should create an ‘Outfit of the Day’ blog. It seemed a little frivolous, so I came up with a way to have fun with that idea, ... Read More
