Recent surveys from both the National Household Transportation Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that around 29% of the United States workforce has the option to work at home, and around 15% usually does so. Working from home pays a double dividend during a pandemic. First, it can help to limit the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus. This supports organizations’ efforts to limit travel and major public events, and more assertive efforts by governments in badly affected regions to restrict population movement altogether. Restricting travel and canceling events have substantial costs at a time when businesses are already dealing with absences due to ... Read More
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Faculty Highlights: February 2020
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and journal papers that contribute to their field and highlight their expertise. We feature those accomplishments and more in this section. College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences John Keyantash, associate professor and chair of the Department of Earth Science and Geography, was the keynote speaker at the Indian Institute of Technology and National Institute of Hydrology’s Roorkee Water Conclave 2020 in Uttarakhand, India. Keyantash spoke on “Indices for Meteorological and Hydrological Drought.” College of Extended and International ... Read More
Faculty Highlights: November 2019
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and journal papers that contribute to their field and highlight their expertise. We feature those accomplishments and more in this section. College of Arts and Humanities In September, Gilah Yelin Hirsch, professor of art, was the visiting artist at the New Delhi College of Art, and at the Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, in Chandigarh, India. As visiting artist, Hirsch worked with graduate and undergraduates students, and delivered various comprehensive presentations regarding her multidisciplinary work. Her film, Reading the Landscape, won the official selection Silver ... Read More
University Honored with LAEDC’s Prestigious Eddy Award
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) was honored with a prestigious Eddy Award during the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation’s (LAEDC) 24th Annual Eddy Awards gala dinner on Nov. 7. The award recognized CSUDH’s excellence in academia and outstanding efforts to provide access to higher education in Los Angeles. More than 600 people attended the gala at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live to honor the “Most Business-Friendly City” award recipients: the City of Lancaster and the City of La Mirada. Other honorees were Citibank, and Phillip A. Washington, CEO of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority. President Thomas A. Parham accepted the ... Read More
CSUDH Hosts Beam Signing Ceremony for Innovation and Instruction Building
(Carson, CA) – California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) will host a beam signing ceremony on Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. for its new four-story, 107,600-square-foot Innovation and Instruction Building to mark a new phase in its construction, and celebrate its role in the transformation of the physical campus. The building is scheduled to be open in time for fall classes in 2021. During the ceremony, CSUDH President Thomas A. Parham and members of the campus community will sign their names and messages on the last steel beam to be placed during the framing phase of the Innovation and Instruction Building. Adding their mark during the beam signing ceremony will be Carson City Council ... Read More
