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New Book Explores the Resilience of the Ancient Maya

December 2, 2022

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Throughout human history, civilizations have had to adapt to ever-shifting environments in order to survive—whether sudden, catastrophic climate events, or gradual changes that span centuries. These human-environmental relationships are at the center of The Maya and Climate Change (Oxford University Press, Nov. 2022), a new book by CSUDH Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ken Seligson. Since 2010, Seligson has worked on archaeological excavations and mapping in the northern Maya lowlands of Yucatán, Mexico. He wanted to research and write a book shifting the focus away from the oft-cited “collapse” of the Classic Maya civilization, and instead toward their centuries of socioecological ... Read More

CSUDH Part of $1.8 Million National Science Foundation Grant

October 6, 2022

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded funding to six institutions from the California State University (CSU) system, including CSUDH, to help transform the early curriculum experience of historically marginalized students in computing. The alliance brings together CSUDH, CSU Fullerton, CSU Los Angeles, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and San Francisco State University, campuses which have identified that a disproportionate percentage of underrepresented minority students drop out of their computer science major in the first two years of study. The project’s goal is for professors to show students through their initial coursework how the study of computer science can ... Read More

New Study Shows Indian Subcontinent Prone to Deadly Droughts

September 20, 2022

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A new study co-authored by CSUDH Professor of Earth Science Ashish Sinha reveals that catastrophic droughts—unlike anything observed in the last 150 years—have regularly occurred in the Indian subcontinent throughout the last 1,000 years. The new data indicate that the region’s current rainfall predictability could give way to decades-long drought. If this occurs before preventive measures are taken, it poses an enormous threat to human life. Sinha worked alongside an international team of researchers to develop the new rainfall record, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team analyzed oxygen isotopes in stalagmites from the Mawmluh cave, near the town of ... Read More

Introducing CSUDH’s Newest Faculty, Part Two

September 15, 2022

Science and Innovation Building with people sitting in front

Meet more of the 19 new faculty members who joined CSUDH this fall. Part two of the series features faculty from the College of Health, Human Services, and Nursing, the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, and the College of Arts and Humanities. Part one of this series included faculty from the College of Arts and Humanities, the College of Business Administration and Public Policy, and the College of Education. College of Arts and Humanities Alfredo Carlos, Assistant Professor, Labor Studies Academic Background:PhD, Political Science, UC Irvine Professional Biography:Carlos recently served as the Interim Director of Chicano Studies at Eastern Washington University, and ... Read More

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