(Carson, CA) California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will discuss the state’s efforts to defend environmental protections critical to residents’ health and well-being as the featured speaker of CSU Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series. The lecture and panel discussion will take place Thursday, Feb. 7 at 4 p.m., in CSUDH’s Loker Student Union Ballroom. Themed “Fighting for a Sustainable Future and Healthy Communities,” the Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series is one of several events marking Thomas A. Parham’s inauguration as the 11th president of CSUDH. What: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be featured speaker during Presidential ... Read More
Environmental Science
Professor Ashish Sinha Helps Discover the Holy Grail of Radiocarbon Dating
A groundbreaking recent discovery will enable scientists to accurately date objects from much earlier in Earth’s history than ever before. California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Professor of Earth Sciences Ashish Sinha is among the team of international researchers who found what can be best described as the “Holy Grail” of radiocarbon dating: The team’s research was published in the December 2018 issue of Science magazine. The new study revealed how a pair of rare stalagmites inside the Hulu Cave, located near Nanjing, China, have unusually low levels of dead carbon, allowing an accurate carbon-14 (C-14) calibration—all the way to the limit of radiocarbon dating, about ... Read More
Toros Boost Effort to Turn Industrial Waste Site into Neighborhood Park
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) faculty and students who have been active in plans to turn a long-contaminated parcel of land in unincorporated Los Angeles County into a neighborhood park are celebrating. In November, Margaret Manning, lecturer in the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Program, joined CSUDH students, local residents, neighborhood activists, and industry and civic leaders for a groundbreaking ceremony for Wishing Tree Park. The park will be built on land that for more than two decades has been under environmental supervision as an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Site. “Over here on the north side there were open pits ... Read More
Kids Conference Puts STEM into Action for Inner-City Youth
What: “STEM in Action: A Kids Conference” When: Thursday, May 31, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Where: California State University, Dominguez Hills’ North Lawn. The university is located at 1000 E. Victoria Street, Carson, CA 90747. Click here for directions and a printable campus map. Summary: California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) 4th Annual “STEM in Action: A Kids Conference” on May 31 will provide close to 1,000 inner-city students the opportunity to participate in hands-on interactive science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activities that will help inspire them to become lifelong learners. Designed around the theme, “Outer Space: A Mission to STEMIA 2018,” ... Read More
Urban Farm Takes Root on Campus
On a newly cleared plot of land on the southeast corner of campus, sociology major and Presidential Scholar Hawk McFadzen props up a tight bundle of plant material to show sociology student Martha Hernandez how to rotate a three-stage compost system to cultivate fertile soil for planting organic vegetables. McFadzen is an intern and coordinator of California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Urban Farm, which saw its first crops planted this semester. A multidisciplinary living laboratory, the farm provides a venue for faculty to engage students not only in organic gardening and urban horticulture techniques, but also in discussions about larger societal issues around ... Read More
