(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
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Campus Opens Newly Renovated Marvin Laser Recital Hall
Music students at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) got an extra bonus when they returned to campus for the spring semester – a redesigned and refurbished Marvin Laser Recital Hall. The project of turning the campus’s original music venue into a state-of-the-art performance space has been the works for more than 18 months, and everyone involved is excited and proud of the results. As Music Department Chair Scott Morris says, “We finally have a space that represents what we’re doing here. We’re doing high-quality work, and now we have a high-quality hall.” Named after the founding dean of what is now the College of Arts and Humanities, the facility was in disrepair ... Read More
Despite Overall Boom in L.A. Telecommuters, South Bay Employees Still Not working Remotely
Telecommuting in Los Angeles has boomed in recent years despite persistent push back from workplace managers, who still prefer keeping an eye on their employees, a Cal State Dominguez Hills study has found. Still, that report said, working away from the office is a trend that will likely continue unabated — and employers need to get on board. That’s because, researchers said, telecommuting, increasingly popular among younger workers, leads to increased productivity, lower real estate costs and improved quality of life. The university’s South Bay Economics Institute, in Carson, will present the 23-page report — “South Bay Trends in Commuting, Real Estate and Flexible Workplace ... Read More
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
For Staff and Adjuncts, a Shot at Tenure
When Katie Johnson took a position as a university staff psychologist five years ago, job security meant little more than an annually renewable employment contract. That began to change earlier this year, when fellow staffers, college leaders, and union officials where she works — California State University-Dominguez Hills, located in Los Angeles County — reconsidered the role that psychologists play on campus. To encourage them to stay longer and to improve the way staffers are treated, the university gave her and others a shot at something contingent faculty members rarely experience: a tenure-track position. Johnson, who works in the university’s student health center as a ... Read More
