Pérez-Silverman Endowed Symposium - February 19
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The College of Natural and Social Sciences invites students, alumni, faculty, and community members to the inaugural Pérez-Silverman Endowed Symposium, “Understanding Health Determinants and Promoting Equitable Healthcare Access,” on Friday, February 19, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. The event features a diverse panel of distinguished health industry experts reflective of our student body, who will discuss critical issues affecting equitable healthcare access in the community.

Please RSVP by February 15, 2021, to receive the virtual meeting invitation.
Black History Month Virtual Panel - February 24
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Please join Professor Lamont Yeakey (history, Cal State LA), Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), and special guest panelist, Reverend James Lawson for the virtual panel, “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Lessons Learned and Not Learned” in commemoration of Black History Month. The virtual event will be held on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Zoom ID: 882 6074 4539
Women's History Month Virtual Panel - March 18
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Save the date for a virtual panel celebrating the contributions of women scientists and the hardships faced in the field. The panelists will also discuss the film, Picture A Scientist, which chronicles the groundswell of female researchers.

The virtual event, sponsored by the College of Natural and Social Sciences, will be held on Thursday, March 18, 2021, at 4:00 p.m.

RSVP and virtual meeting information to follow. 
Save the Date - 4th Annual NSS Faculty Retreat (March 19)
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The NSS Steering Committee invites all faculty to save the date for the 4th Annual NSS College-wide Retreat on “Facilitating Difficult Dialogue.” The virtual retreat is scheduled for March 19, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

A more formal invitation with RSVP details to follow. 
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program Application
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The Cal State LA Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program is actively seeking applications from students who are interested in research opportunities or obtaining a Ph.D. Interested students should be enrolled in a humanities or social science major. The program offers a paid research experience, mentorship and professional development, and partial repayment of undergraduate or graduate student loans once enrolled in a Ph.D. program. Faculty are encouraged to share this opportunity with students. The application deadline for the new cohort is March 12, 2021.

Elena Ramirez named as ASPA DFP Fellow
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The American Political Science Association (APSA) named Elena Ramirez, Cal State LA alumnus, a 2021-2022 ASPA Diversity Fellowship Program (DFP) Fellow. Ramirez graduated in 2018 with a master’s degree in political science. She was previously selected as a Galbraith Fellow by Cal State LA’s Pat Brown Institute for her enthusiasm in studying environmental politics.

The DFP was established to increase the number of minority scholars in the discipline and provides competition for individuals from underrepresented backgrounds applying to or in the early stages of doctoral programs.

Faculty Focus
An interview with Stan Burstein (emeritus, notable scholar, and former chair of the history department) was published in World History Connected.

Silvia Heubach’s (mathematics), article, "Squares with Large digit Average, and mathematics problem on Cyclic Subtraction Set Games", was published in Crux Mathematicorum. 

NSS faculty Juan A. Neal, Zoila M. Estrada-Tobar, Frederick Wade, Aron Judd P. Mendiola, Alexander Meza, Mariel Mendoza, Paul S. Nerenberg, and Cecilia I. Zurita-Lopez co-authored the article, “Phosphoserine inhibits neighboring arginine methylation in the RKS motif of histone H3.”

Gloria C. Preza (biological sciences) penned an article on the medical laboratory scientist (MLS) or clinical laboratory scientist (CLS) profession and the MLS/CLS program at Cal State LA. Clinical laboratory scientists are highly skilled scientists who test for the presence or absence of disease and provides data to help physicians determine diagnoses and treatment for patients.

Seeking opportunities to get involved in the college? Please contact Dean Scott-Johnson, Associate Dean Ye, or Associate Dean Subrahmanyam for more information. 
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