Faculty from throughout the California State University system and other institutions interfaced with colleagues for the first ever CSU Business Conference on Online Teaching and Learning, hosted by the College of Business Administration and Public Policy at California State University, Dominguez Hills on Nov. 20-21. The event provided attendees with the latest innovations in online instruction methodology with featured speakers from throughout the CSU system.

Anthropology students Christie D’Anna, Mallory Kerwin, Meghan Strong and Sonja Ulrich presented their research on the cultural drivers behind subsistence fishing in Los Angeles at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in San Francisco on Nov. 22. Assisting their professor, Ana Pitchon, the students collected data and interviewed residents of Los Angeles County who fished locally and consumed their catch, which, according to Pitchon, contains above-EPA levels for toxicity.

Professor of teacher education James Cantor has been chosen to serve as a judge for the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County Music Center’s BRAVO Awards. The awards, which are determined by a panel of artists, educators and other luminaries in the arts community, were established by the Music Center in 1983 to honor teachers and schools for creativity, innovation and excellence in arts education.