Assistant professor of music Jonathon Grasse presented his paper, “Revisiting Lou Harrison’s Work for American Gamelan Featuring Solo Western Instruments,” as part of a panel on American music at the “Music in the 21st Century: Illuminations and Reflections” symposium held on Feb. 7at San Francisco State University. He also gave the Harrison presentation at the meeting of the Southern California and Hawaii chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology at UCLA later in the month.

Thomas Landefeld gave career development seminars at several Historically Black Colleges and Universities in February, sponsored by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Minority Access to Research Careers program. The professor of biology and pre-health advisor at California State University, Dominguez Hills presented “Becoming a Scientist: Considerations for Minority Students in Choosing a Career in Science," and met with students and faculty individually and in groups to discuss the importance of grooming minority students for doctorate programs in the science and health fields.