Educational Modules to Broaden Academic Research Cultures (EMBARC)

Educational Modules to Broaden Academic Research Cultures (EMBARC) innovatively leverages Cultural Mismatch Theory to create high-impact mentoring activities and educational modules powerfully linked to eliminating educational disparities and driving transformation at the individual and institutional level toward inclusion, recruitment, and retention of URM community college (CC) students to the biobehavioral research career field...

Developing Case Studies for Undergraduates: Valorization of Fruit and Vegetable By products for New Product Development

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimated that one-third of the edible food produced for human consumption is wasted each year, equating to almost 1.3 billion metric tons. In developing and industrialized countries, food losses and waste cost $310 billion and roughly $680 billion each year, respectively. Fruit and vegetable processing industries...

Strengthening Equitable Culturally Responsive Environments" (SECURE) for Student Success": Using a Servingness Model to Support Hispanic and Underrepresented Students

"Strengthening Equitable Culturally Responsive Environments? (SECURE) for Student Success?: Using a Servingness Model to Support Hispanic and Underrepresented Students? is designed to expand the number of Hispanic and underrepresented (URM) students in Art, Health Sciences, Engineering, Computer Science and the STEM disciplines and...

Equity-Minded Pedagogy Course

Thank you for your interest in the Equity-Minded Pedagogy course and your recruitment efforts to make this fall?s cohort successful. In the interest of understanding more about how the course can impact faculty, students, and classrooms, the Office of IDEAS at Fresno State, where the course was developed, is submitting an IRB proposal. The study aims to review the Canvas course materials and artifacts, participant contributions (i.e., course assignments), and the...

Stand in the wind: Market power reformation during uncertain periods

Economic policy uncertainty affects firm dynamics and profitability, and thus imposes an impact on firm markups and market power. Using quarterly data of the U.S. publicly listed firms over 1985Q1 to 2020Q3, this paper empirically shows a decline of firm markups under an uncertain environment. However, the decrease in average markup does not necessarily imply an increase in market competition due to the heterogeneous effects amo...

CSUN MLK Community Justice Days of Service

CSUN?s Office of Community Engagement is requesting $5,000 to support four community-based events that will take place across mid- to late-January, entitled CSUN?s Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Justice Days of Service. This funding will provide support for transportation, parking, materials/supplies (food, arts and crafts, seeds, and books), along with modest stipends for site facilitators/guest speakers. Our focus for these events is broadly o...

Project PRISM-Ed (Preparing a Pipeline for Recruitment and Retention of Social Justice and Equity-Minded Deaf Educators)

There is a critical need for highly-qualified educators of deaf students, including those from linguistically, ethnically, and racially minoritized groups. The purpose of Project PRISM-Ed is to implement a pipeline through Deaf Studies into the Deaf Education Preliminary Credential Program at California State University, Northridge. Project PRISM-Ed will recruit, retain, and pr...

Produce Prescription Project: Ventura County WIC

Introduction: Limited access to sustainable and affordable sources of fresh fruits and vegetables hinders families? ability to grow and thrive in Ventura County (VC). VC's has a thriving agricultural economy, yet 1 in 6 families report being food insecure. While the percentage of families living below the federal poverty limit is 5.5% - about half of the value nationally - 69% of these families are families with children. Purpose: The purpose...

SFVSP From Phenomena to Model (Ph2M)

The California State University Northridge Science Learning Collaboratory (CSLC), the team managing the California Science Project?s San Fernando Valley Science Project (SFVSP), proposes ?From Phenomenon to Model? (Ph2M), a project designed to support secondary school science teachers on the integration of computer science principles into the science curriculum. We will partner with Los Angeles Unified School District Local District North (LAUSD North) to bri...