EL CHICANo Weekly
Vol 58, NO. 20
May 07, 2020
Point-In-Time-Count shows homelessness in San Ber nardino County up 19%
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indings of San Bernardino County’s annual Point-InTime Count (PITC), which took place on Jan. 23, calls for cities and the County to recognize the recent evolution of homelessness as a human services crisis, and to work together to provide much needed services and housing. The data collected found a 19.9% increase in the county’s homeless population compared to the 2019 count when 2,607 people were identified, compared to 3,125 this year. Of the additional 518 homeless counted, 470 are identified as unsheltered and 48 sheltered individuals are temporarily housed in shelters, motels, or through transitional housing programs. “Our efforts to end homelessness must remain a top priority countywide,” said Vice Chair of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Josie Gonzales, who is also chair of the Interagency Council on PITC, cont. on next pg.
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The City of San Bernardino ranked highest in the number of homeless individuals with 1,056, followed by Victorville – 451, Redlands – 186, and Colton - 136.
CSUSB takes home two trophies from CSU Student Research Competition
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leven Cal State San Bernardino students represented the university and brought home two trophies during the 34th annual CSU Student Research Competition hosted virtually by Cal State East Bay.
Edward Zakher, an undergraduate student in the Department of Economics, was named the second-place winner in the “Undergraduate Business, Economics, and Public Administration” category for his presentation titled, “A Reason to Move, a State-Wide Story.”
Nikolay Maslov and Aaron Keniston, undergraduate students in the Department of Biochemistry, were named second-place winners in the “Undergraduate Physical and Mathematical Sciences” category for their presentation, “Understanding the Binding Mode of Falcilysin, an Essential Metalloprotease.” “The Office of Student Research (OSR) would like to extend our warmest congratulations to all of the students and faculty mentors who comprised the 9 teams that represented CSUSB at this year’s competition,” the office said in an email announcing the university’s winners. “With the support and guidance of their faculty mentors, these students represented our university in an outstanding manner, particularly given the exceptional circumstances cast upon them last minute due to COVID19 disruptions.”
The California State University system hosts the CSU Student Research Competition each year to promote excellence in undergraduate and graduate scholarly research and creative activity by recognizing outstanding student accomplishments throughout the 23 CSU campuses. Students are nominated to participate by their home campus and present written and oral overviews of their research projects at the two-day competition. The 11 CSUSB students who participated in this year’s competition were selected from 31 students who participated in the 34th annual CSUSB Student Research Competition held in early February. The following students and their faculty mentors participated in the 2020 CSU Research Competition: College of Arts and Letters: CSUSB, cont. on next pg.