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Jason Burke, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Cal State San Bernardino, has received a $440,000 research grant from the National Institutes of Health. The four-year grant will be used to train undergraduate students in laboratory techniques, including gene engineering, recombinant protein expression and purification, and protein X-ray …

Claudia Davis, an associate professor of nursing at Cal State San Bernardino, has been recognized for her research by the American Association for Cancer Research. Earlier this month, Davis received the association’s 2020 Minority and Minority Serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research, according to a statement on the university’s …

Juan C. Perez has been named Riverside County’s interim county executive officer. Perez will fill in for George Johnson, who is scheduled to retire in December, according to a statement on the county’s website. The county is conducting a nationwide search for Johnson’s replacement that is being carried out by …

Julian Y. Cuevas has been named director of policy and governmental affairs by the Inland Empire Community Foundation. Formerly the California Department of Education’s director of government affairs, Cuevas will oversee the foundation’s public policy efforts, according to a statement. He will be responsible for leading and implementing the Foundation’s …

Thomas Pierce, professor emeritus of economics at Cal State San Bernardino, has had a $100,000 scholarship endowed in his name. The donation, which honors Pierce’s devotion to his students, was made by John Kennedy and his wife Ann Kough, longtime supporters of Cal State San Bernardino, according to a statement …

San Bernardino County has a new chief executive officer. Leonard X. Hernandez, who began working for the county 20 years ago, is scheduled to begin his new position Oct. 10, according to a statement on the county’s website. “I am humbled by the confidence the Board of Supervisors has placed …