Amir Dabirian Appointed Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Amir Dabirian Appointed Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Cal State Fullerton administrator Amir Dabirian was appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs, effective immediately. As vice president for information technology and chief information officer, Dabirian’s vision of technological innovation has transformed the university into a model 21st-century…

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Abass Alavi , an Iranian-American physician-scientist

Abass Alavi (Persian: عباس علوی) is an Iranian-American physician-scientist specializing in the field of molecular imaging, most notably in the imaging modality of positron emission tomography (PET). In August 1976, he was part of the team that performed the first human PET studies of the brain and whole body using the radiotrace. Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). Alavi holds the…

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Hossein Omoumi, Legendary Iranian master musician & scholar

Hossein Omoumi (born 1944) is an Iranian-born master musician of the ney (reed flute) composer, scholar, and teacher of Persian traditional music. He is the Maseeh Professor in Persian Performing Arts in the department of music within the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Biography Omoumi started studying…

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Elahe Amani , A renowned gender, peace, and human rights activist

Elahe Amani is a renowned gender, peace, and human rights activist with over three decades of experience. She has served California State University System in various capacities, including Director of Student and Academic Technology Services, Lecturer in Women’s Studies Program, and Deputy Director of Title IX. Elahe has been a…

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