Cal State Fullerton molecular scientist Nikolas Nikolaidis and his students have discovered how a certain protein travels within stressed cells and cancer cells — a finding that could lead to new cancer therapeutics.
Elementary school counselor and education doctoral candidate Karla I. Aguirre is the recipient of two Cal State Fullerton student awards: the Extension and International Programs Award and the Outstanding Graduate Student Award. She will participate in the university’s commencement ceremony for the College of Education at 5 p.m. Friday, May 17.
Graduating biological science major Nathan Bui is the 2019 recipient of the Outstanding Senior Award from Cal State Fullerton’s Alumni Association. Bui, who is graduating with top honors on May 18, plans to apply to medical schools to become an anesthesiologist.
Graduating and incoming President’s Scholars were recognized at the May 1 President’s Scholars Reception.
Rommel Hidalgo, an alumnus who earned his master’s degree in management information systems in 2000, then moved up the ranks from student and student assistant to assistant vice president in information technology, returns as associate vice president in information technology/innovation.
College of the Arts faculty members continue to be recognized outside of campus for their contribution to the art world.
Cal State Fullerton ecologist Darren R. Sandquist, and his former student, Rebecca R. Hernandez, now a professor at UC Davis, collaborated on a new study on the Santa Ana River woolly star, an endangered plant species. Their research was published in the Ecological Society of America journal, Ecosphere. The research effort aims to reduce ecological impacts, including urban development, to prevent extinction of the rare species that grows in local floodplains.
Interviews with Los Angeles Dodger Justin Turner about the 2004 College World Series and coaches and players talking about what makes them Titans.
As part of Women’s History Month celebration at Cal State Fullerton, the College of the Arts is hosting the Thursday, March 14 panel discussion “Women Alumni in the Arts: Titans Reaching Higher.”
The latest study by Cal State Fullerton’s Matthew E. Kirby, professor of geological sciences, on “Evidence for a Large Holocene Flood Event in the Pacific Southwestern United States (Lake Elsinore, California),” shows evidence of a major flood event 4,800 years ago in the Lake Elsinore region. The study has been published as part of the Geological Society of America’s special volume.