Biology Professor Inspires Students to Chase Their Research Dreams
Amybeth Cohen, professor of biological science, is the 2020 recipient of Cal State Fullerton’s Carol Barnes Excellence in Teaching Award.
Amybeth Cohen, professor of biological science, is the 2020 recipient of Cal State Fullerton’s Carol Barnes Excellence in Teaching Award.
Cherlyn Converse has been awarded the university’s 2020 Outstanding Lecturer award for her passion and commitment to students and innovative curricula in the area of mathematics.
Cal State Fullerton scholars continue to share their research achievements at virtual conferences, and several have been honored recently for significant contributions.
Cal State Fullerton faculty members have been prolific contributors to a wide array of scholarly publications recently.
Cal State Fullerton faculty and staff received close to $4.9 million in funding during March and April 2020.
Nicholas A. Begovich, who has given generously to Cal State Fullerton to support students and research over the decades, died May 3. He was 98.
Savahna Costello, a Cal State Fullerton junior, was named a 2019 Big West Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year. A March ceremony to honor her was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Cal State Fullerton plant biologist H. Jochen Schenk and his international collaborators found why plants can’t survive and function in the driest of soils, including the physical limits to the amount of suction plants can produce to move water up to their leaves. The researchers describe their findings in a new peer-reviewed study published April 27 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Cal State Fullerton biological science alumnus Luigi Basilio is on the forefront of helping to develop accurate testing to detect coronavirus and stop the spread of the disease.
Cal State Fullerton physics major Denyz Melchor and sociology major Mariana López have each received a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for their doctoral studies.