President’s Scholars Celebrate Upcoming Graduation
Graduating and incoming President’s Scholars were recognized at the May 1 President’s Scholars Reception.
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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New Campus Center Fosters Brotherhood Among Men of Color
Cal State Fullerton has opened the new Male Success Initiative-Fullerton Center, a place that fosters a sense of belonging and where men of color can achieve the “fullness of their potential.”
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CSUF Students Win Top Awards at Statewide Research Competition
Four Cal State Fullerton student researchers won top awards at the 33rd annual CSU Student Research Competition, hosted by CSUF on April 26-27. The competition brought together 275 students from 22 campuses across the California State University system.
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McNair Scholars: Advancing Their Dreams of Advanced Degrees
CSUF’s graduating McNair Scholars are ready to pursue doctoral programs across the nation.
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Faculty, Staff and Alumni Present at WASC Conference
CSUF faculty, staff and alumni were among the presenters at the April 10-12 Academic Resources Conference sponsored by the WASC Senior College and University Commission and hosted in Garden Grove.
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The Science Behind DNA Testing
A new exhibit at Cal State Fullerton’s Pollak Library opens April 17 focusing on the biological concepts of human DNA and what genes tell about our ancestry, as well as the clues in DNA that allow scientists and researchers to plot the path of the human condition.
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Gravitational-Wave Expert ‘Awestruck’ by First-Ever Image of Black Hole in Space
Cal State Fullerton’s Geoffrey Lovelace, associate professor of physics and gravitational-wave researcher, explains why the news of the first-ever image of a black hole matters to the university’s faculty-student gravitational-wave research program.
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Cherlyn Converse: Teaching Mathematics for 40 Years
When Cherlyn Converse arrived to study mathematics at Cal State Fullerton, she was one of only a handful of female students in her classes. for 40 years, she has been at the head of the class — as an educator.
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Entrepreneurial Titans to Pitch for Prizes at Startup Competition
Six teams of student entrepreneurs will pitch their business plans and compete for awards and scholarships on April 19.
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Endangered Woolly Star Plant Needs Extreme Flooding to Thrive
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.