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.
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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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.
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NSM Week to Showcase Research, Bring STEM Students Together
Pesented by the Natural Sciences and Mathematics’ Inter-Club Council student organization, Cal State Fullerton’s NSM Week April 15-18 offers students the chance to showcase their science and math research, learn about CSUF faculty-student research opportunities, and connect with peers at events such as a Comic-Con Carnival and STEM Social.
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Alumni Continue to Inspire Innovative Change On and Off Campus
Three Titan alumni continue to serve as University Innovation Fellows, supporting change at CSUF. They were recently selected to lead and share their innovation expertise at the program’s annual Silicon Valley Meetup.
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Students Invited to Learn About Kaiser Permanente’s New Medical School
Cal State Fullerton’s Health Professions Advising Office is hosting a Thursday, April 11, event about Kaiser Permanente’s new medical school, which is enrolling its first class of students this year and opening in 2020 in Pasadena.
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Faculty and Staff Awarded Nearly $3 Million in Grants, Contracts
Cal State Fullerton faculty and staff have been awarded grants and contracts for scientific research and student support programs across the campus.
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New Study Finds Evidence of Ancient Major Flood Near Lake Elsinore
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.
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Campus Names New Emeriti
President Fram Virjee has awarded emeritus status to nine faculty and staff members during the month of February.
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Neutron Stars: Nature’s Weirdest Form of Matter
CSUF scientists are among those starting to crack the mystery of what’s inside neutron stars the densest form of matter in the universe
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New Research Shows Microscopic Organisms in Gulf Limit Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
New research by Cal State Fullerton geology researchers shows microscopic organisms in the U.S. Gulf Coast limit greenhouse gases and global warming. Their study has been published in Nature Communications.