New Leader for Academic Programs
Mark S. Filowitz has been appointed to serve as associate vice president for academic programs. He previously served as associate dean for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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Campus Garners $5 Million in Grants and Contracts
Cal State Fullerton faculty and staff, programs and research efforts have garnered more than $5 million in grants and contracts during the second fiscal quarter of the academic year.Cal State Fullerton faculty and staff, programs and research efforts have garnered more than $5 million in grants and contracts during the second fiscal quarter of the academic year.
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Neuroscientist Wins Biotech Award for Research on Brain-Related Diseases
Math P. Cuajungco has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Faculty Research Award from the California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB).
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$1.5 Million Grant Award to Transition Math Majors Into Teaching Profession
Cal State Fullerton has been awarded a $1.5 million National Science Foundation Noyce program grant to recruit and prepare math majors for the teaching profession.
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Cyanobacteria Study Seeks to Reveal Evolution of Oxygen on Earth
Cal State Fullerton biologists are examining cyanobacteria to understand the evolution of oxygen on Earth. Their study focuses on understanding how photosystem II evolved to produce oxygen from water.
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Alzheimer’s Disease and Homelessness Are Topics of Eclectics Lecture Series
Cal State Fullerton’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will present its spring Eclectics lecture series from Jan. 15 to April 11.
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Innovation Fellows Seek to Enhance Student Engagement, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Three business administration and one biological science student have been named University Innovation Fellows, an international program established to empower students to become agents of change.
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Physics Student’s Research Highlighted in New Gravitational-Wave Detections
LIGO and Virgo announce four new gravitational-wave detections Dec. 3. CSUF physicists and student researchers worked with the team of international scientists on the discoveries, which includes 10 black-hole mergers and one neutron star merger.
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Math Scholar Lauded for Biostatistics Study on Treating Oral Cancer
Mathematics major Rico Palafox and biological science major Joshua Fonbuena both received a 2018 Student Presentation Award for their research at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS): The National Diversity in STEM Conference in Texas.
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Physicists Get Astronomical Boost for Gravitational-Wave Science
New National Science Foundation grants support CSUF faculty-student research to help plan the future of gravitational-wave science.