Lead CSUF Researcher Discusses Gravitational Waves Breakthrough
Joshua Smith, director of CSUF’s Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Center, was interviewed at length on CNET’s “Tomorrow Daily.”
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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New Window on the Cosmos
Titans Make Gravitational-Wave History
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Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein’s Prediction
Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein’s Prediction LIGO Opens New Window on the Universe With Observation of Gravitational Waves From Colliding Black Holes CSUF Physicists Play Significant Role in Discovery For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event […]
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THURSDAY: Scientists to provide update on the search for gravitational waves
Journalists are invited to a news conference at Cal State Fullerton this Thursday, Feb. 11, as the National Science Foundation brings together scientists from Caltech, MIT, CSUF and others in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration for a status report on the effort to detect gravitational waves.
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Titans to Present Research in Washington, D.C.
Two student research proposals have been accepted for presentation at the April 19-20 “Posters on the Hill” event in Washington, D.C.
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Plague to Parasites
With outbreaks of infectious diseases on the rise — most recently the Zika virus — CSUF scientists are conducting studies to help understand and stop the spread of infections.
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OC Fossil Find: Grad Student Identifies Ancient Mammal
Graduate student Gabriel-Philip Santos has uncovered a new fossil from Orange County — an 8-to-13 million-year-old member of an extinct group of herbivorous marine mammals called desmostylians, a hippo-like looking animal.
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CSUF Awarded $3 Million Grant to Train Stem Cell Scientists
The University has been awarded a $3 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to train students in stem cell research and regenerative medicine.
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A Passion for Teaching
Allyson Fry-Petit joined the University as an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry. She earned her doctorate in inorganic chemistry from Ohio State University.
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Mathematics Teacher-Educator Bridget Druken Joins Faculty
Math educator Bridget K. Druken taught college mathematics courses for pre-service elementary teachers, tutored high school seniors and helped teach math to third-graders before joining the faculty this academic year.