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.
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.
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.
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.
CSUF faculty members are in print in recently published books and articles.
Biology graduate student Kevin Chiem has received the Crellin Pauling Student Teaching Award from the California State University Program for Biotechnology.
Biological science professor Amybeth Cohen is the recipient of the 2016 Andreoli Faculty Service Award from the CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology.
Geologist Natalie Bursztyn joins CSUF as an assistant professor of geological sciences.
University President Mildred García was but one of the many campus individuals who received state and national appointments, awards and other recognition during 2015.
Cal State Fullerton faculty and staff members garnered nearly $3 million in grants and contracts during the second quarter of the academic year.