Natural Sciences and Mathematics

• Digging in on Dinosaur Debate

  November 3, 2015

  Geologist Sean J. Loyd is among a group of collaborators conducting research focused on the long-standing debate of the body temperatures of dinosaurs and how those temperatures likely reflect their activity levels.

• Mathematician Joins Faculty: Meet Jessica Jaynes

  October 27, 2015

  Alumna Jessica Jaynes returned to her alma mater this fall as an assistant professor of mathematics.

• Leading the Way in SI

  October 26, 2015

  The Chancellor’s Office has recognized the University’s Supplemental Instruction Program as a model for other CSU campuses, with CSUF’s Philip Janowicz leading the effort to expand the program systemwide to boost student success.

• Geology Students Discuss Fossil Research at Paleontology Meeting

  October 22, 2015

  Four senior geology majors and one graduate student joined James Parham, assistant professor of geological science and a faculty curator at the John D. Cooper Center, in presenting research they conducted using local fossils.

• Top Mathematicians Present Research

  October 14, 2015

  The American Mathematical Society’s Western Sectional Meeting will be held on campus Oct. 24-25, featuring talks by CSUF faculty members and students.

• $1 Million Big Data Grant

  October 13, 2015

  The National Institutes of Health has awarded Cal State Fullerton a $1 million grant for a five-year multidisciplinary “big data” science program to train students in this emerging field.

• Campus Trees Become Lab Samples in Plant Physiology Course

  October 13, 2015

  Students are seeing the campus in a whole new light — as a living laboratory for their biological science course.

• University President, Other Campus Officials to Present at HACU Conference

  October 7, 2015

  President Mildred García will give a keynote presentation at HACU’s fourth annual Deans’ Forum on Hispanic Higher Education Oct. 13 in Miami.

• Solving a Mathematical Mystery

  October 6, 2015

  Mathematics researchers combed 600-year-old books, among other publications, for “A Medieval Mystery: Nicole Oresme’s Concept of Curvitas,” published in the peer-reviewed journal of the American Mathematical Society.

• Campus Receives Nearly $6 Million in First-Quarter External Funding

  October 2, 2015

  Cal State Fullerton faculty and staff members received nearly $6 million in grants and contracts during the first quarter of the academic year.