Albert Einstein theorized that gravitational waves, or ripples in the fabric of spacetime, existed when he made his theory of relativity in 1915. A century later, Cal State Fullerton physicists, as part of the international LIGO-Virgo collaboration, proved this prediction to be true when the LIGO Scientific Collaboration spotted gravitational waves with the Laser Interferometer […]
With the spring 2026 semester underway at Cal State Fullerton, the newly formed Mathematical Art Circle invites students, faculty and staff to experience mathematics as a creative practice grounded in art-making and shared exploration. CSUF student Jordan Incledon will lead “Paper in Motion,” a workshop focused on exploring mathematical ideas through folding, moving and cutting […]
Students in the Comparable Animal Physiology course recently shared what they learned about beetles, birds, bugs and insects, lizards, turtles and more — all of which can be found at the Arboretum and Botanical Garden at Cal State Fullerton. “For many of the students, it was the first time they had visited the arboretum,” said […]
A team of Cal State Fullerton chemistry students — Linh Kim, Niko Clark, Ashley Godoy and Marissa Figueroa — and their research adviser Allyson Fry-Petit, spent a week this summer at Argonne National Laboratory studying the synthesis of a reported room temperature superconductor. Superconductors are materials used in technologies ranging from MRI machines to high-speed […]
As part of the Organic Synthesis course, 11 graduate students from Cal State Fullerton’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry had the opportunity to visit Pfizer Laboratories in La Jolla. They were accompanied by Stevan Pecic, CSUF associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry. Paul Richardson, director of the medicinal chemistry division, hosted the visit and provided […]
Cal State Fullerton students in the History of Mathematics course visited the Arboretum and Botanical Garden at Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 10 to participate in an activity based on the Fibonacci sequence. The activity was developed by CSUF mathematics majors Fernando Bustos and Kalil Freeman as part of their Promoting Resources in Informal Science […]
Kay ’77 (B.A. earth science) and Brian ’79 (B.A. earth science) Pitts established a $1 million endowment to support a rotating professorship in the Department of Geological Sciences. “CSUF gave me the fundamentals needed for a career in geology, and my most significant mentor at CSUF was John Cooper. Cooper was a geologist at Shell […]