Cal State Fullerton faculty researchers are presenting noontime talks at Pollak Library on a variety of topics and across disciplines, including the Ridgecrest earthquake, Human Genome Project, mass shootings to supervolcanoes. The brown bag lunch series begins Sept. 25 through Dec. 3.
Cal State Fullerton biological science professor Nikolas Nikolaidis, professor of biological science, will present “The Lessons 500,000 Human Genome Sequences Taught Us” at a Sept. 25 faculty noontime talk at Pollak Library.
Two new faculty members joined Cal State Fullerton’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics this academic year. Julia Y.K. Chan explores ways to improve the teaching and learning of chemistry to increase the number of college students in STEM disciplines. Kathryn Metcalf studies tectonophysics — the physics of plate tectonics as the Earth’s surface moves as a result of earthquakes.
New director of the Nicholas & Lee Begovich Gallery, Jennifer Frias, kicks off her inaugural exhibit “A Place for Everything, and Everything in its Place.”
Cal State Fullerton works to rein in how much students pay for textbooks and other course materials.
This fall semester, Cal State Fullerton’s Pollak Library and the Division of Information Technology are offering new technology services and resources on the second floor of the library’s north tower to support students and faculty members.
Cal State Fullerton ranked eighth in the nation for Hispanic enrollment among the nation’s four-year schools in Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education’s Aug. 26 issue, “Top 100 Colleges for Hispanics.”
Cal State Fullerton’s MARC Scholars Program has helped students develop a passion for research and then supports them toward graduate studies to help achieve a research career.
Renowned scholar in geotechnical engineering, Binod Tiwari, has been appointed associate vice president of research and sponsored projects at Cal State Fullerton.
A new exhibit in Cal State Fullerton’s Pollak Library focuses on “Big Little Books,” published from the early 1930s to the 1970s. The books showcased in the exhibit feature space adventures and also pays tribute to the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing. The library’s special collections houses more than 800 Big Little Books. The exhibit is open through September.