Gift Supports Directorship of Gravitational-Wave Center
Physics alumnus Dan Black is funding a three-year naming gift for a directorship of the CSUF Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy Center.
Gravitational Waves
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Caltech Scientist Discusses ‘Dawn of Gravitational Waves’
Caltech scientist Jameson Rollins will discuss the recent gravitational-wave discovery at a free public lecture at 7:30 p.m. April 1.
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Gravitational-Wave Scientists to Discuss Discovery April 7
Cal State Fullerton faculty members who are among key contributors to the first direct detection of gravitational waves will discuss the discovery April 7 at the Center Club in Costa Mesa.
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Campus to Salute Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity
Cal State Fullerton will recognize faculty members for their scholarly and creative activity during a Wednesday, March 23, program in the Titan Student Union.
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How Gravitational Wave Detectors Survived the Contract With America
CSUF Assistant Professor of Physics Geoffrey Lovelace was quoted in an Ars Technica article on the story of how the effort to detect gravitational waves survived the House Republican-led “Contract with America” in the mid-1990s.
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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.”
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CSU Chancellor Timothy White Visits Campus
CSU Chancellor Timothy White met with faculty, staff and students Tuesday, Feb. 16, during a campus visit to learn more about some of the accomplishments of and programs offered at Cal State Fullerton.
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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.