News Archives from the College of Sciences
2018 Cyber Defense Team Competition
We are very proud to announce that the SDSU Cyber Defense Team won 2nd Place in the Western Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. They placed above well renowned schools like Stanford University, Cal Poly Pomona, UC Riverside, and Arizona State University....
SDSU Study Sheds Light on Skin Cancer Risk Behaviors
Ultraviolet light exposure through tanning is the leading environmental risk factor for developing skin cancer. “Researchers found people tanned less often after seeing a simulation of how their older selves would look if they continued tanning verses if they...
Prof. Calvin Johnson appointed associate editor at Physical Review C
The department of physics’ very own Calvin Johnson has been named an associate editor at Physical Review C, one of the leading US journals in nuclear physics. When scientific papers are submitted to science journals for publication, they undergo peer review, whereby...
The Spring 2018 Doc Morris & John D. Schopp Public Lecture
This year’s Doc Morris & John D. Schopp Public Lecture will be given by Dr. Konstantin Batygin, a Professor of Planetary Science at Caltech, and a world leader in the study of planet formation. Dr Batygin will explain his recent prediction of the presence of an...
Congratulations to SDSU Psychology Undergraduate Student Rifqi Affan
Congratulations to Rifqi Affan, an undergraduate psychology student, on receiving the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. Rifqi is a MARC scholar (Maximizing Access to Research Careers: NIH/NIGMS), he is the first author on a recently...
Congratulations to SDSU Psychology Student Fernanda Figueroa
Fernanda Figueroa Thursday, April 05, 2018 Raising Researchers “There’s a strong link between financial support and student research success. By Coleen L. Geraghty This story appears in the spring 2018 issue of 360: The Magazine of San Diego State...
Anton Donald Ptacek
Gone but not forgotten Lecturing to Shannon in the Blue Mountains, Australia Anton Donald Ptacek passed away at the age of 84 on March 22, 2018 in Edmonds, WA. Don was born on November 17, 1933 in Chicago, IL to Anton and Anna Ptacek. He was a...
Congratulations to Dr. Allison Vaughn
Congratulations to Dr. Allison Vaughn on receiving the WPA Early Career Research Award for her work on social relationships, stigma, and health! WPA EARLY CAREER RESEARCH AWARDALLISON VAUGHNSan Diego State University Dr. Allison Vaughn is Associate Professor...
IBA Pacific Section Winners – 2018
Top row left: Kip Herring, Jack Brown (grad), Bennett Spevack Bottom row left: Maddie Burvan (undergrad), Micheal Levenson (undergrad), Bonnie Bloeser, Mark Korte-Nahabedian (grad), and Abbey Warner (grad) Your 2018 IBA team took first place at last weeks...
Congratulations to SDSU Psychology Undergraduate Student Tara Montgomery
Congratulations to Tara Montgomery, an undergraduate psychology student in Dr. Katherine Turner’s Forensic Attention Lab, who was granted the Dean’s Award for the College of Sciences Student Research Symposium. Tara received the award for her oral presentation titled,...
SDSU Computer Science Department Lecturer Position
San Diego State University College of Sciences Department of Computer Science Lecturer of Computer Science (Full-Time or Part-Time) The Department of Computer Science is seeking a non-tenure track, full-time or part-time lecturer. Candidates are expected to teach...
Congratulations to SDSU Psychology Students Advancing to CSU Research Competition
Monday, March 12, 2018 10 SDSU Students Advance to CSU Student Research Competition Hundreds of students presented original research and creative projects at the 11th Student Research Symposium. By Ryan Schuler “More than 520 undergraduate and graduate students...
Seminar – Vic Camp
Early History of the Yellowstone Hotspot and its Interaction with the Subducting Farallon Slab Dr. Vic Camp San Diego State UniversityWednesday April 11th, 2018CSL 422 – 1pm Abstract Recent evidence suggests that the Yellowstone hotspot is a long-lived feature...
Seminar – Drake Singleton
Shallow soft sediment deformation at IODP sites C0006 and C0007, Nankai Trough, Japan: evidence for strong ground motion at the frontal thrust Drake SingletonSan Diego State UniversityWednesday, March 21st, 2018CSL 422 – 1pm AbstractFor over 50 years the...
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Seminar – Shannon Klotsko
Deglacial stratigraphy of Beaufort Margin sediments, Arctic Ocean Dr. Shannon KlotskoSan Diego State UniversityWednesday, March 14, 20181 pm – CSL 422 AbstractThe Arctic Ocean is rapidly changing in response to warming climate. For insight into environmental...
Colloquium Friday Mar 2, 2018 at 2 pm: Uncertainty Quantification in the supercomputing era, Dr. Rodrigo Navarro Perez, Ohio University
Colloquium Friday Mar 2, 2018 at 2 pm: Uncertainty Quantification in the supercomputing era, Dr. Rodrigo Navarro Perez, Ohio University Room P-148, Physics building. Refreshments served at 1:45 pm. ABSTRACT: Uncertainty quantification has seen a strong renewed...
Seminar – Marsha French
Authigenic Quartz: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Developing a Model for Preserving Porosity in Deep, Hot Sandstone Reservoirs Marsha French Colorado School of Mines AAPG Distinguished Lecturer Thursday, February 15th, 2018 – CSL 422, noon Abstract Authigenic quartz...