News from the College of Sciences
Seminar – Marjorie Chan
Mars for Earthlings: Using Sedimentary Analogs to Decode Mars Geology Marjorie ChanProfessor, University of UtahHost: AAPG SDSU Student Chapter Wednesday, February 22, 2017CSL 422 – 1 pm AbstractAn enticing challenge of sedimentology is applying our...
Seminar – Beverly Goodman
Ancient Mediterranean Tsunami Deposits Beverly GoodmanGeoarchaeologist, University of Haifa Charney School of Marine SciencesHost: Tom Rockwell Wednesday, February 8, 2017CSL 422 – 1 pm AbstractThe terms ‘Mediterranean’ and...
Astronomy Department welcomes new faculty member, Kate Rubin
The Astronomy Department is pleased to welcome our latest faculty hire, professor Kate Rubin, who joined our Department this fall. Kate has an expertise in extragalactic astronomy, with an emphasis on the flow of gas into and out of galaxies as they form and evolve....
Science Education grant for Professor Fred Goldberg
Professor Fred Goldberg is a co-PI on a new grant from the National Science Foundation’s Improving Undergraduate Science Education program to establish a faculty online learning community (FOLC) of instructors using the Next Generation Physical Science and...
Way to go Jamie!
Geology alumni, Jamie Purcell is headed to the Rugby Cal Cup Final with his teammates Jamie Purcell graduated from the department with a MS degree, Fall of 2014 and has been working locally in the industry since. He and his fellow OMBAC teammates will head to...
Astronomy Department welcomes new faculty member Kate Rubin
The Astronomy Department is pleased to welcome our latest faculty hire, professor Kate Rubin, who joined our Department in Fall 2016. Kate has an expertise in extragalactic astronomy, with an emphasis on the flow of gas into and out of galaxies as they form and...
Thesis Defense – Dan Peppard
Shallow level incipient pulverization found with a dismembered remnant of a positive flower structure in the San Jacinto fault, southern California, USA Dan PeppardMS CandidateAdvisor: Dr. Gary Girty Tuesday, January 17, 2017CSL 422 – 11 am AbstractEvidence...
Geology student doing big things
Faith Moore has been selected as the student representative for the Geological Society of America’s Environmental and Engineering Geology Division (EEGD). She will be serving in this capacity for the next two years as a voting member. Her roll includes advising...
Jimi Hendrix Lends New Plant Species His Name
A team of researchers has named a new, rare and endangered succulent found only in Baja California after the rock legend. By Michael Price Jimi Hendrix may have died more than 45 years ago, but his botanical legacy will live forever. In a new study, a team of...
Going Tooth-to-Tooth with Dinosaurs
An SDSU biologist helped describe an ancient marsupial that pound-for-pound had the strongest bite force of any known mammal. By SDSU News Team Move over, hyenas and saber-toothed cats; scientists have discovered a mammal with an even stronger bite. San Diego State...
SDSU joins NOAA Partnership
As a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), SDSU joined a 13-institution national NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP) consortium led by Howard University, to train under-represented minority STEM students in the area of atmospheric sciences. The entire consortium...
Acting on Actionable Intelligence
PI Rich LevineCo-PIs Professors Juanjuan Fan (Statistics) and Bernie Dodge (Learning Design and Technology) Collaborators ASIR Director Jeanne Stronach and ITS Director James Frazee Supported through the NSF BIGDATA program and Education and Human Resources...
Janet Bowers receives $160K NSF grant
SDSU has been awarded $286,060.00 over 5 years as part of a $2.6 million National Science Foundation grant to fund the project Collaborative Research: A National Consortium for Synergistic Undergraduate Mathematics via Multi-institutional Interdisciplinary Teaching...
NSF STATMOS Funded SDSU and SIO
An NSF sub-contract $76,800 was awarded to Sam Shen, another $10,809 to Barb Bailey in September 2016. The sub-contracts are from an NSF network grant to Statistical Methods for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (STATMOS), managed by the University of...
Remembering Richard L’Heureux
The Computer Science community is grateful to have had the honor of Richard L’Heureux among us as a student, classmate, and friend. It is with sadness that we learned this fine young man passed away just prior to the start Fall 2016 semester. Richard came...
Dr. Valafar Receives $640,241 Grant
Dr. Valafar is awarded a $640,241 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the molecular basis for drug resistance in tuberculosis. The grant’s title is “Evolutionary and Functional Significance of Novel Mutations in...
Dr. Edwards Receives $182,257 Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Rob Edwards for receiving a $182,257 grant from DOE Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The title of the grant was Bacteriophage Genome Finishing and Phage Annotation Toolkit Evaluator (PhATE I) Development. You can find out more...
SDSU Computer Science Department 2017 Chair Position Advertisement
San Diego State University College of Sciences Department of Computer Science Chair of Computer Science (Tenured) The Department of Computer Science seeks an outstanding scholar to chair the Department starting in Fall 2017. We anticipate multiple new faculty hires in...