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CSUSM NewsCenter (CSTEM)

2024
March
11,
2024
| 15:39 PM America/Los_Angeles
Building radios may have started as a hobby when Jerald Pinter was a child, but it also became one of his inspirations for pursuing a career in engineering.Though Pinter is now retired as an engineer and engineering manager, he’s helping to prepare
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March
07,
2024
| 06:50 AM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos’ Infinity Lab, a state-of-the-art research facility, marked its first anniversary after launching last spring to offer affordable bench space for bioentrepreneurs. Originally designed as a teaching space, the university
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March
06,
2024
| 08:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
“You are not broken” is a principle both followed and taught by Poorvi Datta.Datta, who will graduate from Cal State San Marcos with their master’s in biological sciences this May, has worked to overcome challenges with imposter syndrome and their
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March
05,
2024
| 15:35 PM America/Los_Angeles
When biology student Siaje Gideon was asked to write about what she wanted to be when she grew up, she confidently described being “a scantist.”While 8-year-old Gideon’s spelling was a bit off, her desire to be a scientist came through loud and
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February
27,
2024
| 08:58 AM America/Los_Angeles
 Electrical engineering student Jazmin Pantoja was honored with the prestigious President's Citation Award by the San Diego County Engineering Council at its annual awards ceremony on Feb. 19.The recognition is a testament to Pantoja’s
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February
19,
2024
| 14:05 PM America/Los_Angeles
Build and launch a rocket, view the surface of the sun, and discover how chemistry is better than magic. These are just a few of the more than 75 hands-on, interactive activities and demonstrations that will engage thousands of attendees at
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February
15,
2024
| 12:36 PM America/Los_Angeles
Kevin Brown Jr., a Cal State San Marcos cellular and molecular biology student, was one of four recipients of the Rising Black Scientist Award from the journal “Cell Press,” Cell Signaling Technology and the Elsevier Foundation.The other winners
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February
08,
2024
| 07:43 AM America/Los_Angeles
Alumnus Steve Maxey was recently selected by the Greater San Diego Area Mathematics Council for the 2023 Outstanding Mathematics Educator Award in the high school category.Recipients are lauded for dedicating themselves to quality mathematics
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February
05,
2024
| 15:00 PM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos is one of 10 universities nationwide to receive a $100,000 prize from the National Institutes of Health for demonstrating exceptional dedication and innovation in fostering diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility within
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2023
December
14,
2023
| 13:56 PM America/Los_Angeles
As the end of the year approaches, many are already looking ahead to 2024.But before putting the finishing touches on your list of New Year’s resolutions, let’s take a look back at some of the most-talked-about stories of 2023.President’s
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December
14,
2023
| 10:12 AM America/Los_Angeles
Qualcomm, an innovative powerhouse in technology and a long-standing partner of Cal State San Marcos, has made it its mission to create diversity within the workforce. How is the company doing this? By investing in extraordinary CSUSM students and
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December
11,
2023
| 15:21 PM America/Los_Angeles
Lighting, textures, patterns and vivid colors on even the smallest sheet of glossy paper have the power to make stories come to life and reimagine history, even from 140 million miles away.  As a young boy, Yuri Rodea loved the freedom
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December
06,
2023
| 08:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
Kia-shaan Cleveland was in second grade when she returned home from school to find her belongings being packed in boxes and placed into her grandmother’s car with her siblings and dog in the backseat. A typical day quickly turned into one that
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December
01,
2023
| 07:55 AM America/Los_Angeles
Ten Cal State San Marcos alumni recently published a research project with biological sciences professor Jane Kim. The manuscript “Massive contractions of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2-associated CCTG tetranucleotide repeats occur via double strand
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November
07,
2023
| 10:34 AM America/Los_Angeles
Bridget Anderson always has bemoaned the fact that she wasn’t able to participate in her Cal State San Marcos commencement.After graduating from the university in December 2013, Anderson was scheduled to walk the following spring, but her husband’s
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October
26,
2023
| 14:15 PM America/Los_Angeles
The smallest beings in the marine world are a source of enormous fascination to Darcy Taniguchi. The plankton that she has devoted her career to researching consist of just a single cell, but the things that happen in that one cell enchant her.
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October
24,
2023
| 14:54 PM America/Los_Angeles
Eagerly engaged students lined the walls of the Viasat Engineering Pavilion and University Hall on Sept. 14 and Oct. 16 to connect with Google representatives. The College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (CSTEM) partnered
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October
10,
2023
| 15:50 PM America/Los_Angeles
On a chilly afternoon last winter at Escondido High School, a group of students was playing with remote control cars.This wasn’t an idle, time-wasting activity, however. They weren’t going to get sent to the principal’s office.This was an organized
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September
22,
2023
| 10:23 AM America/Los_Angeles
When Yesenia Mora was about to graduate from high school, there was no question that she would attend Cal State San Marcos. Mora has been visiting campus from before she could even remember. Since she was 10 months old, she has accompanied her
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September
18,
2023
| 10:48 AM America/Los_Angeles
The echoing sounds of gently pressed keyboard keys painted the blank walls of an empty California apartment where a bookshelf stood empty. Here, fragmented words and vulnerable thoughts bonded to form a hobby that would soon heal sorrows.After
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September
12,
2023
| 09:17 AM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos biological studies professor Sergio Nigenda-Morales is the lead author of the paper “The genomic footprint of whaling and isolation in fin whale populations,” which was recently accepted for publication in the scientific journal
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September
11,
2023
| 13:58 PM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos graduate student Yesenia Mora has been selected as the campus’ recipient of the 2023 CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement, the California State University’s highest recognition of student accomplishment.Students are
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August
29,
2023
| 12:14 PM America/Los_Angeles
On Friday, Aug. 11, faculty, staff, industry partners and donors gathered in Science Hall 2 at Cal State San Marcos to celebrate the grand opening of the Quantum Design Teaching & Materials Discovery Laboratory.The grand opening kicked off with
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August
28,
2023
| 07:00 AM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos is welcoming more than 16,000 students for the start of the fall semester, which begins Monday with the largest first-year class in university history.Fall enrollment is up 3% compared to last year, including a record 2,766
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August
03,
2023
| 08:10 AM America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos’ College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics invited 88 students to conduct research this summer as part of the Summer Scholars program. The 10-week program will conclude with the Summer Scholars Poster
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July
31,
2023
| 13:41 PM America/Los_Angeles
From a young age, Hamed Nademi’s family knew he was made to work with technology. At only 9, joy filled the third grader as he entered a classroom filled with devices – electronic devices that is, which were intertwined with twisting wires and
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July
19,
2023
| 08:30 AM America/Los_Angeles
When Thomas Lyle Temple began searching for lab space to house his biotech startup, he wasn’t exactly enamored with his options.Temple toured private facilities in the region that failed to meet his expectations in myriad ways – whether the culprit
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July
18,
2023
| 07:49 AM America/Los_Angeles
Eager with anticipation, 19 high school students stepped foot onto Cal State San Marcos with hopes of meeting new friends, learning about a school they could one day call their home, and furthering an interest in science, technology, engineering,
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May
18,
2023
| 09:14 AM America/Los_Angeles
A team of students from Cal State San Marcos recently competed in the fourth Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC), which endorses new marine energy ideas for capturing the power of the ocean.The CSUSM team of Thomas Handzel, Miguel Lopez,
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May
11,
2023
| 06:45 AM America/Los_Angeles
More than 4,200 students are expected to graduate from Cal State San Marcos this academic year, including six standouts from the Class of 2023 who are receiving special recognition for their achievements.Honorees were nominated by faculty or staff
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