2023
September
18,
2023
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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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August
29,
2023
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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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May
18,
2023
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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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April
11,
2023
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16:49 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos physics professor Justin Perron led a California State University-wide effort that has resulted in a grant of more than $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy that will help develop a workforce capable of thriving in a …
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March
08,
2023
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16:10 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Two earnestly optimistic friends and colleagues reimagine the physics industry to be disciplines comprised of brilliant scientists, who are also inclusive and empathetic. Caroline Caplan, a cosmochemist and Sara Belontz, an environmental …
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2022
December
01,
2022
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15:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos physics student Ashley Corey was awarded best research by an undergraduate student at the American Physical Society Far West Section’s Annual Meeting at the University of Manoa Hawaii for her presentation, “Characterizing Gate …
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September
26,
2022
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10:40 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos physics professor Gerardo Dominguez has received a three-year, $1.2 million grant from NASA through which he has joined a nationwide team of scientists that will analyze samples from a mission to a near-Earth asteroid and try to …
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September
12,
2022
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09:41 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Ed Price pursued physics as a discipline because he views science and technology as a beautiful way to better understand the world around us.Price also believes that kind of knowledge should be available to everyone, not just people – like him – who …
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2021
December
13,
2021
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Sally Ride inspired a generation and beyond to pursue one’s dreams no matter the obstacles.The first American woman and youngest American in space, Ride made her journey into history on June 18, 1983 as a crew member aboard the space …
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May
06,
2021
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
More than 4,400 students are expected to graduate from Cal State San Marcos this academic year, including six standouts from the Class of 2021 who are receiving special recognition for their achievements.Honorees were nominated by faculty or staff …
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February
02,
2021
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13:23 PM
America/Los_Angeles
The brightest ideas often occur in the classroom or lab. Great collaborations often happen on college campuses behind closed doors or at the café over a cup of coffee.The plan that earned a trio of Cal State San Marcos professors a recent …
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2020
September
16,
2020
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Gerardo Dominguez first entered the field of physics to try to unlock the great mysteries of our time, including some of the most burning scientific questions about the cosmos. In the last several years, he has received multiple grants from NASA to …
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August
26,
2020
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11:59 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR) announced that Julia Lewandoski, a Cal State San Marcos assistant professor of history, is the recipient of the SHEAR Dissertation Prize, which is awarded to an exceptional …
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May
08,
2020
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Nearly 4,700 students are expected to graduate from Cal State San Marcos this academic year, including six standouts from the Class of 2020 who are receiving special recognition for their achievements.Honorees were nominated by faculty or staff and …
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2019
December
19,
2019
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos’ Department of Physics has been named a 2020 recipient of the American Physical Society (APS) award for Improving Undergraduate Physics Education.The University of Colorado-Boulder and the University of North …
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December
11,
2019
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Justin Perron grew up like a lot of Canadians – he was practically born wearing ice skates and had dreams of a career in the National Hockey League.Not much has changed.“I still think I’m making the NHL,” Perron …
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October
17,
2019
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11:15 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The question has vexed astronomers for years: How do water and hydroxyl radicals, which have the same elements as water, surface on asteroids sluicing through space? A paper published Oct. 7 in the peer-reviewed scientific journal “Nature …
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August
05,
2019
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Living more than 3,000 miles from her family in Colombia isn’t easy for Cal State San Marcos student Silvia Sherman.
Though Silvia is grateful for a strong support system of friends in North County, it’s still challenging being a single mom …
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June
12,
2019
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09:27 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Erick Ochoa was one of almost 20 Cal State San Marcos science and math students who accepted a challenge from a Vista-based business incubator in the spring of 2018.
The challenge was this: Come to our laboratory over the summer and try to …
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May
31,
2019
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08:55 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Becoming a provost was never part of Graham Oberem’s plan. He never expected to be an administrator of any type at Cal State San Marcos.
But when Oberem steps down as CSUSM’s provost at the end of June, it will mark the end of a …
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January
24,
2019
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Lauren Tafla’s introduction to Gerardo Dominguez’s physics lab at Cal State San Marcos began with a simple knock on the door.
Lauren had only recently started taking physics courses and was touring some of the labs when her professor, …
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2018
September
07,
2018
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12:30 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Jesus Perez wasn’t always heavily involved in the physics community at Cal State San Marcos. But joining the Society of Physics Students changed that.
After joining SPS, Jesus started attending conferences and participating in physics …
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June
25,
2018
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Jesus Perez wasn’t always heavily involved in the physics community at Cal State San Marcos. But joining the Society of Physics Students changed that.
After joining SPS, Jesus started attending conferences and participating in physics …
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May
03,
2018
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
It was more than just sending a balloon up into the air. This balloon was filled with 5 kilos of helium and carried a payload of sensors and an ionization chamber measuring cosmic radiation, acceleration, wind speed, air pressure, temperature, and …
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2017
August
11,
2017
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10:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
One of the attributes that attracted Ed Price to Cal State San Marcos was the opportunity to be on the ground floor in developing new programs.
“Having been involved in the development, for instance, of our applied physics degree, …
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February
21,
2017
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Take a tour of the multi-wavelength universe as renowned astrophysicist Dr. Summer Ash highlights exciting new findings during her presentation “The Invisible Universe: Seeing What Our Eyes Can’t,” hosted by Cal State San …
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January
30,
2017
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08:01 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Three Cal State San Marcos faculty members from the College of Science and Mathematics are principal investigators on a $6 million grant awarded in September to provide foundational funding for the University's engineering program.
Here's …
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January
30,
2017
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos may still be in the process of starting its engineering program, but its students have long been showing how their physics and computer science learning translates at the University’s annual Robot Expo.
The latest …
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January
24,
2017
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09:32 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Jesus Perez was on his way to an early-morning summer school math class last June when he received an email from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Jesus, an applied physics major at Cal State San Marcos, knew the email’s content would detail …
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2016
November
07,
2016
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07:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Denise Garcia can remember a time when she had to work to get faculty to participate in an open house for the North San Diego County Bridges to the Future Program.
But, as a recent open house showed, those days are long in the past.
Nearly two …
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