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News, events and awards
±«ÓãÖ±²¥ corpse flower is ready to bloom again!
Lars Rosengreen, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Greenhouse Manager, estimates that the corpse flower "Terry Titan" will bloom in the week of July 14th. Please click the link above for more info on Terry and a livestream to watch it grow and bloom!
Michelle & Cliff Chen first renaming of ISB
Michelle Mostajo Chen, Master in Biotechnology ‘07, and her husband support the MBT program. In honor of her and her parents, ISB 420 is renamed "Nicanor E. and Norma L. Mostajo Bio Equipment Suite."
Please click the link above to see how gulls may be able to help save whale lives. For more info about seabirds, please visit Dr. Scott Shaffer's research website: https://shapelab.gullworks.org
Edgar McGregor is the leader of the "Altadena Weather And Climate" Facebook group, which he used to post warnings about the incoming wildfires and led to saving hundreds of lives.
Among the recipients, Drs. Radlauer, Madden, and Hambrook received funds for new research equipment, research to improve terrain models, and studies of math techniques.
Dao Wang wins Outstanding Thesis Award
Dao Wang '24 MS Meteorology and Climate Science wins ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s Outstanding Thesis Award and Dao talks about the award and his thesis.
Cutting-edge faculty-student research
Learn how Dr. Maya deVries took a new discipline and how her abalone research is cultivating California's next generation of aquaculture workers. Please click the link above for the full story.
Dr. Daryl Eggers retired in 2023, but some of his most important research findings have recently been published in 3 significant manuscripts.
Spartan inventors are hard at work in various fields, securing patents for potentially revolutionary ideas for the future of science, engineering, medicine and more.
Dr. Nick Esker and his students help the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory discover element 116.
Dr. Liam Stanton's simulation models were used to design a breakthrough research in fusion energy.
Dr. Minghui Diao explains the importance in researching clouds and aerosols in order to predict the effects of climate change.
Transformative experiential learning
Dr. Cassandra Paul reforms Physics 2A with active learning. Students collaborate during class which leads to students preforming better overall.
See how College of Science students experience hands-on learning in these four highlighted stories.
Led by Dr. Andro Rios, students in the ASPIRE program study in NASA research labs to help unlock the secrets of exobiology and astrobiology.
As Director of the RISE program for 17 years, Dr. Karen Singmaster has helped over 100 underrepresented students graduate and pursue graduate school and biomedical research careers.
±«ÓãÖ±²¥ faculty, including our college's own, Dr. Melody Moh, helped organize this as part of their $1 million funding to improve the cybersecurity workforce.
NBC Bay Area reports Dr. Aaron Romanowsky provided telescopes to students and passersby to get the best view of the partial solar eclipse.
