Sonoma State University
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Past News Items

  Physics grad Jacques Schlumberger shared Alumni Association’s Community Achievement Award
Department has two new professors
Department honored Dr. Dunning and celebrated remodeling of Darwin Hall with reunion in 2007
We’re back in Darwin Hall
Drs. Dunning and McLin receive Professor Appreciation Awards from Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
New York Times praises black hole planetarium show produced by Dr. Cominsky and colleagues
Press Democrat features forthcoming Galbreath Observatory
Planning underway for Galbreath Wildlands Preserve Observatory
Dr. Shi, nanotechnology featured in Press Democrat
Dr. Hichwa profiled in Press Democrat  
Dr. Hichwa honored with Excellence in Teaching Award (Photo at Commencement)
Dr. Cominsky profiled in Press Democrat
Dr. Cominsky, E/PO Group featured in North Bay Bohemian
Department’s new, off-campus telescope named GORT
Dean Saeid Rahimi honored with “Spirit of Sonoma” Award
Swift gamma ray burst mission launched 20 November 2004 — Education site is at SSU
Phil Plait’s “Bad Astronomy” selected one of top websites by Scientific American
Curricular changes in 2004-06 catalog
Physics majors win scholarships  — Apply by 15 January for next year
New professor has joined Department
Dean Saeid Rahimi featured in newspaper article
Tiffany Borders featured again on Hubble Heritage website
Joanne del Corral honored as outstanding teacher by student group
International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics was held on campus in Summer 2004
Dean Rahimi obtains $300,000 federal grant to improve photonics lab
Peter Rooney (’86) featured on American Physical Society website
Don Herriott (’72) selected one of SSU’s Distinguished Alumni for 2003
Sonoma State leads CSU in physics majors in Fall 2002
Sixty-sixth “What Physicists Do” public lecture series began Sept. 8, 2003
Tiffany Borders featured on Hubble Heritage website (spoke at Mt. Tam Sept. 27)
Department hosted regional meeting of physics teachers April 4-5, 2003
Physics graduate Roberto Ramirez is one of SSU’s Distinguished Alumni in 2002 (more) (still more)
Dr. Bryant Hichwa joining faculty
$1 million Agilent lightwave lab coming soon
Keck lab will house scanning electron microscope
Drs. Izaguirre and Weiss win grants
Dr. Plait publishes Bad Astronomy book
Sixty-fourth “What Physicists Do” series began Sept. 9, 2002
SSU physics grad Roberto Ramirez wins major teaching award
Physics majors win scholarships
Research opportunities available for students
Dr. Tenn is new Chair
Dr. Rahimi named Dean
Two new professors have joined the Department
Changes in calculus sequence affect physics majors
SSU physics student Allan Baker builds Foucault pendulum at South Pole
2001 Reunion was a great success
The Century of Physics Exhibit is now on display in the SSU Library
M.S. program in Computer and Engineering Science has started
Physics grad Laura Odeh was 2000 student commencement speaker — Text of speech
Drs. Cominsky & Whitlock win big grants for space education
Dr. Rahimi honored by Chamber of Commerce
“Cosmic Genesis and Fundamental Physics” conference at SSU was great success — Proceedings
Dr. Rahimi wins Excellence in Teaching Award
Ben Owen (BS, '93) wins award for year's best Ph.D. dissertation at Caltech
Dr. Rahimi receives Lockheed Martin grants for student research

 

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 JST
2008-03-03