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Moving Past Awareness to Action

Moving Past Awareness to Action: Patty Oikawa

The Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Patty Oikawa, studies how we can use natural ecosystems to fight climate change. Read more
Applied Sciences Center Groundbreaking

Applied Sciences Center Groundbreaking

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV has broken ground on its newest building, the Applied Sciences Center, beginning construction on a 22,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility. Read More
Veronica Collins and Arnab  Mukherjea pose together for a photo.

Alumna Launches First Endowed Scholarship for Public Health

Paving the way comes naturally to Veronica Collins (B.S. ’19, Health Sciences), whether through philanthropy to her alma mater or in her life’s work. Collins is an Air Force veteran who came to Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV as a first-generation nontraditional student, working as a surgical technician while obtaining her degree. Read more
Students practicing sequencing technique in Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV's molecular lab

Mapping a Plant Genome

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV announces new DNA sequencing institute
Professor Chris Baysdorfer demonstrates a technique at the Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV sequencing labs.

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Receives Largest Individual Gift on Record to Support Applied Sciences Center

Marvin Remmich (BS ’69, Business Administration) and his wife, Susan, commit $5M
Sara Toyloy smiling at the front desk of Elixir Medical Coporation

Meet Sara Toyloy

Chief Regulatory Officer, President and Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Distinguished Alumna
three college of science students smiling

EESA Welcomes Third Cohort of CSUEB Interns

A Berkeley Lab internship program involving master’s-level students from the nation’s fifth most diverse university will enter its third year in June.
Dr. Stanton actively lecturing to a classroom with students

Mental Health Hygiene

Tips for staying mentally healthy while sheltering in place.
four nurses smiling in a collage

Pioneer Nurses

We celebrate our Pioneer nurses who are our healthcare heroes and at the frontline during this coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE
CSUEB student standing in front of Science buildings in cap and gown

Commencement Weekend

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV to celebrate 5,000 students May 17-19
CSUEB nursing student practicing in the nursing skills lab

Training the Nurses Hospitals Need

New Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Master of Science in Nursing program provides option for nurses seeking advanced degrees
Chunli Cao smiling in cap and gown

From Factory Worker to Engineer

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV senior graduates despite humble beginnings
CSUEB students at the NASA's SLAC Lab

Meeting of the Minds

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV to host physicists, students for annual meeting
CSUEB students using virtual reality gear to find structural defects

How to Catch a Mistake

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV construction management students using virtual reality to find structural defects
Students standing in the new outdoor classroom at the CSUEB Concord campus

Building an Outdoor Classroom

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV opens new field station at Concord campus
photo of the world’s largest particle accelerator

Back to the Beginning

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV students to study at CERN, world’s largest particle physics lab
Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Assistant Professor of Physics and gamma-ray astrophysicist Amy Furniss and others standing in front of the  prototype gamma-ray telescope

Eyes on the Sky

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV students, professor part of team behind revolutionary telescope
Cristian Gaedicke, associate professor of engineering and students from Chile

Renewable Energy Education Goes Global

Chilean students participate in sustainable construction management summer program
Cal-Bridge academic scholars standing on a bridge smiling at the camera

Bridging Academic Divides

Cal-Bridge program receives $5M grant for Ph.D. pathways at 24 campuses
Wooden gliders used for MESA Day

Designing Gliders and Building Arms

Students put their math, science and engineering skills to the test
Dr. Matt Johnson sitting on a bench with a T-850 Terminator

Will A.I. Ruin Us?

Professor and machine-learning expert Matt Johnson takes on Skynet, spying and where the technology is going next
Petroleum Experts

Petroleum Experts Limited Donates MOVE Suite Software Licenses to the College of Science

Petroleum Experts Limited has donated to the College of Science ten educational licenses to its MOVE Suite software programs.   READ MORE
Students participating in CSUEB's virtual reality camp

Building a VR Pipeline

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV hosts virtual reality camp for Hayward high school students.
Discover Engineering Camp

Building the Next Generation of Engineers

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV hosts weeklong Discover Engineering! camp for area students
Professors Karina Garbesi teaching a group of students

A Commitment to Success

Professors Karina Garbesi, Erik Helgren awarded CSU Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award
Levent Ertaul is a professor of computer science looking into the camera

Cyber Attacks Are Inevitable

5 facts you should know about the future of cybersecurity
a group of Chilean students gathered around a construction management tool

Building a Green Future

Chilean students spend summer at Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV learning sustainable construction management skills.
The biannual csueb science festival at the concord campus

Discovering Science

Concord campus' 'Discovery Day' expected to draw hundreds
Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Professor Patty Oikawa and students out in the field

Why It Matters

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Professor Patty Oikawa is introducing her environmental science students to cutting-edge technology, research she hopes will help fight climate change (see video)
csueb students at VERITAS (the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System based in Arizona)

When Star-Gazing Gets Technical

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV is the proud owner of a new global science tool — meet the undergraduates using and helping to build it.
Science lab news

Leveling up in the Lab

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV unveils university’s largest renovation of research and teaching space — the College of Science’s new molecular research and environmental analysis labs.


Discovering the Power of Engineering

Discovering the Power of Engineering

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV hosts weeklong program for budding engineers
augmented reality news

Augmented Reality

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV research project explores real-world applications of beta holographic goggles


Cal State Host Lab

How to Stop Middle Schoolers From Falling Behind in STEM

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV HOST Labs help students explore careers in science education while reinvigorating local middle schoolers' interest in science
Research Lab

The Race to Store Radioactive Waste

Department of Energy grant allows Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV professor, students to research nuclear fuel waste
Student Highlight

From Single Mother to Osteopath

Alumna Mindy Tong is second in a new Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Today series on social mobility
Inspiring engineers

Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV is hosting a weeklonh camp to engage high schoolrers in engineering
Funding Faculty Research

Funding Faculty Research

Professor emerita gives $1.5M to support collaborative science research
Trina Ostrander Honored by Alameda County

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV STEM Institute Executive Director Trina Ostrander Honored by Alameda County

Trina Ostrander, executive director of Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV’s STEM Institute, will be honored at this year’s Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame luncheon March 24.


Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Student Makes Cover of The Journal of Chemical Physics

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Student Makes Cover of The Journal of Chemical Physics

Through Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Elizabeth Sangalang has been researching ‘hydrogen getters’
Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Student

Sprinting Toward the Finish Line

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV graduate Noah Siegel struggled to focus academically until he found running
Moving Past Awareness to Action: Patty Oikawa

Moving Past Awareness to Action

The Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Patty Oikawa, studies how we can use natural ecosystems to fight climate change. 

Read More
Dirt Research

Ruling Out Danger

Cal State Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV research points toward human-made lead poisoning in Fruitvale and helps city leaders advocate for clean up
Professor Emeritus

Ripple Effect

Professor Emeritus gives scholarships to all 2017-18 school psychology graduate students in good academic standing
solar suit case

Pacific Gas and Electric Company Doubles Funding of Solar Suitcase

New support will spread the program to CSUs and communities across the state