College of Science News

President Cathy Sandeen and campus partners cutting the red ribbon in front of the Braddock Center

Braddock Center for Science and Innovation Opens at Ãå±±½ûµØ

Ãå±±½ûµØâ€™s Braddock Center for Science and Innovation held its official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 13.

December 9, 2024

Professor Derek Kimball and three physics students on their camping trip

The Hunt for Dark Matter: One Wilderness Camping Trip at a Time

Millions of Americans go camping every year, but a wilderness trip with Derek Jackson Kimball is far from typical. Ãå±±½ûµØ physics professor and his students look for a substance of paramount importance to astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics. 

November 27, 2023

Julie Glass

Julie Glass Named to AASCU Emerging Leaders Program

The professor and chair of Ãå±±½ûµØâ€™s mathematics department was one of 36 higher education professionals selected

June 14, 2022

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A New Era for STEM Education

The Applied Sciences Center, a state-of-the-art STEM facility, has received full donor funding.

March 16, 2022

Math faculty Andrea ArauzaRivera and Jesús Oliver

Mathematical Association of America awards distinguished honors to Ãå±±½ûµØ faculty

Math Association awards distinguished honors to Ãå±±½ûµØ faculty

March 14, 2022

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Bridging the ‘Math Gap’

Professors across Ãå±±½ûµØ come together to continue key program for students

November 8, 2021

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Curious Creatures

Ãå±±½ûµØâ€™s Insect Zoo Returns to Classrooms

November 4, 2021

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Machine Learning vs. COVID-19

Cal State East Bay students create app to help users avoid encounters with virus

June 8, 2021

Michael Stanton lectures during a class

How to Manage Post-COVID Anxiety

The Ãå±±½ûµØ News Center talked to Professor of Public Health Michael Stanton, who shared tips for managing uncomfortable feelings and what to expect during the post-pandemic return to public spaces and our everyday lives.

June 8, 2021

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Endangered Plants and the Earth's Future

Ãå±±½ûµØ's Green Biome Institute is sequencing the genomes of the mysterious and disappearing plants that could benefit humans

April 21, 2021

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Professor Jason Smith Selected for National ACE Fellowship

Ãå±±½ûµØ Department Chair and Associate Professor of Health Sciences Jason Smith has been selected as one of 52 emerging college and university leaders for the ACE Fellows Program, 2021-22 class.

March 4, 2021

Fruit fly neurons

What Fruit Flies Can Teach Us Ãå±±½ûµØ Love

Ãå±±½ûµØ recently talked with Assistant Professor Divya Sitaraman about how fruit flies can help teach us about our own physiology and behavior.

February 15, 2021

What Fruit Flies Can Teach Us Ãå±±½ûµØ Love

A Q and A with Assistant Professor Divya Sitaraman

February 12, 2021