The Power to Tell Your Story

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The story of a young African-American woman's journey to become a veterinarian.

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International expert on fish biomechanics and consultant to Disney Pixar's hit animated movies, "Finding Nemo" and "Finding Dory," Adam P. Summers, headlines Upcoming Symposium

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Former Sen. Barbara Boxer will talk about what happened behind the scenes during her more than three decades in Congress when she visits Cal State Fullerton Monday, March 30, to deliver a free, public lecture. Afterward, she'll be signing copies of her 2016 memoir, “The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life.” Her talk kicks off of a week of activities sponsored by the university’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Other events include a Social Justice Summit and research symposium.

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Former Sen. Barbara Boxer will talk about what happened behind the scenes during her more than three decades in Congress when she visits Cal State Fullerton Monday, March 30, to deliver a free, public lecture. Afterward, she'll be signing copies of her 2016 memoir, “The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life.” Her talk kicks off of a week of activities sponsored by the university’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Other events include a Social Justice Summit and research symposium.

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When geologists went in search for evidence of ancient tsunamis along Southern California’s coastal wetlands, they found something else. Their discoveries have implications for seismic hazard and risk assessment in coastal Southern California.

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With funding from the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association, Veronica Jimenez is guiding a study to fight the “kissing bug” parasite targeted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for public health action. Her doctorate in biomedical sciences, plus degrees in pharmacy and biochemistry are her foundation.

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The third time’s the charm for an international team of scientists, including physicists at California State University, Fullerton and their students, who made the latest detection of gravitational waves, emitted when two black holes collided to form a larger one from three billion light years away. When the first detection occurred Sept. 14, 2015, scientists confirmed a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity and opened an unprecedented new window onto the cosmos. For some undergrads at CSUF, it means jumping directly into doctoral programs at MIT, Brandeis and NYU.

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In Southern California communities where it's difficult to recruit and retain obstetrician-gynecologist physicians and nurse practitioners, a project funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services aims to expand women’s health services and create a pipeline for nursing professionals to serve in rural communities.

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The discovery of gravitational waves from a cataclysmic merger of a binary neutron star system celebrated by leading astrophysics expert.

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Students in Julio Bermejo’s Comm 361 course “Principles of Public Relations” do more than craft strong communications campaigns. They dissect them.

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Cal State Fullerton’s fully online master's degree programs in business, engineering and education are ranked among the best in the country

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John Gleaves, who conducts research on doping in sports, comments on the Russian Federation's ban from the 2018 Winter Games and the involvement of government officials in doping.

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Many highways and railways are built near natural or manmade slopes or on top of soil conditions, which during an earthquake or rain-induced landslide, could cause major damage to roads and tracks.

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Fellow graduates and their families heard Rachel Herzog at commencement, when the multiple award-winning scholar took a risk and rapped a portion of her speech. Many more will watch her rap on social media. She ended the show-stopping rhyme at the podium — as a bachelor’s degree-toting “Titan for Life.”

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With wingspans of over 20 feet, manta rays are charismatic giants of the sea. Yet this enormous fish, which can weigh thousands of pounds, doesn't chase down and bite into prey.

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Cal State Fullerton (CSUF) paleontologists have described a new genus and species of walrus and named it after CSUF Titans and Orange County, where the extinct, tuskless fossil was discovered.

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In Hope Johnson's Dan Black Hall laboratory, she and student researchers are growing cultures of cyanobacteria — bacteria that produces oxygen during photosynthesis.

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Which is more important for a 'Big Game' ad - to be entertaining or inspirational? What's at risk?

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The California State University Board of Trustees has appointed Framroze “Fram” Virjee to serve as president of California State University, Fullerton. Virjee has served as campus president under a term appointment since December, 2017 and will assume the permanent presidency immediately.

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Most people take for granted being able to take a shower without help. But for individuals with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a progressive neurodegenerative disease

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Cal State Fullerton’s communications and journalism programs are ranked first in California and second in the nation for the number of degrees awarded to Hispanics, according to Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine’s 2019 Top Communication and Journalism Schools list published in its June 2019 issue.

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Cal State Fullerton economists from the Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting conducted a six-month study to determine Disneyland Resort's economic impact in Southern California.

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Cal State Fullerton faculty and student researchers are working on a first-ever study focusing on California’s precipitation history over the past 10,000 years. Their goal is to provide a record of climate change before significant human disturbance using data from the state’s precipitation and mud — sediment samples.

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CSUF assistant professor Majgan Sami explains how environmentally sustainable planning takes the least ecologically harmful approach to new development projects. With the World Health Organization and health experts calling climate change the greatest threat to human health, Sami says it is increasingly important to design and build with climate change impacts in mind to promote health equity within our communities.

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Cal State Fullerton biology graduate student Ariel Heyman became intrigued about how climate change affects ecosystems and enrolled in the university’s graduate program to find answers. She is hoping her seaweed research will shed light on how the rocky intertidal ecosystem — where land meets the ocean — fares under changing environmental conditions.

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Angelina Zuelow and Georget Oraha are working on comparative research projects, in which they are assessing how environmental conditions — climate change and other factors — are affecting these ocean organisms in Southern California and in Washington.

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As part of a group of community college students studying at Cal State Fullerton, Theresa Duncan worked on a research project on how carbon, one of the essential building blocks of organic life, buried in the soil of California’s coastal wetlands can help combat climate change.

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Cal State Fullerton researchers Paula K. Hudson and Daniel B. Curtis, both associate professors of chemistry and biochemistry, and their students are working on a joint project to determine how aerosol particles affect climate change.

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Cal State Fullerton alumna and national park ranger Kylie Caesar and her faculty research adviser, Sean J. Loyd, led a collaborative study that focused on mineral formation by a community of unique microorganisms in the U.S. Gulf Coast subsurface. They found that microbes limited the release of massive quantities of natural greenhouse gas emissions. Their research was published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.

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Over the last couple of decades, the financial market has begun participating in covering disaster risk through catastrophe bonds. Carolyn Chang, professor of finance at Cal State Fullerton, has been conducting research related to the changing prices of these bonds based on many factors of natural disasters, including the escalating effects of climate change.

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Nicole Seymour, CSUF associate professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics, curates materials to teach courses focused on climate change and emotions, and climate fiction; helping students analyze benefits and drawbacks of the growing literature genre, "cli-fi."

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Cal State Fullerton scholars with expertise in topics ranging from spotting liars, and the art of debate to local ballot propositions, voting security and virtual debates can offer your continued election coverage new angles and depth.

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Research from Jason Shepard, chair and professor of communications at Cal State Fullerton, highlights how First Amendment law was both a weapon and shield in the expansion of LGBTQ rights well before the Stonewall Riots.

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Research from Jason Shepard, chair and professor of communications at Cal State Fullerton, highlights how First Amendment law was both a weapon and shield in the expansion of LGBTQ rights, and well before the Stonewall Riots.

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National and California studies by Christine Gardiner, professor of criminal justice at Cal State Fullerton, show college-educated officers are better at documenting investigation, more technology efficient, and may be less resistant to organizational change.

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