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APS Far West

SJSU students and faculty members made a strong showing this past fall presenting posters and talks at the 2025 American Physical Society Far West Section Meeting.

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News Highlights

Exams Reexamined

10/21/2025

Cassandra Paul has a publication out in Physical Review Physics Education Research that reveals surprising information about the effect of exam stakes on gender equity gaps. 

Cal-Bridge Fall Conference

10/8/2025

The Cal-Bridge Program held their annual Fall Conference at UC Irvine.

Dynamics of Non-equilibrium Variables Workshop

8/29/2025

Alejandro Garcia gave a tutorial on fluctuating hydrodynamics a the Non-equilibrium variables workshop in Zaragoza, Spain. 

Astronomy 11 Laboratory Kicks Off

9/15/2025

Olenka Hubicjky, Aaron Romanowsky, and Thomas Madura have created a new astronomy laboratory class that is being taught for the first time this semester.

Concern for Nuclear Threats

9/9/2025

Curtis Asplund has been quoted in the Physics Today article "Nobel laureates issue declaration for the prevention of nuclear war."

CoS Awards

8/19/2025

Ehsan Khatami has won the College of Science Dean's Scholar Award and Annie Chase has won the College of Science Innovation for Student Success Award.