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The B.S. in Physics Returns to Sonoma State University!

Sonoma State University is proud to re-launch its Bachelor of Science in Physics, featuring a redesigned, student-centered curriculum available beginning Fall 2026. The revised program offers a rigorous physics foundation, small class sizes, close faculty mentorship, and flexible pathways that support timely graduation. Please see our degree programs page for more information.

February 3, 2025

FOXSI-4: The Science and Engineering Behind the Suborbital Rocket Capturing Solar Flares

Hunter Kanniainen
UC Berkeley

Darwin 103
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

Hunter Kanniainen from UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will discuss the recently launched Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI) sounding rocket which successfully imaged an M-class solar flare in April of 2024. In his talk he will give an overview of his work with NASA and SSL, a deeper look at the FOXSI-4 mission, and give an engineer's anecdote for what physicists do.