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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.

What Physicists Do - Archive

Date Speaker Speaker Affiliation Lecture Title
Dr. Darleane Hoffman University of California at Berkeley the Long Sought Superheavy Elements
Dr. Donald Eigler IBM Almaden Research Center Quantum Mirages
Dr. Giorgio Gratta Stanford University the Amazing Tale of the Tiny Neutrinos
Dr. Camille Minichino Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory First, Kill a Physicist
Dr. Michael Ansell Sonoma State University Environmentally Safe Phosphors
Dr. Iwona Sakrejda Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory a Cosmic Soup of Quarks and Gluons
Dr. Imke de Pater University of California at Berkeley Spectacular Images With Adaptive Optics
Dr. Randy L. Phelps California State University, Sacramento Star Clusters: Galactic Astrophysical Laboratories
Dr. Andrés Larraza Naval Postgraduate School the Crookes Radiometer: How a Toy Pushed the Frontiers of Physics
Dr. Lynn Orr Stanford University Soap Bubbles, Raindrops and Inkjets
Dr. Dawn Kataoka Sandia National Laboratorie Go With the Microflow
Dr. J. Anthony Tyson Lucent Bell Laboratories Cosmic Dark Matter and Optical Communication
Nicholas Sheridon Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Electronic Paper: The Physics and the Human Issues
Angela Duprez Sonoma State University a Physics Student’s Tool Kit for Industry
Dr. Blas Cabrera Stanford University the Search for Wimps
Dr. Gary Glatzmaier University of California, Santa Cruz Computer Simulations of Geomagnetic Field Reversals
Tom McMahon University of Arizona Astronomical Instruments for Remote Observatories
Dr. Joseph S. Tenn Sonoma State University Astronomy in the Twentieth Century
Dr. Daniel L. Cox University of California, Davis Electron Transfer in Biological Molecules
Dr. Douglas Hofstadter Indiana University and Stanford University the Ubiquity and Power of Analogies in Physics