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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. Gordon G. Spear Sonoma State University Interstellar Travel: Possibilities And Techniques
Dr. John Harris Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory The Search For High Density Nuclear Matter
Geoffrey A. Wilson Sonoma State University and Argonne National Laboratory Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells
Dr. Arthur L. Schawlow Stanford University Spectroscopy In A New Light
Dr. Michael Taber Stanford University In Search Of The Magnetic Monopole
Stuart Vogel University of California, Berkeley Probing Molecular Clouds With Radio Interferometers
Dr. Stig B. M. Hagström Xerox Palo Alto Research Center and Stanford University Surface Physics Enlightened By Synchrotron Radiation
Dr. Saeid Rahimi Sonoma State University Deep Impurities In Semiconductors
Dr. Robert R. Borchers Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion: Doing It With Mirrors
Dr. Marc Davis University of California, Berkeley The Large Scale Universe
Dr. Nabil M. Amer Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Photoacoustic Spectroscopy
Muriel Ishikawa NASA Ames Research Center and Stanford University Modeling Fluid Flow
Dr. Lewis Epstein City College of San Francisco Thinking Physics
Dr. Charles A. Rosen Machine Intelligence Company Machine Intelligence And Robotics
Dr. John V. Breakwell Stanford University Riding A Bicycle Without Hands
Ronald A. Oriti Santa Rosa Junior College Meteorites: Messengers From Space
Dr. Dennis L. Parker University of California, San Francisco and Sonoma State University To See Within
Dr. Mary K. Gaillard University of California, Berkeley Cosmology And Particle Physics
Dr. Lynn Cominsky University of California, Berkeley X-Ray Bursts And The Eddington Limit
Dr. A. C. Lawson Pomona College Superconducting Materials