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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. Jeffrey N. Cuzzi NASA Ames Research Center The Saturn System As Seen By Voyager I
Dr. Vera C. Rubin Carnegie Institution of Washington How Galaxies Rotate
Dr. John Dunning Sonoma State University Toward A Practical X-Ray Microscope
Doug Gray Hewlett-Packard Company Sub-Micron Lithography
Dr. Andrew M. Sessler Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Heavy Ion Inertial Fusion
Dr. Philip W. Baumeister Optical Coating Laboratories, Inc. Optical Interference Coatings
Dr. Gibor Basri University of California, Berkeley Space Astronomy: The Einstein And Iue Observatories
Dr. Peter B. Lucke Sonoma State University Space Dust And The Reddening Of Starlight
Dr. Jerry E. Nelson Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory The University Of California 10-Meter Telescope Project
Dr. Robert S. Bauer University of California, Berkeley Superficial Physics And Electronics
Dr. Richard E. Packard University of California, Berkeley Photographing Quantized Vortex Lines In Superfluid Helium: Quantum Mechanics You Can See
Dr. Walter E. Meyerhof Stanford University What Can We Learn From Atomic Collisions?
Dr. John L. Heilbron University of California, Berkeley Physics Between The Two World Wars
Dr. David Eck Sonoma State University Gasohol: An Example Of Federal Science-Energy Policy Being Made
Dr. Bart Bok University of Arizona Two Films On Modern Telescopes
Dr. Henry D. I. Abarbanel Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: The Long Term Impact On Climate
Dr. Walter A. Harrison Stanford University Electronic Structure Of Solids
Dr. Joseph Silk University of California, Berkeley The Origin Of The Galaxies
Richard Montgomery Sonoma State University Holes, Waves, And Eddies
Dr. Andrew Van Horn Teknekron Research, Inc., Berkeley Coal And Electric Power Prospects To The Year 2000