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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. Kerry M. Joels NASA Ames Research Center Exploring Our Solar System—the Only Game In Town
Dr. H. R. Luxenberg Chico State University Holography And Information Display
Dr. Leonard Kuhi University of California, Berkeley Why Has The Sun Slowed Down?
Dr. Richard H. Karas Sonoma State College The Physics Of Soaring Flight
Richard Winegarner Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. Thin Films And Solar Energy
Lee Schipper University of California, Berkeley Energy Conservation: Hidden Benefits, Hidden Barriers
Dr. Robert Kraft Lick Observatory and the University of California, Santa Cruz Transmutation Of Elements In Stars
Dr. Charles Cox Scripps Institution of Oceanography Oceans, Weather, And Climate
Dr. Beatrice Tinsley University of California, Santa Cruz and the Lick Observatory An Unbound Universe?
Dr. Victor Perez-Mendez University of California, San Francisco and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Biomedical Applications Of Physics Techniques
Dr. Russell Targ tanford Research Institute Experimental Evidence For Remote Viewing Of Natural Targets
Dr. Carol Travis Alonso Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Colliding Nuclear Drops
Dr. Terry Galloway University of California, Berkeley Why Is The Sky Brown?
Dr. David Cudaback University of California, Berkeley The Gathering Universe
Oppenheimer, Teller, Segré, Fermi, and Heisenberg The Building Of The Bomb
Dr. Sukhbir Mahajan California State University, Fresno Thermodynamics Of Biological Systems
Dr. Dennis Herzo University of California, Riverside Cosmic Gamma Rays
Dr. Cheuk-Kin Chau Illinois Institute of Technology Heat Conduction In Solids At Low Temperatures
Dwight Nicholson Sonoma State College Man's Impact On The Climate
Dr. Joe S. Miller Lick Observatory and the University of California, Santa Cruz Violent Events In The Nuclei Of Galaxies