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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. Joseph Kulik Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Long Period Superlattices in Binary Alloys
Dr. Bruce Kusko Crocker Nuclear Laboratory, University of California, Davis Historical Analyses by Particle Induced X-Ray Emission (Pixe)
Dr. Philip Marcus Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley the Great Red Spot of Jupiter
Dr. Cherrill Spencer Resonex, Inc. Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physics at Work for Medicine
Dr. Sandra M. Faber Lick Observatory and the University of California, Santa Cruz Irregularities in the Expansion of the Universe
Dr. Herman Marshall Space Sciences Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei: Past and Present
Steve McGrew Light Impressions, Inc. in Santa Cruz, C Holography: Light Waves Aren't Heavy
Dr. Supriya Chakrabarti a Senior Fellow at the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory Extreme and Far Ultraviolet Aeronomy
Professor Edward R. Harrison University of Massachusetts, Amherst Have You Seen the Big Bang Lately?
Dr. Robert B. Laughlin Stanford University the Quantum Hall Effect
Dr. Oswald Siegmund Space Sciences Laboratory University of California, Berkeley the Microchannel Plate Imaging Detector System
Dr. Patricia Rife National University and Sonoma State University Lise Meitner and the Interpretation of Nuclear Fission
Dr. Richard K. DeFreez Oregon Graduate Center and Portland State University Semiconductor Lasers for Space Communications
Louis V. Divone U.S. Department of Energy the Modern Ancient Art of Windmills
Nancy J. Brown UC Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Spectroscopic Measurements of Combustion Emissions
George Morrow Intelligent Access the Physics of Super-Twist Lcd's
Dr. Leonard Susskind Stanford University Strings
Lecture Cancelled
Dr. John Faulkner University of California, Santa Cruz Solar Oscillations and Quivering Wimps
Dr. Oystein Fischer University of Geneva and Stanford University Magnetism and Superconductivity