January 26, 2021
By Nate Galvan | galvanna@sonoma.edu
Rohnert Park, CA — Sonoma State University has been awarded $4.96 million from NASA to design and implement a program that will engage students on the autism spectrum in informal STEM...
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May 22, 2020
Physics & Astronomy professor Dr. Lynn Cominsky, who has taught at Sonoma State University for more than 30 years, has been recognized by the American Astronomical Society as one of the central historical figures within her industry. The Americans...
November 8, 2019
(Rohnert Park) — A student-built satellite about twice the size of a Rubik’s Cube has passed a series of tests to travel to space this December as part of a NASA-funded project involving three universities including Sonoma State. Built in partnership with Santa Clara University and Morehead...
March 9, 2018
Sonoma State University will be welcoming two Nobel Prize winners and 350 other scientists from around the world on March 19 for a scientific team meeting that will celebrate the new field of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy. In conjunction with the meeting, on Tuesday, March 20, scientists from the...
January 9, 2018
Dr. Lynn Cominsky, chair of Department of Physics & Astronomy at Sonoma State University, was awarded the 2017 Frank J. Malina Astronautics Medal by the International Astronautical Federation....
December 20, 2017
Sonoma State University’s stellar Department of Physics & Astronomy has put the university on the heavenly map of the universe – an asteroid is now officially named “25164 Sonomastate.”
Dr. Lynn Cominsky, professor and chair...
August 26, 2015
Students at six Mendocino County high schools are learning how to make homemade Geiger counters and mud-powered batteries thanks to a group from Sonoma State University and a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
The project, Learning By Making: STEM Success for...
January 21, 2016
Sonoma State University physics and astronomy professor Lynn Cominsky has received the $20,000 Wang Family Excellence Award for her extraordinary commitment to student achievement and exemplary contributions in her fields.
"Receiving the Wang award is the biggest thrill of my career,"...
January 7, 2016
Sonoma State University physics and astronomy professor Lynn Cominsky has received awards from two professional societies for her work in bringing STEM education to K-12 and college classrooms.
Cominsky is being honored with the American Astronomical Society's Education Prize and the...
February 11, 2016
For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe. This confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity and opens an unprecedented...
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