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“Significant Otters” - Nature cover article features SSU Professor Brent Hughes’ research

Sonoma State University biology professor Brent Hughes' research on sea otters and their role in protecting a California salt marsh is the cover article of Nature journal’s February 1 issue, called “Significant Otters

Professor Daniel Crocker receives Wang Family Excellence Award

Professor of Biology Daniel Crocker was recognized as one of the 2024 recipients of The Wang Family Excellence Awards in the category of Outstanding Faculty Scholarship The awards, announced January 30, celebrate CSU faculty members “who have distinguished themselves through e

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SSU Professor Letha Ch'ien awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship

Letha Ch’ien, associate professor of art history at Sonoma State, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) full research fellowship that will enable her to spend a year writing her book about the role of transmitting cultural ideology in Venetian art. 

Sonoma State host for Oxford Consortium Workshop

Sonoma State University hosted The Oxford Consortium fo

First week of classes

Sonoma State University is open and operating the week of January 22-26, which marks the start of spring semester.  Get more information.

Opening celebration at Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Learning Center at Sonoma State

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (FIGR) and Sonoma State University celebrated the opening of the FIGR Learning Center at SSU’s Fairfield Osborn Preserve on Tuesday, January 16, marking what Claudia Luke, Director of SSU’s

Sonoma State receives $7.9 million grant for STEMACES program to expand scope

A $7.9-million grant from the US Department of Education (ED) to Sonoma State University’s STEM and Computing Education Support (STEMACES) program is the result of a decade of success building technology to enable innovative science education and make it accessible to underrepresented students.&n

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“Art from the Heart” Benefit Auction Celebrates 40-Year Milestone

The University Art Gallery’s “Art from the Heart” (AFTH) benefit auction will celebrate its 40th anniversary from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, February 3.

Hoping to make “never again” more than a slogan

Genocide scholar and author James Waller, PhD, delivered the keynote address Tuesday, November 28 at the 40th Anniversary of the SSU Holocaust & Genocide Lecture Series. “Can we make ‘never again’ more than a slogan?