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Academy Fellow

Sonoma State University biology professor Daniel E. Crocker has been named an Academy Fellow at the California Academy of Sciences.

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Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series

Carol Rittner, the Marsha Raticoff professor of Holocaust Studies at Stockton University in New Jersey, speaks on the topic of gender and genocide on Tuesday, March 22 as Sonoma State University's Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series honors Women's History Month.

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'Canterbury Tales' Online

Sonoma State University English professor Brantley Bryant, author of Middle English modern satire "Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog," is spearheading the creation of an online open access companion to Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" that will be free for students to use as a resource for studying th

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Migrant Crisis

Since summer 2015, historians, sociologists, and media outlets have stated time and again that the current migrant crisis in Europe is the greatest since the end of World War II, pitting European nations against one another.

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Royal Society Publication

Sonoma State University economics professor Merlin Hanauer is publishing two articles in the prestigious Philosophical Transactions B of the Royal Society, considered the world's longest running science publication.

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Cominsky Receives Commendation

Physics and astronomy professor Lynn Cominsky continues to place Sonoma State University on the interstellar map.

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Executives-in-Residence

Sonoma State University's School of Business and Economics has named Susan Flannery Adams and Tim Wallace Executives-in-Residence in Human Resources (HR) and Wine Business, respectively.

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Sports Update Mar. 8

Sonoma State University sports update, March 1-8. Women's water polo wins six straight, baseball wins series, women's tennis remains undefeated and women's track and field competes in Turlock.

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Geology Students Learn the Cold, Hard Facts--on a Glacier

By Matthew James, geology professor

Alex Bretow, third from left, with the director and members of the cast and crew at the world premiere of "The Secret of 40" in San Jose on March 4
Cannes to the Future

Alex Bretow, a Sonoma State University student whose short film was shown at the Cannes film festival last year, is producer of the first-ever horror film for Barco Escape's 3-Screen Experience.