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Geology from the Ground Up
How do geologists measure seismicity and communicate earthquake risk to the communities that could one day be affected?
Solving DNA Puzzles, One Worm at a Time
How do neurons transmit messages throughout the body? How are memories formed? Miri VanHoven’s neurogenetics lab at San Jose State explores big questions.
Seeing it Through: A Vision for Student-Centered Campus Spaces
The culmination of alumna Cathy Busalacchi’s 30-year vision for healthy student spaces.
Faculty Spotlight: Electrified Transportation
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Mohamed Badawy founded SJSU’s Center of Power Electronic Converters.
On Fire
The only team of its kind in the United States, Craig Clements’ Fire Weather Research Laboratory studies and decodes wildfire behavior to improve fire management and prevention.
Ruth Yaffe: “You Can Do It”
Professor Emerita Ruth Yaffe was the first woman faculty member hired in the chemistry department.
Jan English-Lueck: 2019 President’s Scholar
Cultural anthropologist Jan English-Lueck is a leading expert on one of the most unique habitats and tribes in the world—Silicon Valley and the people who live and work here.
Susan Verducci: 2019 Outstanding Professor
Susan Verducci has explored innovative ways that educators can incorporate the arts to teach compassion, empathy and constructive dialogue.
Melody Esfandiari: 2019 Outstanding Lecturer
Chemistry Lecturer Melody Esfandiari, ’08 Chemistry, says “I put a lot of time and energy into my classes, and when I am connecting with students, that is the highest reward I can get.”
Center Stage with Buddy Butler
Theatre Arts Professor Buddy Butler believes his productions can engage young audiences in complex issues and inspire thoughtful dialogue.
Faculty Spotlight: Ehsan Khatami’s “Super” Research with Machines
Associate Professor of Physics Ehsan Khatami explores superconductivity.
More Than Marches
How do movements such as #MeToo, #NeverAgain, #BlackLivesMatter and #TimesUp gain traction? SJSU professors and experts weigh in.
Reshaping the American Dream
Silicon Valley has disrupted its way into a housing crisis, one so severe that the workers needed to power tech’s growth engine are being priced out of a future here.
Faculty Spotlight: Peter Beyersdorf
Physics and Astronomy Professor Peter Beyersdorf’s research helped detect gravitational waves for the first time in 2015.
Exploring the Legacy of an Abolitionist
Rycenga’s research on abolitionist educator Prudence Crandall (1803–1890) has provided an early example of how education can be a catalyst for social change.
Yvonne Escalante: Forging Tradition from Maize to Mace
Alumna Yvonne Escalante’s philosophy as a craftswoman and SJSU Art and Art History lecturer helped to shape the meaning of the university’s new ceremonial mace.
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