CSULB Home Physics & Astronomy Department News Department News 6 December, 2019 Grad Student Megan Barry Receives 2019 Kennedy Reed Award M.S. Physics student Megan Barry received the 2019 Kennedy Reed Award for Best Theoretical Research by a Graduate Student from the APS Far West Section for her talk "Identifying the Quark-Hadron Phase Transition in Neutron Stars with g-modes." 17 September, 2019 PhysTEC Trains Students in Physics Teaching The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) project is designed to improve and promote the education of future physics and physical science teachers. 3 September, 2019 Department Welcomes New Faculty Alex Klotz Our latest addition to the Physics and Astronomy Department faculty is Alexander (Alex) Raphael Klotz. His research focus is interdisciplinary, at the interface of soft condensed matter and biophysics. 1 July, 2019 Physics Teachers in High Demand Physics teachers are in high demand thanks to a shift in science standards. But the move to implement Next Generation Science Standards has exacerbated the shortage of physics instructors. That's where the Physics and Astronomy Department comes in. 18 March, 2019 Long Beach Ranked Among Nation's Best for Awarding Physics Degrees to Diverse Students CSU Long Beach has been recognized as ​being among the nation's highest awarders of physics degrees by the American Physical Society, especially to women and underrepresented minorities.
