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College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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Biology Professor Amanda Fisher has received $1.8 million in NSF funding to digitize the university's plant collection as part of a large California-wide collaboration to understand the effects of climate change on flowering time.
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Phil the corpse flower, a rare plant species known as Titan Arum, has bloomed after more than 10 years of care and growth in CSULB's greenhouse. The bloom has been a highly anticipated event for the last two weeks.
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Mike Schaadt has been named the 2019 Distinguished Alumnus for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The Distinguished Alumni Award is bestowed annually in each College by the CSULB Alumni Office and is CSULB's highest alumni honor.
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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.
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The three-member team ranked 46th in the nation when competing against 567 other teams in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition.
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Chemistry Professor Stephen Mezyk received California State University's Wang Family Excellence Award.
Leading the Way in Student Research
The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics is a national leader in integrating undergraduate research and education. Our faculty research informs student instruction and inquiry-based labs, develops student understanding of the scientific method, and creates student excellence in science and math learning. The College's mission is to educate the next diverse generation of scientists and mathematicians, as well as a science-literate citizenry, through inclusive teaching and research programs within the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Geological Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics and Astronomy, Science Education, and the program of Environmental Science and Policy.
