Research
![Professor Abbas Artawalla is seen from above, sitting at his desk in front of a laptop.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/abbass-a-hero-600x400.jpg )
Chico State Professor Designs Computer Science Program for High School Teachers—Bringing Gaming, AI, and Design to Classrooms
Professor Abbas Attarwala has been awarded a grant to lead a project intended to significantly improve computer science education for high school teachers and students.
![Kristen Gorman poses in front of her class.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240501-FRASAward-ORMA-Gorman-JH-025-600x400.jpg )
Science and Support: Kristen Gorman’s Holistic Approach to Mentorship at Chico State
The Gorman Lab in Holt Hall is more than just a place where students become familiar with research and prepare for their careers; it’s a tight-knit community.
![Sourabh Kulkarni, wearing black slacks and a buttoned-up dress shirts, sits on the edge of a desk while posing for a photo.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240409-SourabhKulkarni-JH-013-e-600x400.jpg )
From Skepticism to Success: International Computer Science Graduate Excels in Program
Sourabh Kulkarni leaves Chico State with a second-place finish in a coding competition, a role as a tutor and research assistant, and a clear sense of professional and personal growth.
![Social Work Alumna Casey Hersch](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/casey-portrait-600x400.jpg )
Social Work Alumna Casey Hersch and her Cat Pawso Teach the Mind/Body Connection and How to Heal
Casey Hersch integrates what she has learned about trauma and disease in new book to encourage resilience in kids and help them cope.
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Four Faculty Selected for Professional Achievement Honors
Spanning disciplines and diverse research specialities, four faculty model teacher-scholar achievement on campus.
![Emily Fleming chats with a student in a biology lab.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20221006-CHEMinLab-JH_012-600x400.jpg )
Biological Sciences Professor Immerses Students into Study of Rust-Producing Bacteria
Whether spending a year as a visiting scientist at one of the top microbiology programs in the world or publishing a paper in one of the globe’s leading microbiology journals, Emily Fleming is emerging as a scholar of note.
![Matt Meuter](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20180927_MBAPortraits_010-600x400.jpg )
From the Early Internet to AI, Marketing Professor Cited for Expertise in How Firms Adapt to the Modern Age
Matthew Meuter is elevating the research of the profile of the College of Business through his individual publications and their staggering volume of citations.
![Lindsey Nenadal sits between two other people at a table talking.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20221207-CHLDTraumaRecovery-JH_012-600x400.jpg )
Child Development Professor Gains Growing Recognition Addressing Children’s Wildfire Trauma
Lindsey Nenadal's research has focused on the cornerstones of disaster response for organizations that serve children and youth, ways to help after a disaster, and ways to support children both during and after a wildfire.
![Giovanni Paz-Silva looks up at the ceiling inside Chico State's planetarium, using a laser pointer to identify a star.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gio-hero-os-600x400.jpg )
Physics Major Finds Inner Strength to Aim for the Stars
Since transferring to Chico State, first-generation student Giovanni Paz-Silva has dedicated himself to excellence in and out the classroom, emerging as a leader in the physics program.
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Alumnus in STEM Develops Life-Changing Medicines “To Improve Lives”
Scientist Kaniel Cassady discovered his knack for research conducting experiments in Big Chico Creek and now works as part of a global team developing medicines.
![A split photo: one with a person smiling and smelling wine and a the other with a person smiling while holding up a freshly harvested radish.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Intro-to-Ag-split-photo-600x400.jpg )
Crash Course: General Ed Ag Classes Bear Fruit for Life
Chico State students don’t have to know how to milk a cow or work with cover crops to benefit from the ag department. Instead, they learn how to grow their own vegetables and pair wine with their meals, earning GE credits and having fun along the way.
![Daniel Rodriguez (left) helps Robert Clement (center) and Rebecca Mitchell (right) install carbon-capture towers at the university farm.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240202-CarbonCaptureTowers-JH-019-600x400.jpg )
Sponsored Programs Showcase Celebrates Innovative Research
The community is invited to learn more about the University's grant-funded research projects at the inaugural Sponsored Programs Showcase on Monday, April 15.
![Distinguished Alumna Kimberly Bacigalupo](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/article-header_Kimberly-Bacigalupo-600x400.png )
Distinguished Alumna and Sierra Nevada Brewery Quality Manager Kimberly Bacigalupo
Chemistry alumna Kimberly Bacigalupo is diversifying the brewing industry from the inside out.
![Emma Pham poses on a stool in a blue business suit.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20230922-RawlinsPortraits-Pham-JH-037-600x400.jpg )
Navigating International Paths and Markets: A Business Student’s Journey to a Rawlins Award
Nhung (Emma) Pham earned the Lt. Robert Merton Rawlins award for her achievements and leadership in Chico State's College of Business.
![Student Justin Craven wearing a black jacket.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/justin-crave-rawlins-600x400.jpg )
Curiosity Has Set Double Physics Major On Successful Path
In the classroom, lab, and on the athletics track, Justin Craven is constantly growing through an open mind.
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Biology Faculty’s Research Sets Foundation for Future Findings of Life’s Evolution
Biological Sciences faculty Gordon Wolfe's research on organisms that thrive in extreme conditions is getting new life.
![Smoke rises from burnt clumps of deergrass adjacent to a walkway on the Chico State campus.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231211-CulturalBurnDrone-MB_001-1-1-1-1-600x400.jpeg )
Mechoopda Tribe and Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve Partner to Conduct Cultural Burn on Chico State Campus
This collaboration makes the Mechoopda the first tribe to utilize new legislation to carry out a burn on a campus within the California State University System.
![Jaime Raigoza stands at a Commencement ceremony](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20220520_Commencement-ECC-AG_JH_116-600x400.jpg )
Three-Year, $2.5 Million DOE Grant Puts Chico State at Leading Edge of Teaching Quantum Computing
In efforts to promote the field of quantum information science and technology, Department of Computer Science Associate Professor Jaime Raigoza and other scientists have been awarded a three-year, $2.5 million grant from the DOE.
![Portrait of Monica So](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20230510-MonicaSoPAHAward-JH-004-600x400.jpg )
Department of Energy Grant Funds Research by Chico State and Others to Develop New Battery Tech
Chico State faculty are working to develop new battery technology through the support of a three-year, $2.25 million grant from the US Department of Energy.
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Driving Automotive Technology Into the Future
Hear the story of Gabriel Flores, an enterprise engineering manager, developing hands-free, eyes-off driving technology.
![An up-close portrait of Liane Thompson.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/liane-thompson-hero-600x400.jpg )
Celebrated Journalist and Producer Writes a Chapter with Groundbreaking AI Tech
Alumna Liane Thompson cofounded an award-winning environmental tech firm that is combatting climate change and making waterways more resilient.
![Two photographs of Katie Mercurio, side-by-side; she looks angry on the left and calm on the right.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/csfall23-katie-mercurio-1000x675-1-600x400.jpg )
The Persuasive Power of Criticizing with Care
Professor Katie Mercurio's research uncovers a way delivering criticism can invite change and acceptance from all sides of an argument.
![Siblings Anna Rose Alexander and Josh Funk](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Lead-600x400.jpg )
Sibling Collaboration Spans Disciplines and CSU Campuses
A cross-discipline, multi-campus collaboration between Chico State and Cal State East Bay is made more special because the faculty involved are siblings.
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How Witnessing a Solar Eclipse Can Help Prevent Global Disaster
Senior Danielle Casillas traveled to Western Australia on a NASA-funded trip to the site of a total solar eclipse, looking for clues to the "biggest mystery in the solar system."
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International Organization AASHE Once Again Honors Chico State for Excellence in Sustainability
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education recognized Chico State for its environmental practices, honoring it as one of the top performers in its Master’s Institutions category.
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Crash Course: The Good Life Vs. The End of the World
Two GE courses offered by the College of Humanities and Fine Arts evoke very different ideas: one of existential dread and the other enlightenment and happiness. Yet both encourage students to ask some of life’s age-old questions.
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Chico State’s College of Business to Host University Sales Center Alliance Annual Fall Conference
Chico State's College of Business will host the University Sales Center Alliance (USCA) Annual Fall Conference from October 5-7, 2023 in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium.
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Gateway Science Museum Presents a Pair of New Exhibits
From vital pollinators to nature’s most hilarious moments, the Gateway Science Museum features a pair of new exhibits to satisfy the curious and the light-hearted.
![Abbas Attarwala, who was awarded a $30,000 grant this summer to research the impacts of AI on children, is photographed at his desk while he is typing on a laptop.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20230912-AbbasAttarwala-MB_002-600x400.jpg )
The Growing Pains of AI: Professor to study how tools like ChatGPT affect children
Professor Abbas Attarwala received a grant to study how AI affects children and identify areas where more research is needed.
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Chico State’s CRARS Awarded Nearly $6 Million to Address Climate Priorities
Chico State’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems has received a California Climate Action Seed and Matching Grant totaling approximately $6 million to support state climate priorities.
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Chico State Psychology Students Honored as CSU Pre-Doctoral Scholars
A pair of Chico State graduate students have been recognized with the CSU's prestigious awards for their doctoral aspirations.
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Need a Major That Will Land You a Job? Look at OSCM
Chico State's Operations and Supply Chain Management major is one of the University's best-kept secrets. Find out why.
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California State University Honored with Innovation Award for Faculty Learning Community Led by Chico State Professor
Geography and Planning professor Mark Stemen has been honored by a national organization for his tireless work to bring sustainability to more than just science classes.
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5 Questions with History Alumna and Author Sonia Robles
As the Mexican workforce moved north into the United States beginning in the 1930s, Mexican-owned radio stations followed—alumna Sonia Robles (History, '05) documented this in her book, "Mexican Waves."
![Joseph James, Chairman of the Yurok Tribe (right) speaks as and Arthur Garcia, Cultural Resource Manager and Tribal Elder of the Wintu Tribe, looks on. The Kapusta 1B project, a new Sacramento River side channel approximately ½ mile long (2,365 feet) created for salmanoid spawning habitat is behind them.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230524-Kapusta1BRiverDedication-LR-027-600x400.jpg )
New Channel Teeming With Fish Thanks to Impressive Teamwork
The Kapusta Open Space Side Channel is teeming with tiny fish thanks to a massive team effort spearheaded by Chico State Enterprises and managed by the North State Planning and Development Collective.
![Cecilia Lore sits on a desk with her hands on her left knee, while sitting in a college classroom](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230315-CeceliaFeeWaiver-JH-001-1-600x400.jpg )
Age and Obstacles Don’t Deter Anthropology Major from Pursuing Her Degree
After overcoming obstacles throughout her life, anthropology major Cecelia Lore is utilizing the CSU's fee waiver to pursue her degree.
![Professor Garrett Liles holds samples of soil in each hand. He is standing at a table inside the soil sampling area of the regenerative agriculture lab.](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/rad-lab-hero-600x400.jpg )
Inside the ‘RAD-Lab’: Looking to the Ground for Solutions
The Regenerative Agriculture Demonstration (RAD) Lab began as an idea in grad school, and is now full service lab analyzing soil and carbon health.
![Melania Raygoza looks at the flow test stand she and her group created](https://today.csuchico.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230512-CapstoneExpo-MB_37-600x400.jpg )
Engineering Success: Students Solve Real-World Problems
From self-cleaning pool robots to a self-stabilizing spoon for Parkinson’s patients, engineering students demonstrate their ingenuity at the ECC Senior Design Capstone Project Expo.
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Grad Student and Horror Fan LEAPs into Editing and Publishing
Horror publisher Benjamin Vandersluis credits Chico State’s “killer” English Department for expanding his view of the genre and sparking his love for literary editing and publishing.
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Connecting Generations Through Understanding
On the cusp of receiving her master’s in psychology, Pa Yang (Psychology, ’21) reflects on the value of her work and the ideas behind it: making her community stronger, more connected, and (hopefully) happier.