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Pieces of smashed pumpkins lie on a tarp during the annual Pumpkin Drop on the Chico State campus.

Annual Pumpkin Drop to Serve as Science on Display for Local Elementary Students

California State University, Chico is proud to feature facilities for faculty and students collaborate to conduct hands-on, cutting-edge research that leads to scientific advances and contributions for the greater good. On Halloween, it’ll also be a place to smash squash in the name of education.

Students Smash Pumpkins for Science

  [sliderpro id=”1″] Community members gathered Friday to see pumpkins fly off a top floor of Butte Hall and smash into the ground as part of the 28th annual pumpkin drop put on by California State University, Chico’s Society of Physics Students. The event is a theatrical reenactment of Galileo Galilei’s legendary Tower of Pisa […]