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Congratulations Graduates!

Congratulations to the Class of 2025! This year's batch of graduates includes the first ever cohort from the University's new MS in Quantum Technology program.

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News Highlights

Spiral Galaxy Formation Insights

7/9/2025

Bogdan Szafraniec has a paper out in AIP Advances proposing a simple model of spiral galaxies based on geometric optics and the interference of gravitational waves.

Andre Li Wins Benzing Fellowship

7/1/2025

Andre Li has been awarded a prestigious Benzing Fellowship by the SJSU College of Engineering.

Quantum Gravity in Duluth

6/9/2025

Nicholas Parrilla presented a poster on his research investigating quantum block hole evolution a the "Quantum Gravity in Duluth" workshop. 

MSU Disability Workshop

6/6/2025

Mariana Rojas-Montoya and Brianne Gutmann attended a workshop at Michigan State University concerning topics related to disability.

Summer Internships at SLAC

6/3/2025

SJSU students are attending summer internship at SLAC National Laboratory, one of top physics laboratories in the world.

oSTEM Defies the Laws of Physics

4/15/2025

The SJSU chapter of oSTEM (Out in STEM) went on a field trip the Santa Cruz Mystery Spot.