Photograph of the 2024 solar eclipse.
Photograph of the April 8th solar eclipse at the moment of totality. Image courtesy of Sara Thompson.

Solar Eclipse!

2024 brought a historic solar eclipse to North America. Here on campus, only a partial eclipse could be seen, but SJSU staff and faculty members still brought the experience to life by hosting a viewing party. The event was featured on NBC Bay Area.

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News Highlights

Solar Eclipse 2024

4/8/2024

Aaron Romanowsky and SJSU faculty and staff brought the 2024 solar eclipse to life here on campus.

Alexi Musick Selected as a Grad Slam Finalist

4/8/2024

Alexi Musick has been selected as finalist in the 2024 SJSU Grad Slam competition.

A New Twist on Spin Torque Oscillators

4/8/2024

Shivam Kamboj and Hilary Hurst have discovered new features common to spin-torque-oscillator systems.

Hilary Hurst Wins Early Career Investigator Award

3/26/2024

Assistant Professor Hilary Hurst has one a prestigious Early Career Investigator Award from the San José State University Research Foundation.

MS in Quantum Technology

3/9/2024

The Department's new Master of Science (MS) in Quantum Technology program has been featured in the SJSU Newsroom blog.

SU(N) Spots

2/29/2024

Eduardo Ibarra-García-Padilla and collaborators have mapped out thermodynamic properties of the SU(N) Fermi-Hubbard model, with potential relevance to the origin of superconductivity and exotic forms of magnetism.