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Spartan Engineers: Raymond’s AFROTC Journey, Voter Registration, AI Smart Home Threats and more!
October 20, 2026
Student Profile – Raymond Calzada. Conditional voter registration is still available through Election Day. AI Threats Could Reach Smart Home Devices.

October 13, 2026
Student Profile – Lavanya Bandla. The AI Advantage. Discover Taiwan Through SJSU’s Global Technology Initiative. AI Safety Requires More Than Engineering.

October 6, 2026
Student Profile – Hana Alnaimi. Three Spartans, 3,000 Keiki, Lots of Love. Nvidia Targets Rogue AI Agents.

Spartan Engineers: From SJSU to SLAC, CA Data Center Changes, and Student Profile Form!
September 29, 2026
Student Profile – Jacob Guasch. California Adds Data Center Rules.

September 22, 2026
Student Profile – Arsham Alishirkouhi. Civil Engineering Student Earns CSU Awards.
Dreamforce Focuses on AI Safety.

September 15, 2026
Student Profile – Emily Paredes. Engineering in Action: Learning Beyond the Classroom. Got an Idea? There’s a Club for That.

Spartan Engineers: Meet Isaac, Data Center Regulation, SJSU E-Vehicle Policy, and more
September 8, 2026
Student Profile – Isaac Thongthap. California Data Center Regulation.
Spartan Engineers: Student Success, Social Media Safety, NASA Innovation & Campus E-Vehicle Updates
September 1, 2026
Student Profile – Darrius Robertson. Meta Changes Teen Policies. San José State Students Help NASA Reimagine Its Vendor Procurement Process.
August 14, 2026
For San José State University engineering students, the invitation sounded routine: participate in a brief survey about how engineering students use their laptops. For three SJSU students, it ended with something they never expected—a brand-new NVIDIA-powered GeForce RTX laptop.

Spartan Engineers: Spartan Five-Star Pride, Garden Perks, the Rise of Facial Recognition, and more!
July 21, 2026
Grow Something Meaningful at the SJSU AS Community Garden. SJSU Earns Money Magazine’s
Highest Five-Star College Rating for Second Straight Year. Facial Recognition in Stores.

This Isn’t Your Typical Summer Camp — It’s the Future of AI
July 6, 2026
"That is the promise of CyberAI Camp, a five-day immersive experience that introduces high school juniors and seniors to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, networking, computer vision and other emerging technologies that are rapidly reshaping nearly every profession."

San Jose Spotlight: San Jose State at top of class when it comes to AI
June 4, 2026
"San Jose State University has smoked the competition in a national computer science and technical skills assessment, beating out Stanford, CalTech and UC Berkeley."

Spartan Engineers: Racing Toward an Engineering Career, AI Layoffs, and Student Profiles!
May 27, 2026
Student Profile – Aaron Brink. Coinbase Layoffs Over AI. Student Profile Form.

KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA: College grads facing challenging tech job market
May 21, 2026
Students at San Jose State University are graduating this week during a tough time in the tech market, punctuated by layoffs amid a shift toward artificial intelligence. Katie Nielsen reports.

EdSource: How San José State leaped to No. 2 in national computer science ranking
May 20, 2026
"San José State vaulted past top-tier universities such as CalTech, UC Berkeley and Stanford to No. 2 on CodeSignal’s annual computer science skills ranking."

May 19, 2026
Student Profile – Ela Freiman. Thank You Peer Mentor Volunteers. Team Builds a Bridge
to National Competition.

Spartan Engineers: From Vietnam to SJSU, Canvas Hack, and more!
May 12, 2026
Student Profile – Thao Huynh. Canvas Hack Disrupts Bay Area Students. Strategic Plan Refresh Survey.

Spartan Engineers: Fueled By Caffeine and Code, Robotaxis Face Citations, and more!
May 5, 2026
Hack Now, Sleep Later: Cloudathon 2026 Levels Up at SJSU. DMV Regulates Autonomous Cars.

Spartan Engineers: From Theory to Terrain, Starting Research Early, Tech Jobs Shift and more!
April 28, 2026
A Peek Into the C8 Engineering Class at SJSU. Freshman Engineering Student Turn Challenges Into Real-World Solutions. Tech Layoffs Continue in 2026.

April 21, 2026
Beyond the Surface: Sikh Heritage Week. 1857 Minutes of Giving. Ambition, at Scale: Jay Patel and the Making of Opal Eye.

Spartan Engineers: New Magazine, MedTech Conference, SJSU Ranked #2 Nationally, and more!
April 14, 2026
Bay Area Biomedical Device Conference Showcases Innovation, Ethics, and the Next Generation of MedTech Leaders. SJSU Soars to #2 Nationally in CodeSignal Rankings, Showcasing Tech Talent Excellence.

Spartan Engineers: Olive Russell – Driven by Curiosity, AI Smuggling Scandal and This Day in History
April 7, 2026
Student Profile. AI Chip Smuggling Case. A day packed with breakthroughs that helped shape the modern world.

March 24, 2026
Student Profile – Krishma Perry. WiE Conference Recap. SF Protests Call For a Pause on AI. SJSU Hosts the North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition.

March 17, 2026
Student Profile – Shayan Moraveji. Future Engineers Take the Lead at IISE WRC 2026. Tech Jobs Shift to AI.
March 10, 2026
Student Profile – David D’Amico. $1M Federal Investment Boosts SJSU’s Role in Training
Silicon Valley’s Next Generation of Engineers. Concrete Canoe Team Prepares to Host
Regional Engineering Challenge.

March 3, 2026
Student Profile – Andres Zuniga. Anthropic Faces Pressure from the Pentagon. Inside SJSU’s Student-Led Push Into the Future of Computing.
February 24, 2026
Student Profile – Joshua Jude. From Underdogs to Nationals: How San José State Built
a World-Class Programming Team. San Jose Pushes Safer Streets.

Spartan Engineers: Where Innovation Lives – AI, Super Bowl LX & the Chip Comeback
February 17, 2026
Student Profile – Ayaan Gazali. Building Fabs, Forging Talent: The Campus-to-Clean-Room
Pipeline Takes Shape. SJSU Students Help Power Super Bowl LX Network.
February 10, 2026
Student Profile – Max Dokukin. SOLES Continues Building the Future of Latino Engineers. Waymo’s 2026 Bay Area Expansion.

February 3, 2026
Student Profile – Divpreet Dhingra. What Comes Next for Artificial Intelligence. And More...

From SJSU College of Engineering to the C-Suite: Ring Energy Appoints Proud Spartan Sonu Johl as CFO
Ring Energy named Sundip “Sonu” Singh Johl Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective February 27, 2026. Sundip holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.

January 27, 2026
Welcome back. Student Profile – Rishika Joshi. Meta’s AI Shift. Campus E-Vehicle Policy.
