Applications open December 15
by Danny Giancioppo, Photos by Kelly Peña Every summer, the Photonics Center hosts undergraduates from around the country to participate in a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. While the students gain invaluable experience in state-of-the-art laboratories across Boston University’s campus, they also get to live in the heart of the city, carving out an […]
Watch our 2025 REU and REM participants shoutout their mentors for a great summer!
By Jack Osmond, Photos by Kelly Peña If you went to summer camp, you’ll remember the feeling well: leaving home, sometimes for weeks at a time, learning new things and meeting new people. You might think of archery, rowing, campfires and fireworks as the dog days of summer stretch on. What might not come to […]
Penelope attends Brandeis University, where she is majoring in physics. Her engineering education did not begin in a classroom but at the Brandeis University MakerLab where she has been employed since her sophomore year. With the technical, interpersonal, and collaborative skills she developed through her work at the makerspace and as a TA, Penny was […]
Roberto is a Physics student at University College London. Having been interested in STEM in high school, Roberto took on a broad range of courses in his freshman year of college, ultimately majoring in physics and minoring in physical chemistry. He's currently planning to pursue a PhD after undergrad, and has had a few research […]
Shanen Arellano is a senior at Mount Holyoke College, majoring in Physics with a minor in music. Born and raised in Kailua, Hawaii, Shanen pioneered the Kealakehe STEM academy at their high school, improving access to AP classes. This summer, Shanen worked in PI Masha Kamenetska’s Single Molecule Spectroscopy Lab on “Developing ‘sticky-handle’ DNA […]