BU physicist Mark Greenman featured in BU Research
BU physicist, Mark Greenman, has been featured in this weeks BU Research for his work on Project Accelerate. Project Accelerate is a program designed to provide a rigorous Advanced Placement (AP) physics curriculum to high school students in school districts that don’t offer the class. To learn more about the project, check out the article here!
Second International Summer Institute on Network Physiology (ISINP 2019)
Research Professor Plamen Ch. Ivanov directed the Second International Summer Institute on Network Physiology (ISINP 2019) at the Lake Como School for Advanced Studies, Italy. Attended by 120 participants from 25 countries, the event focused on a new emerging interdisciplinary field at the interface of physics, biomedical engineering and medicine to understand health and disease […]
Professor Chris Grant featured in BU Today
Physics Professor Chris Grant has been featured in BU Today for his work on the WATCHMAN project. This project, which is scheduled to be completed by 2023, will allow for the detection of antineutrinos from nuclear plants.
Physics Undergrad selected as a 2019 Goldwater Scholar
BU Physics rising senior, Salvatore Pace, has been named as a 2019 Goldwater Scholar, the premier national recognition for exceptional undergraduate STEM students. Sal works with professors Campbell and Grant to conduct research in condensed matter physics with a focus on non-equilibrium phenomena in many-body systems. Congratulations Sal!
Courtney Clark awarded with the 2019 CAS Outstanding Service Award
Congratulations to Undergraduate Program Coordinator Courtney Clark. Courtney has been named as one of six winners of the 2019 CAS Outstanding Service Award. The award is presented by the college to BU staff members who perform responsibilities at an outstanding level, demonstrate exceptional care for students, serve as a role model for others, and promote exceptional […]
Physics Undergrad, Miranda Bryson, accepted into DOE-INFN summer exchange program
BU Physics Undergrad, Miranda Bryson, has been accepted into the DOE-INFN summer exchange program! The DOE-INFN program is a program dedicated to the exchange of eleven US and Italian students in science and engineering. INFN, one of the leading organization worldwide promoting basic scientific research, is involved with cutting-edge activities in all major INFN-DoE areas […]
Professor David Bishop elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Physics Professor David Bishop was elected to the National Academy of Engineering this February. The NAE is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and it has more than 2,000 peer-elected members. These members are drawn from senior professionals in business, academia, and government, who are among the world’s most accomplished engineers. Members […]
Alex Sushkov and Liam Fitzpatrick featured in BU Today
Assistant professors Alex Sushkov and Liam Fitzpatrick were featured in a new video by BU Today. In the video and accompanying article, the two talk about the differences and rivalry between theoretical and experimental physics. Find the video and article here!
g-2 Experiment named as one of the science stories likely to make headlines in 2019 by Science Mag
Science Magazine has been named as one of the 13 science stories likely to make headlines in 2019. The g-2 experiment focuses on studying the magnetism of a particle called the muon, hopefully to find results that could point to new particles or forces. Due to this, a result could be one of the biggest stories in […]
Assistant Professor Masha Kamenetska wins Air Force Young Investigator Research Program Grant
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Masha Kamenetska, who received a three-year grant, totaling $450,000, through the Air Force’s Young Investigator Research Program! Her anticipated area of research is robust conductance and force measurements of single DNA molecules to quantify nucleosome unwinding. Read more about it here!