Fundraiser
Hi Photon! Hope all of you are doing well in these difficult times. UMOJA: The Black Student Union, the Boston University Student Government and 50+ organizations have organized a fundraiser for Black Visions Collective, Campaign…
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Tour
Today, Photon went to tour MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center with former BU physics student Zach Hartwig. Zach gave a presentation on the physics of fusion reactors, and then we toured the reactor facility.…
AIA-MOS Archaeology Fair, Day 2
Photon returned to the MOS today for the Archaeology Fair!
AIA-MOS Fair, Day 1
Today was the first day of the AIA-MOS Archaeology Day Fair. Today we saw a large amount of school groups come through. Our table saw several groups stop by to discuss Archaeology in the Stars.…
9th Annual AIA-MOS Archaeology Day Fair
Hey Photon readers! With the new year getting started, it’s time to start preparing for our first Outreach Project. The Archaeological Institute of America and the Museum of Science are hosting their 9th annual Archaeology…
APS Meeting
The Spring Regional Meeting of the New England Section of the American Physical Society will take place at Boston University on April 24th and 25th. The meeting includes several guest speakers and presentations. If you’re…
Outreach: Spectroscopy Workshop
On Thursday, December 11 we had a number of students from Boston Day & Evening Academy join us for a spectroscopy workshop. The students were partaking in a month-long, intensive unit on the “Birth and…
Traveling Demo Show: First Outing to BGA
Hello Photon-goers! This Monday, November 3, we will be bringing a collection of fun and exciting demos to Boston Green Academy in Brighton in order to spread passion for the physical sciences with high school…
International Archaeology Day Outreach
Come join us on Saturday, October 18 at the Boston Museum of Science for International Archaeology Day! Photon will be hosting a booth to explain the physics behind archaeology! Details available here.
Kickoff Barbecue
Thanks to all who came down to our kickoff barbecue! It was a great time filled with delicious food and fun sports!
Photon News
UROP Funding – Applications Due September 18, 2013
Just a note for those who are interested that funding for UROP that applications for the fall semester are due on September 13th. More information can be found at the UROP website here.
MGH Proton Center Tour
Saturday, January 29th, Photon attended a tour of medical physics at Massachusetts General Hospital. This tour was hosted by Dr. George Chen. He showed Photon members the Proton Center and the linear accelerator the cyclotron.…
Student Research Talks
On November 5th, we listened to talks given by some of the members of Photon on their research. Trey Wenger : Proving the Existence of Cold Dark Matter Michael Dimitriyev: W-Wz Search at the CMS…
Talks 2009-2010
During this school year, we had many interesting research talks given my Boston University physics professors, graduate students and even undergrads. Here is a list of the talks that were given and their topic: Prof.…
Pumpkin Drop 2009
The Pumpkin drop is an even held every year by BU’s Physics department. The experiment collides pumpkins of varying size and content with the earth. Last year, they were looking for the Higgs Boson, this…
MIT Fusion Tour
Fusion technology has great potential for the energy generation. It also makes for a really fun physics tour. The tokamak reactor at MIT is one of the leading fusion test reactors in the world and Zach, our tour…
SPS Boston area Picnic
Last Saturday was the first annual SPS Boston area picnic! Northeastern hosted about 20 BU and UMass Lowell students along with another 20 NU students. The event was the first of hopefully many such group…
SPS Meeting Schedule
Hey all! We just posted the schedule of events and some biographies of our two featured speakers for our SPS Meeting. These, like previous documents are available in pdf form. If anyone is having trouble…
New Photos
Hey all! We now have an snazzy new photo gallery. Check it out on the Pictures page.
New Website
Hey all, we’ve done yet another overhaul of our website. This site now uses WordPress, a wonderful open source project that adds awesome new features. For example, you can now post comments on various parts…