Outreach: General Public

The CUA participates in events aimed at the general public. Our PIs give keynote speeches for all manner of events, engage in collaborations with museums in Boston and around the world, conduct media interviews on major results and what they mean in the context of Physics research, and more.

Past Events

Mon October 3, 2022 4:00 pm
Location:MIT 26-214, 26-210, and 26-204
The Cambridge Science Festival returns in-person, and CUA is pleased to be participating again! Our workshop will kick off with a brief talk by Professor Zwierlein on the nature of cold. CUA members from MIT and Harvard will present an ion trap, tornado machine, make-your-own-hologram station, and a demonstration with liquid nitrogen. Cambridge Science Festival...
Mon June 6, 2022 12:00 am
Between 2020 and 2021 a student-led CUA community service steering committee, Engage CUA, was formed. It was born out of efforts related to and following ShutdownSTEM, beginning as a regular meeting to discuss research on important topics around increasing diversity.  The primary goal is to organize and track outreach efforts. In the past year, CUA members...
Wed April 14, 2021 12:00 am
Location:Cambridge Science Festival
Follow the link (directly above) to see the CUA’s video entries for the 2021 Cambridge Science Festival, focusing on explaining some of the CUA’s research to a K-12 audience. Special thanks to our volunteers for creating these wonderful videos!
Mon August 24, 2020 12:00 am
Location:Virtual
From the Museum of Science: What have you always wanted to know about quantum physics but have never had a chance to ask? We’ve invited a panel of guest scientists from MIT and UC Berkeley to answer your questions and talk about how quantum physics is bringing about a technological revolution. Join us LIVE for...
Wed July 29, 2020 12:00 am
Alex Frenett, Harvard
Alex Frenett helped organize background details for a series of two panels with Black professionals and academics for Black communities. He also helped organize the ThinkTank, which funded ideas to improve problems that the Black community faces due to institutional racism, COVID-19, and the intersections thereof.