Outreach: K – 12

The CUA regularly both runs and participates in outside events aimed at a K-12 audience. The majority of these events are open to all students, and aimed at local, Boston-area students and their families.  Our graduate students and postdocs enjoy participating in local science fares, speaking to school classes, and hosting students to hear about our research and view the labs.

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!
Fri November 13, 2020 12:00 am
Location:Munich (virtual)
Professor Wolfgang Ketterle participated in the MIT Club of Germany in 2020, teaching high school teachers about BEC.
Thu November 5, 2020 12:00 am
Emma Rosenfeld attended the NSBP Fall conference and also manned the information booth for Harvard for prospective undergraduate students, providing information about Harvard’s Physics PhD program. Araiza Rodrigo went to do outreach at a conference targeting underrepresented minority students in APS who are part of the National Mentorship Community. Araiza also organized a talk on...