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

Thu, Jul 11, 2024, 12:00 AM

New Physics Exhibit at the Duetches Museum Opens to the Public

Deutsches Museum, Munich

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Markus Greiner

Professor Greiner advised on designs for a new physics exhibition at the Deutches Museum in Munich, one of the largest natural science and technology museums in the world. The new exhibition includes exhibits on Atomic Physics and Optics. These exhibits at the Deutsches Museum have now opened to...

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General Public Outreach Events

Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 12:00 AM

Professor Ketterle, Keynote Speaker for Exhibit Opening of Exhibit “Licht und Materie”

Deutsches Museum, Munich

Wolfgang Ketterle

Professor Ketterle gave the keynote talk at the Deutsches Museum for the inauguration of the exhibit “Licht und Materie.” Below, curator Eckhard Wallis takes viewers on a short tour of the five thematic areas of the special exhibition: “What is light,” “Spectroscopy,”...

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General Public Outreach Events

Mon, Oct 3, 2022, 4:00 PM

CUA Kids Day 2022

MIT 26-214, 26-210, and 26-204

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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...

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General Public K through 12 Outreach Events

Mon, Jun 6, 2022, 12:00 AM

Outreach to the General Public 2021-2022

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...

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General Public Outreach Events

Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 12:00 AM

CUA @ the virtual Cambridge Science Festival

Cambridge Science Festival

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Richard Fletcher, Jared Rivera, Scott Alsid, Pai Peng, Benjamin Augenbraun, Loic Anderegg

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!

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General Public K through 12 Outreach Events

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