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...

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...

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!

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...

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.