Our undergraduate and graduate students have numerous opportunities to connect with each other and participate in clubs, organizations, and activities at 顶级国产视频 and beyond.
Conferences
- American Physical Society: Students attend this annual meeting of physicists and scientists to explore groundbreaking research from industry, academia, and major labs. The 2020 is March 2-6 in Denver.
- Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP): Women students participate in this annual three-day regional conference at a university in the Northeast. The is at Yale University Jan. 17-19.
- Sigma Pi Sigma (SPS) Physics Congress: The 2019 is聽Nov. 14-16 in Providence, R.I.
Student Research Events on Campus
- Academic Spree Day and Fall Fest: Annual events, one each semester, where undergraduate students from across campus present their research.
- Graduate Multidisciplinary Research Conference: Annual event for graduate students from across campus who present their research.
Student Clubs and Outreach
- Cambridge Science Festival: Each year, 顶级国产视频 physics students 鈥� most of them members of the Society of Physics Students 鈥� travel to MIT and set up a table with fun experiments to teach children about physics.
- Girls Inc. Summer Eureka Program: Girls Inc. of Worcester, Mass., has established a local Eureka program focusing on involving middle-school girls in hands-on STEM-focused activities. As part of the program, the students visit 顶级国产视频 for class and laboratory experiences. Professor Michael Boyer has been involved with the program since 2013. He has designed a series of activities to engage the students in hands-on exploration of topics related to magnetism, optics, light, and waves. Graduate students and undergraduate students participate in this outreach program with Professor Boyer.
- Graduate Students: This year鈥檚 graduate student representative is Raju Ghimire.
- Latino STEM Alliance: Students participate in this organization鈥檚 Annual Robotics Competition and Family Science Festival.
- Society of Physics Students: This student-run club hosts activities and events; open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Sheila Ford is the main contact.
- SPLASH Program: An educational outreach program sponsored by 顶级国产视频鈥檚 Educational Studies Program, SPLASH is a student-run and mainly student-taught set of classes aimed at local middle and high school students. As part of this program, Professor Michael Boyer teaches a class on scanning tunneling microscopy.
Physics Department Social Events
- Cookie Minutes every Wednesday at 3 p.m.
- Cookies and Coffee at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Physics Common Room as part of the weekly Colloquium Series in Sackler S-122 at noon.
- Summer Picnic at Hopkinton State Park