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Boston University College of Engineering professor David Campbell. He was awarded the prestigious SigmaPhi award which recognizes outstanding achievements in statistical physics. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Physics professor David K. Campbell wins distinguished SigmaPhi Prize

Irene Skandalakis November 13, 2023
BU Professor David K. Campbell has been awarded the SigmaPhi prize for his work in statistical physics.
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Politics Philosophized: How we reward ‘peace’ efforts can be problematic

Max Ferrandino February 10, 2021
Peace is hard to define and even harder to celebrate. Giving a prize for peace is difficult regardless of what criteria you use.
Chefs serve lobster to a line of students at the Warren Towers Dining Hall in 2019. Lobster Night at Boston University is an annual tradition. ALI AUDET/ DFP FILE

Campus traditions to partake in

Cameron Morsberger June 12, 2020
In the last few months, students and colleges have undergone extreme change in response to the pandemic and social activism worldwide. But with the promise of on-campus courses this Fall, there are some practices that will persist through time.
Chegg, an online student services platform that rents students textbooks and other study materials, is cooperating with professors in Boston University’s chemistry and physics departments after it was discovered students were using the platform to cheat on online exams. ILLUSTRATION BY AUSMA PALMER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Chemistry and physics departments looking to limit cheating

Allison Pirog April 28, 2020
BU professors in the Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics professors are working with Chegg, an online student services platform where users can rent textbooks and get tutoring help, to crack down on students using the site to cheat on quizzes after evidence surfaced last week.
Courses in Boston University teach students how to create manipulated sounds with the goal of producing certain emotions in their listeners. COURTESY OF PEAKPX

BU courses aim to teach understanding of music, sound from a scientific lens

Sarah Readdean February 20, 2020
People constantly categorize their interests and strengths into polarized spheres of science or art, but these disciplines aren’t as separate as one may think, and understanding of one can be advantageous in the practice of the other, professors say.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicists developed a tabletop particle detector that identifies single electrons in a radioactive gas to map their activity. PHOTO BY WCK/FLICKR

MIT electron detector offers big potential for little particles

Amelia Rosenberg April 28, 2015

As part of the research team working on Project 8, a group devoted to exploring high energy physics, nuclear physics and cosmology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicists have helped design...

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