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Upcoming Events

Heiko Georg Menzler: Weak ergodicity breaking transitions and graph theory

  • Sep 16
  • 3:30 PM
  • SCI 352
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Sep 18

Boris Spivak: Properties of two-level systems in current-carrying superconductors

  • 11:30 AM
  • SCI 352
Sep 18

Inbar Savoray: Giving Machine Learning a Boost Towards Respecting (Approximate) Symmetries

  • 11:30 AM
  • PRB 595
Sep 22

Christopher Stubbs Colloquium: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory- A New Eye on the Universe Opens

  • 3:30 PM
  • PHO 205

Department News

Masha Kamenetska awarded NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award

June 3, 2026

Lee Roberts and Muon g-2 Team Earn 2026 Breakthrough Prize

April 21, 2026

Dillon Brout Awarded the New Horizons Prize in Physics

April 21, 2026

Professor Plamen Ch. Ivanov announced as American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow

March 31, 2026

Master’s Program in Quantum Science and Engineering at Boston University

March 6, 2026

Tribute to Professor Bill Klein

February 17, 2026
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