Recent News
Network Science in Education (05.15.12)
Our new Network Science in Education site hosts our new initiatives,
call for participants to our August 21-25, 2012 workshop, and
software and curriculum. Check it out!
New Program Engages High School Students in Science Research (05.09.12)
BU's Center for Polymer Studies received a major three-year grant to
provide opportunities for disadvantaged high school students to
engage in year-round cutting-edge science research and industry
internships.
Baseball
Greats Reranked (04.08.11)
BU Today article discusses how graduate student Alex Petersen uses
statistical physics approaches to take a new look at Major League
Baseball statistics.
Two New
Warren Distinguished Professors Named (03.23.11) BU Today
article profiles Gene Stanley.
"Horizons" premieres at HES70 (on YouTube)
(03.19.11) This original piece was written by Julie Okrusko of the New
England String Quartet and was dedicated to Gene Stanley at the HES70
symposium and gala honoring Gene's contributiosn to diverse areas in
statistical physics, neuroscience, econophysics, physiology and
networks, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. March 18-19, 2011 at
Boston University.
The Virtual Molecular Dynamics Laboratory 2.0!
(09.14.10) The Polymer Center Science Education Group led by Paul
Trunfio announces that the popular educational suite of molecular
modeling software is undergoing a complete revamp and has issued an
interim software update.
Rama Bansil Stars in Science Nation Movie
(03.01.10) Rama Bansil and colleague Jonathan Celli star in a
movie highlighting research done in the Biological Physics group in the
Bansil-Erramilli group. The movie was produced by the National Science
Foundation, as an episode in Science Nation.
APS Recognizes Gene Stanley (01.22.10)
The American Physical
Society is among the 157 Outstanding Referees of the Physical Review
and Physical Review Letters journals, as chosen by the journal editors
for 2010. Initiated in 2008, the Outstanding Referee program expresses
appreciation for the essential work that anonymous peer reviewers do for
their journals. Each year a small percentage of their 42,000 referees
are to be selected and honored with the Outstanding Referee
designation.
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