Stories & Insights
BMUCOlog
Event recaps, tips on how to embrace science, and deep dives into theoretical science.
Co-Hosting the 2025 Abel Symposium
BMUCO co-hosts mathematics' most prestigious symposium alongside the Hausdorff Centre and Norwegian Academy, marking a remarkable milestone for a student-founded organization.
How to learn science as a neurodivergent person?
Science learning doesn't follow a single path. For neurodivergent learners, traditional approaches often miss the mark—but alternative strategies can unlock extraordinary potential.
BMUCO at the United Nations: Youth Climate Delegation
BMUCO board member Rajarshi Maiti represented the organization at SB60 and the ACE Youth Hub, ensuring youth voices shape UN climate negotiations.
Science on Screen: A Conversation with David Saltzberg
UCLA physics professor and science advisor for Oppenheimer and The Big Bang Theory discusses how accurate scientific representation in media sparks genuine interest in physics.
The Mathematics of Cancer Invasion
Dr. Anna Zhigun demonstrates how partial differential equations can model tumor growth and reveal critical vulnerabilities in cancer's spread through tissue.
An Evening with Fields Medalist Maryna Viazovska
A historic conversation with the only living woman to hold the Fields Medal, exploring her groundbreaking proof of sphere packing in eight dimensions at the Royal Institution.
Are We Alone? Avi Loeb on Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Harvard's Avi Loeb challenges academic conservatism in the search for technosignatures and discusses whether 'Oumuamua could be humanity's first encounter with alien technology.
Roger Penrose at 90: Cycles of Time
On his 90th birthday, Nobel laureate Sir Roger Penrose presented his radical cosmological model of infinite universal cycles at a special BMUCO lecture.
Climate Conference Series: Mobilizing Action Before COP26
BMUCO convened international climate experts in a multi-part series leading to COP26, addressing adaptation challenges, ocean warming, and youth-led climate action.
Machine Learning at the Frontier: CERN
Dr. Thea Aarrestad explains how machine learning filters one billion particle collisions per second at the Large Hadron Collider to discover new physics.
The Universe as Big Data
Prof. Yang-Hui He explores how machine learning and data science are transforming theoretical physics, from string theory landscapes to hidden mathematical structures.
From Higgs Boson to Superstrings
Professor Neil Lambert traces the conceptual journey from the Higgs mechanism to string theory's vision of vibrating strings as the fundamental building blocks of reality.
The Science of Satellite Building
Warren Eshpeter explains how modular CubeSat platforms have democratized space access, enabling universities and startups to deploy scientific instruments in orbit.
Kepler's Legacy and NASA's Exoplanet Frontier
NASA's Roger Hunter discusses how the Kepler mission revolutionized our understanding of planetary systems and the search for life beyond Earth.