Oct 23, 2007 -- Eric Mazur was elected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America in recognition of his "pioneering contributions to optical waveguiding at the nanoscale level and to understanding the interaction of ultrashort laser pulses with materials." A certificate confirming the election will be presented to Mazur at the CLEO/QELS meeting to be held May 4-9, 2008 in San Jose, CA.

Jul 17, 2007 -- In a conversation with Eric Mazur for the Science section of The New York Times, Claudia Dreifus discusses doing physics, teaching, and serendipitous discoveries. She notes that Mazur is "as experimental in his classroom as he is in his research laboratory." The article became the 11th most emailed article on the New York Times web site on the day of publication. More

Eric Mazur on Physics

See also: The New York Times, July 17, 2007, Science, p.2

May 18, 2007 -- Mazur "conquered the audience" during his hour-long lecture on education at the Fundação Serralves in Porto, writes Andrea Freitas in the Portuguese daily Público. The lecture was the first in a cycle on education in a series entitled Crítica do contemporâneo. In it Mazur used examples from his teaching career to convince the audience that every teacher ought to abandon the podium and take on the role of a coach to help students learn. More

Mazur in Portugal

See also: Público, May 17, 2007, p. 12

Apr 27, 2007 -- Brian Tull successfully defended his thesis titled, Femtosecond laser ablation of silicon: nanoparticles, doping and photovoltaics, at 1:00 pm on Friday, April 27, 2007. Afterwards, there was much rejoicing. Thesis committee: Prof. Eric Mazur, Prof. Cynthia Friend and Prof. Mike Aziz. (Photo: Ruby Arguilla Tull)

The doctor is in

Apr 26, 2007 -- Connections, a publication aimed at promoting science done at Harvard University, showcases the nanowire research project by members of the Mazur group. Stronger than spider's silk, the nanowires have applications in electronics and biology. More

Nanowire man

See also: Connections (2007) p. 2

Apr 22, 2007 -- In an article on the front page of the Ideas section of the Boston Sunday Globe, Linda Wertheimer provides extensive coverage of Eric Mazur's class at Harvard. The article discusses a recent push to evaluate teaching and Mazur's efforts to have a more scholarly approach to teaching -- that is to say, for instructors to measure the effect of their own teaching and then adjust their approach to improve the result. More

Taking data

See also: The Boston Globe, 22 April 2007, p. E1