National Mentoring Month: Growing Engineering & Photonics Through Shared Experience
January is National Mentoring Month, a time to recognize the role that guidance and shared experience play in shaping careers and strengthening professional communities. In engineering and photonics, mentoring is […]
Spotlight: 4th Workshop on Photonic Industry and Entrepreneurship in Brazil
Held within the SBFoton International Optics and Photonics Conference / São Pedro, SP, Brazil | September 22–24, 2025 The 4th Workshop on Photonic Industry and Entrepreneurship in Brazil took place […]
Advancing Ultrafast Laser Science: Highlights from the 4th UPLAMP Summer School
This year a Summer School on Ultra-short Pulse Lasers Applications in Material Processing (UPLAMP) took place that brought 31 PhD students from around the world to Vilnius, Lithuania, for a […]
Where Photonics Meets Enterprise: Reflections from Society’s First Industry & Entrepreneurship Workshop in Mexico
Mexico has the twelfth largest economy in the world and the fourth largest in the Americas. Over the past 30 years, Mexico’s manufacturing sector has experienced significant growth, positioning the […]
From Lab to Light: How Photonics Supports Smarter Antibiotic Use
Antibiotics have long been a cornerstone of modern medicine, but their effectiveness is increasingly under threat. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global concern, fueled by natural bacterial mutations and […]
Lighting the Path: Photonics and its Power to Eliminate Poverty
Every year on October 17, the world marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a United Nations observance that honors the courage and resilience of people living in […]
Bringing Photonics Learning to Latin America: IEEE SBRM Region 9
Over the years, the IEEE Photonics Society has dedicated significant effort to outreach and engagement across Latin America (IEEE Region 9), with the goal of fostering new chapters and inspiring […]
Best Practice Spotlight: Montreal Photonics Networking Event Connecting Next Gen Photonics Leaders
The annual Montreal Photonics Networking (MPN) event is a gathering designed to bring together student researchers, industry professionals, academics, and stakeholders in the photonics community. With a mission to foster […]
Celebrating a Century of Quantum Breakthroughs: IYQST Wins Global Recognition
As many know, the United Nations has proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQST) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of modern quantum mechanics. This milestone […]
IEEE Milestone: How Bell Labs Helped Prove the Big Bang
The question of how our universe began has fascinated scientists and philosophers for centuries. In 1927, Belgian physicist and priest Georges Lemaître proposed that the universe originated from a single […]