Some good press for my research and teaching over the years... (last updated 05/02/22)

Video and Radio:

• Bad Boy of Science YouTube Channel (Video - 4/14/2022): Is The Standard Model Done!? W Boson Mass Measurement (w Professor David Toback)
• BBC News (Video - 4/18/2022): BBC News (w Professor David Toback)
• Texas A&M Science (Video - 6/28/2018): Texas A&M Science - I am Texas A&M Science (Episode 11)
• Texas A&M Science (Video - 1/29/2016): Texas A&M Science - Learn From the Best 2016
• Texas A&M Science (Video - 4/11/2015): TedX TAMU: Dark Matter and the Big Bang (Link to Slides .pptx)
• Texas A&M Science (Video - 3/14/2015): Texas A&M Science - Happy Birthday, Albert Einstein!
• KAGS/NBC TV (News - 7/22/2014): Next Generation "Dark Matter" Could Change Our Views (.pdf)
• KAGS/NBC TV (News - 3/14/2013): The Higgs Boson Particle 6PM and 10PM
• KAGS/NBC TV (6PM News - 7/6/2012): Texas A&M and the Higgs Discovery
• Texas A&M Video (4/21/2011): Inspiration Starts Here .mp4
• New Hampshire Public Radio (4/12/2011) "A Monumental Discovery? Maybe. Should We Care? This Guy Says We Should."  PodCast
• Texas A&M PodCast: Research Quick Briefs (12/9/2009) "LHC startup" .mp3 file  (.pdf) of the text
• Texas A&M University, College of Science  marketing video (6/10/2008), "This is Aggieland" and "This is the Place"
• Texas A&M Video (8/5/2013): Getting your Degree

Print and WebPosts:

• W Mass at 7Sigma with the Standard Model News (4/2022 - Selected)
  • US: AP News "Key particle weighs in a bit heavy, confounding physicists" (.pdf)
  • UK: BBC "Shock result in particle experiment could spark physics revolution " (.pdf)
  • Germany: Spiegel "A&M Old measurement data bring particle physics closer to a new model" (.pdf)
  • TAMU/Texas A&M Today: "Scientists Achieve Most Precise Measure To Date Of W Boson Mass " (.pdf)
  • TAMU/College of Science: "CDF Collaboration at Fermilab Achieves Most Precise Measurement of W Boson Mass" (.pdf)
• Fermilab News Release (7/30/2019) "CDF, DZero experiments presented with prestigious European Physics Society prize" (.pdf)
• Fermilab News Release (4/23/2019) "Chiarelli and Toback voted CDF co-spokespeople for remainder of collaboration activities " (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (6/26/2018) "Texas A&M Physicist David Toback Elected to Third Term as CDF Co-Spokesperson " (.pdf)
• Fermilab at Work (6/30/2017), "Which way did it go? A view from the top" (.pdf)
• Fermilab at Work (6/30/2017), "Fermilab CDF Collaboration Publishes 700th Paper" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (6/13/2017), "Fermilab CDF Collaboration Publishes 700th Paper" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M Today (6/13/2017), "Fermilab CDF Collaboration Publishes 700th Paper" (.pdf)
• Fermilab News (4/4/2016) "David Toback re-elected CDF co-spokesperson" (.pdf)
• Fermilab News (2/12/2016) "The last piece of the Tevatron top quark asymmetry story" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M Battalion (2/12/2016) "Gravitational waves discovery announced, verifying 100 year old theory" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M Battalion (4/9/2015) "TEDxTAMU ready to present talks to sold-out crowd" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M Battalion (11/4/2014) "Prof strips the math, makes the cosmos more relatable" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M Battalion (10/21/2014) "Prof: History `kind' to investors in science" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M Battalion (10/21/2014) "Tevatron research continues despite closure" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (7/17/2014), "Next-Generation Dark Matter Experiments Involving Texas A&M Get Go-Ahead from DOE, NSF" (.pdf)
• Fermilab Today (5/8/2014), "Top quark continues to pique physicists' interest" (.pdf)
• Fermilab Today (4/11/2014), "David Toback elected as new CDF co-spokesperson" (.pdf)
  Texas A&M College of Science News Release (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (3/19/2014), "International Team of LHC, Tevatron Scientists Announces First Joint Result" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (2/28/2014), "CDMS Result Covers New Ground in Search for Dark Matter" (.pdf)
• Aggie Athetics (10/18/2013), "Macroscopic Focus: Aggie swimming star Sarah Henry explores new horizons in the field of high energy physics research" (.pdf)
• Higgs Nobel Prize News (10/9/2013)
  • Texas A&M College of Science News Release"Texas A&M Scientists Celebrate Nobel Prize for Higgs Discovery" (.pdf)
  • WTAW Reprint "A&M Physicists Assist Nobel Prize Winner" (.pdf)
• Fermilab Today, Result of the Week (7/25/2013), "Searching for Delayed Photons" (.pdf)
• The Houston Chronicle (12/26/2012) 11 for `13: Bhaskar Dutta and David Toback believe we will soon identify "dark" matter (.pdf)
• APS News (2/2013) "Members in the Media" (.pdf)
• The Austin-American Statesman (9/23/2012)
  • In the Sunday Edition "Elementary, my dear Higgs" (.pdf)
  • Online version "A Cosmic whodunit: the case of the Higgs Boson " (.pdf)
• The Telegraph (Calcutta, India) (7/9/2012) "Collider's other goals: dark matter to Einstein dream " (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (7/4/2012) "Higgs Boson Search Involving Texas A&M Physicists Reveals New Particle" (.pdf)
• The Eagle (7/6/2012) Texas A&M scientists helped in Higgs boson discovery (.pdf)
• KBTX reprint of COS release (.pdf)
• Physical Review Letters: Viewpoint on the first Search for Supersymmetry results from the Large Hadron Collider(3/28/2011) "The Large Hadron Collider Enters the Race for Supersymmetry"  (.pdf)
• Connect, Texas A&M University Division of Research and Graduate Studies (11/9/2010) "Seeking the Nature of Nature"(.pdf)
  • Also, College of Science News Release (11/9/2010) "Seeking the Nature of Nature" .pdf
  • Also, Texas A&M News and Information (11/9/2010) .pdf
• The Houstonian (1/26/2010) "Texas A&M Professor to speak at Physics Colloquium"(.pdf)
• Fermilab Today, Result of the Week (7/16/2009), "Shedding Light on Dark Matter" (.pdf)
• Brazos Progressives Newsletter (7/2009) "Bringing Science Back to Society"(.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (5/6/2009) "CLASS ACT: 9-year-old gets jump-start on lifelong learning at Texas A&M" (.pdf)
  • Also KBTX.com (.pdf)
  • Also Guidry News (.pdf)
  • Also Houston Press (.pdf), Houston Press II(.pdf)
  • Also TAMU News
• Texas Aggie (5/2009) "Aggie Photo Essay: Scientists know what is inside an atom" (.pdf)
  • Also on the College of Science (.pdf)
• PhysOrg.com (7/9/2008) "Looking for neutralinos at the Large Hadron Collider" (.pdf)
• Universe Today (7/8/2008) "Large Hadron Collider Could Generate Dark Matter" (.pdf)
• e! Science News "Looking for neutralinos at the Large Hadron Collider" (.pdf)
• Ciencia Kanija "Buscando neutralinos en el Gran Colisionador de Hadrones" (.pdf)
• Axxon "Neutralinos y el LHC: a la búsqueda de la materia oculta del Universo" (.pdf) 
• Fermilab Today (8/30/2006), "What's in a Name? Zoo Event" (.pdf)
• Fermilab Today, Result of the Week (6/7/2006), "Looking for Delayed Photons"(.pdf) (.pdf)
• Fermilab Today, Result of the Week (5/5/2005), "Spirit of Collaboration" (.pdf)
• Fermilab Today, Result of the Week (10/21/2004), "New Physics with Photons at CDF?" (.pdf)
• Fermilab News (8/25/2000), "The software formerly known as Sherlock..." (.pdf)
• Science (10/11/1996), "Year of Strange Events Leaves Standard Theory Unscathed" (.pdf)

Award Notices

• APS News (12/17/2015) "In Recognition of the 2015 APS Fellows" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (12/17/2015) "Four Texas A&M Faculty Elected as American Physical Society Fellows" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (2/4/2013) Two Faculty in the College of Science are Fishcamp Namesakes for Summer 2013 (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (2/17/2012) "Two Physics Faculty Honored by Texas A&M Sigma Xi Chapter (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (2/17/2012) "Two Science Faculty Earn Top Teaching Honors (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (5/5/2011) "Toback Receives 2011 Honors Teacher-Scholar Award" (.pdf)
  • Honors & Undergraduate Research News "Honors & Undergraduate Research Present Faculty Awards" (.pdf),
• Bryan/College Station Eagle (3/8/2009) "A&M Hands out Bonuses: SLATE Teaching Award" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M Battalion (10/20/2008) "Award Honors Thesis Work" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (10/6/2008) "Former Physics Grad Student Wins Prestigious Thesis Award" (.pdf)
  • More information about Peter Wagner and this award can be found here
• A&M College of Science News Release (4/23/2008) "Toback Honored for Teaching Excellence" (.pdf)
  • Texas A&M University Aggie Hotline (4/23/2008) "Six Faculty Honored with UPUTE Professorships" (.pdf)
• Bryan/College Station Eagle  (5/27/2007), "24 A&M System Employees Honored" (Distinguished Teaching Award) (.pdf)
  • Texas A&M University Aggie Hotline (3/30/2007) "2007 Distinguished Achievement Award Winners Announced" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M University Aggie Hotline (10/21/2004) "College of Science Awards Presented to Eight" (.pdf)

Sometimes it's nice to get quoted or mentioned...

• Texas A&M College of Science (5/9/2019) "Cliff Spiegelman Honored as Sigma Xi Outstanding Science Communicator " (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science (9/28/2018) "Philip Yasskin Honored as Sigma Xi Outstanding Science Communicator " (.pdf)
• Texas A&M Today (9/30/2017) "Physicist Rupak Mahapatra Earns DOE Grant For Detector Research " (.pdf)
• Texas A&M Battalion (8/31/2017) "The scientific split: dividing lines in the discipline: Texas A&M professors examine the hard vs. soft debate over what is actually considered a science " (.pdf)
• Fermilab at Work (6/22/2017) "Giorgio Chiarelli is new CDF co-spokesperson" (.pdf)
• Fermilab Today (5/3/2015) "Giorgio Bellettini returns as CDF co-spokesperson" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M Battalion (5/3/2015) "Texas A&M research project in pursuit of elusive particles" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M Battalion (2/4/2015) "Globe's biggest physics project back on line with an A&M touch" (.pdf)
• The Eagle (12/14/2014) "Jewish community in Aggieland coming together to celebrate Hanukkah" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science (7/19/2013) "Discovery of Rare Decay Narrows Space for New Physics " (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science (6/31/2013) "Of Forests, Trees and Maroon Roses " (.pdf)
• Houston Chronicle (4/7/2011) "A huge breakthrough that, if confirmed, may forever change particle physics" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M Foundation (8/3/2009), "New Digs" (.pdf)
• CMS Times (6/10/2009) "Texas A&M University"  (.pdf)
  • Also Texas A&M College of Science News Release "1st Person interview: Physics Ph.D. Student Shares CERN Experience" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (9/10/2008) "Texas A&M Physicists Celebrate Birth of Large Hadron Collider" (.pdf)
• Houston Chronicle (5/28/2008) "Behind a scientific success, a failed Texas Experiment" (.pdf)
  • APS News (7/2008) "Members in the Media" (.pdf)
• Fermilab News (8/16/1996), "From the City of Broad Shoulders, a Giant in Research: The University of Chicago" (.pdf)

Some nice press for the Mechanics Scholar Program

• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (5/3/2019) Texas A&M Physics and Astronomy Honors Spring 2019 Mechanics Scholars (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (5/4/2018) Texas A&M Physics and Astronomy Honors Spring 2018 Mechanics Scholars (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (5/24/2013) HEAD OF THE CLASS: Physics Honors 2013 Mechanics Scholars (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (1/14/2013) Physics Honors Fall 2012 Mechanics Scholars (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (5/4/2012) PEAK PERFORMERS: Physics Honors 2012 Mechanics Scholars (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science News Release (5/5/2011) "Head of the Class: Physics Honors 2011 Mechanics Scholars" (.pdf)

Some fun/silly stuff over the years..

• Texas A&M College of Science Calendar (1/20/2009), "Mr. September" (.pdf)
• Texas A&M Battalion (7/17/2008) "Experts reveal truth behind Batman's gadgets"(.pdf)
• Texas A&M Battalion (11/15/2007), "Close Call" Professor Dunk (.pdf)
• Texas A&M College of Science Poster boy (10/23/2007), "What causes gravity?" (.pdf)
• Bryan/College Station Eagle (12/1/2006), "Local residents bundle up for Winter Weather" (.pdf)

Created by Dave Toback (toback@tamu.edu)