On July 4, nine Baylor scientists had more to celebrate than just Independence Day; they celebrated the discovery of an elemental particle that may prove to be the elusive Higgs boson.

The Baylor High Energy Physics group, led by Dr. Jay R. Dittmann (right), and Dr. Kenichi Hatakeyama, has played a prominent role in the search for the Higgs boson. Courtesy Baylor Media Communications.

The Baylor High Energy Physics Group, which includes post-doctoral research associates Azeddine Kasmi, Nils Krumnack and Hongxuan Liu, and graduate students Karen Bland, Martin Frank, Tara Scarborough and Zhenbin Wu, participated in the research that led to the discovery at the European Center for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland.

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The map and the street names didn’t match up. We were lost. Monica and I had a little over an hour to find the hotel and make it back to the piazza – we didn’t realize the challenge we had taken on. The words of my journalism professor kept ringing in my mind, “The only way to truly experience Venice is to get lost.” If that’s true, we were experiencing the city on water to the fullest.