UUֱ�� News - Dept. of Physics

Physics Professor Cynthia Chiang featured in National Geographic

webfull — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:09:43 +0000

Physics Professor and National Geographic Explorer Cynthia Chiang is the subject of a new National Geographic article out today.

Published: 24 July 2024

Astrophysics award honours student research with nod to pioneer

webfull — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:01:22 +0000

Allie Vibert Douglas made history when she earned her PhD at UUֱ��.

It was 1926 – a time when higher education wasn’t an option for most women.

By then, Douglas already had a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science from UUֱ�� – and had been named a member of the Order of the British Empire for her wartime service. With her PhD, she became the first Canadian woman to obtain a doctorate in astrophysics.

Published: 25 June 2024

Katelin Schutz named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar

webfull — Fri, 31 May 2024 19:59:11 +0000

Professor Katelin Schutz of the Department of Physics has been named a 2024-2026 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar in the Gravity & the Extreme Universe program.

Published: 31 May 2024

UUֱ�� receives funding from the Canadian Space Agency for exoplanet studies using the James Webb Space Telescope

webfull — Tue, 14 May 2024 13:52:23 +0000

UUֱ�� has received funding from the Canadian Space Agency for two separate projects dedicated to the study of exoplanets, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The projects are slated for completion by June 2025. Both studies will be led by Professor Nicolas Cowan.

M87* One Year Later: Proof of a persistent black hole shadow

webfull — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 16:45:24 +0000

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, including Professor Daryl Haggard at UUֱ��, has released new images of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, using data from observations taken in April 2018.

Read the full article here.

Published: 19 January 2024

New paper explores four nearby fast radio burst sources

webfull — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:59:14 +0000

Fleeting blasts of energy from space, known as fast radio bursts (FRBs), are a cosmic enigma. A Canadian-led international team of researchers has published new findings suggesting that supernovae are the predominant contributors to forming sources that eventually produce FRBs.

Published: 11 January 2024

Interview with Physics Professor Victoria Kaspi in Nature

webfull — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:33:06 +0000

In a new interview with Nature, Physics Professor and Shaw laureate Victoria Kaspi reflects on the inaugural Hong Kong Laureate Forum and how researchers can foster communication across different generations of scientists.

What was the most common question students asked at panel discussions?

Published: 18 December 2023

Martin Grant earns Morty Yalovsky Lifetime Achievement Award

webfull — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 20:22:30 +0000

Early in his career in physics, Martin Grant thought he had it all figured out.

“When I started, I said to myself ‘well, this is good. Nobody’s going to tell me what to do,” said Grant, Emeritus James UUֱ�� Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Science. “I’ve got the world’s greatest postdoc – me – and I’ll be able to do all the projects that I want to do pretty much by myself.”

“But I quickly realized that if I followed that route, I would be doing a disservice to the students.”

Published: 20 November 2023

The Hackathon returns to UUֱ�� campus

webfull — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 17:17:31 +0000

On November 3-5^th, the UUֱ�� Physics Hackathon held its eighth annual event in person at the Rutherford Physics Building. The event attracted around 150 hackers, from CEGEP and undergraduate backgrounds, who joined forces to produce spectacular projects.

Congratulations to all those who participated!

Published: 20 November 2023

Q&A with Jason Hessels, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Transient Astrophysics

webfull — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 21:30:05 +0000

In a ceremony today at Simon Fraser University, the Honourable Terry Beech, Minister of Citizens’ Services, announced that Professor Jason Hessels has been named the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Transient Astrophysics at UUֱ��.

Published: 16 November 2023