Events
April
| Event Location: Surrey Library (City Centre Branch Room 401) | Speaker: Ludovic Van Waerbeke (University of British Columbia) Antonio Patron Castro (Simon Fraser University)
Venture to the frontiers of modern physics with the Fall 2025 season of the Saturday Morning Lectures, proudly presented by TRIUMF, UBC, and SFU.
Saturday Morning Lectures is an all-ages public lecture series that explores the role of physics at the leading edge of science, from the infinitesimally small world within the atomic nucleus to the furthest reaches of the known Universe – and everything in between!
April 11th, 2026 Schedule:
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March
| Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium (4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3) | Speaker: Ludovic Van Waerbeke (University of British Columbia) Antonio Patron Castro (Simon Fraser University)
Venture to the frontiers of modern physics with the Fall 2025 season of the Saturday Morning Lectures, proudly presented by TRIUMF, UBC, and SFU.
Saturday Morning Lectures is an all-ages public lecture series that explores the role of physics at the leading edge of science, from the infinitesimally small world within the atomic nucleus to the furthest reaches of the known Universe – and everything in between!
March 28th, 2026 Schedule:
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March
| Event Location: TBD | Speaker: Donna Strickland, University of Waterloo
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March
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Alex Pope
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March
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Scott Gaudi, Ohio State University
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March
| Event Location: HENN 201 | Speaker: TBA
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March
| Event Location: Surrey Library (City Centre Branch, Room 401) | Speaker: Ziliang Ye - University of British Columbia Greg Hackman - TRIUMF
Venture to the frontiers of modern physics with the Fall 2025 season of the Saturday Morning Lectures, proudly presented by TRIUMF, UBC, and SFU.
Saturday Morning Lectures is an all-ages public lecture series that explores the role of physics at the leading edge of science, from the infinitesimally small world within the atomic nucleus to the furthest reaches of the known Universe – and everything in between!
March 07th, 2026 Schedule:
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March
| Event Location: HENN 201 | Speaker: Brad Ramshaw, Cornell University
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February
| Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium (4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3) | Speaker: Val Radchenko - TRIUMF Greg Hackman - TRIUMF
Venture to the frontiers of modern physics with the Fall 2025 season of the Saturday Morning Lectures, proudly presented by TRIUMF, UBC, and SFU.
Saturday Morning Lectures is an all-ages public lecture series that explores the role of physics at the leading edge of science, from the infinitesimally small world within the atomic nucleus to the furthest reaches of the known Universe – and everything in between!
February 28th Schedule:
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February
| Event Location: HENN 201 |
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February
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Chiara P. Salemi, UC Berkeley
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February
| Event Location: Surrey Library (City Centre Branch Room 401) | Speaker: Mark Van Raamsdonk - University of British Columbia Peter Unrau - Simon Fraser University
Venture to the frontiers of modern physics with the Fall 2025 season of the Saturday Morning Lectures, proudly presented by TRIUMF, UBC, and SFU.
Saturday Morning Lectures is an all-ages public lecture series that explores the role of physics at the leading edge of science, from the infinitesimally small world within the atomic nucleus to the furthest reaches of the known Universe – and everything in between!
Feb 02, 206 Schedule:
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February
| Event Location: HENN 201 | Speaker: Rob Phillips
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February
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo
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January
| Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium (4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3) | Speaker: Mark Van Raamsdonk - University of British Columbia Peter Unrau - Simon Fraser University
Venture to the frontiers of modern physics with the Fall 2025 season of the Saturday Morning Lectures, proudly presented by TRIUMF, UBC, and SFU.
Saturday Morning Lectures is an all-ages public lecture series that explores the role of physics at the leading edge of science, from the infinitesimally small world within the atomic nucleus to the furthest reaches of the known Universe – and everything in between!
Jan 31 - TRIUMF Auditorium
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January
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Clifford Cheung, Caltech
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January
| Event Location: HEBB 318 | Speaker: Eric Bellm
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January
| Event Location: HENN 201 | Speaker: Thomas E. Baker, University of Victoria
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Computing has been one of the major drivers of changes in modern society over the last 100 years. The invention of the transistor and the progressive miniaturisation of classical computers has led to moon landings, cell phones, and improvements in medicines and materials that we use today.
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January
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Samantha Lawler, University of Regina
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January
| Event Location: BRIM 311 | Speaker: Susanne Stemmer (UCSB)
Bulk cadmium arsenide (Cd3As2) hosts topologically non-trivial bands in its electronic structure. In thin films, it can be engineered to a variety of new topological phases. In this talk, we will discuss topological and correlated insulator states in high-quality quantum wells of Cd3As2, which we grow by molecular beam epitaxy. Using Landau level spectroscopy, we show that the films transition to a two-dimensional topological insulator phase at quantum well thicknesses around 20 nm.
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January
| Event Location: HENN 201 | Speaker: Dr. Douglas Scott, UBC Physics & Astronomy
The UBC Astronomy Club is hosting a fun social next week: Dr. Douglas Scott will be providing a mini lecture with trivia to follow!
- Come by and test your ASTRO knowledge!
- Learn something new about the cosmos!
All are welcome to this event!
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January
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Sarah Vigeland, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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