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: In the atrium outside of HENN 200 |
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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: SFU Harbour Centre, downtown Vancouver (515 West Hastings St. Vancouver, B.C. / V6B 5K3) | Challenge Theatre | Speaker: Donna Strickland, University of Waterloo
Welcome to this public talk, by Canadian Nobel-Prize winning physicist, Donna Strickland!
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March
| Event Location: Vancouver Public Library - Central Branch (Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level) | Speaker: Dr. Doug McCollor, UBC Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS)
Curious about how the universe actually works? Join the experts from UBC’s Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS) to find out fun facts about everything from the Milky Way to radio waves in this new, accessible science series: How the Universe Works! All are welcome!
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March
| Event Location: HENN 201 | Speaker: Donna Strickland, University of Waterloo
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March
| Event Location: In the atrium outside of HENN 200 |
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March
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Alexandra Pope, University of Massachusetts
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March
| Event Location: in the atrium outside of HENN 200 |
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March
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Scott Gaudi, Ohio State University
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March
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Nivin N. Nyström, LSRF Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech
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March
| Event Location: BRIM 311 | Speaker: Ralf Drautz (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
The atomic-scale simulation of technological materials requires a departure from task-specific approximations toward universal foundations capable of generalizing across diverse chemistries. While first-principles methods offer the necessary accuracy, they lack the scalability required for foundational coverage. This presentation introduces the Graph Atomic Cluster Expansion (GRACE), a framework designed to bridge this gap by providing a mathematically complete and computationally efficient description of atomic interactions.
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