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March

2014

A calibration of the stellar-mass fundamental plane at <z> = 0.4 using the micro-lensing induced flux ratio anomalies of macro-lensed quasars

| Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Paul Schechter (MIT and Kavli Institute)

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Add to Calendar 2014-03-31T16:00:00 A calibration of the stellar-mass fundamental plane at <z> = 0.4 using the micro-lensing induced flux ratio anomalies of macro-lensed quasars Event Location: Hennings 318

April

2014

The Origin of the Elements and the Critical Role of Binary Stars

| Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium | Speaker: Robert Izzard (U. Bonn)

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Add to Calendar 2014-04-02T14:00:00 The Origin of the Elements and the Critical Role of Binary Stars Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium

April

2014

Spinning Atoms with Light: a new twist on atom optics

| Event Location: Hennings 201 | Speaker: Bill Phillips, NIST Gaithersburg

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Add to Calendar 2014-04-03T16:00:00 Spinning Atoms with Light: a new twist on atom optics Event Location: Hennings 201

April

2014

Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Study of Background Gas Collisions in Atomic Traps”)

| Event Location: Room 318, Hennings Building | Speaker: JANELLE VAN DONGEN

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Add to Calendar 2014-04-09T09:00:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Study of Background Gas Collisions in Atomic Traps”) Event Location: Room 318, Hennings Building

April

2014

BICEP2: B-mode Polarization from Gravitational Waves?

| Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Jim Zibin, UBC

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Add to Calendar 2014-04-09T13:00:00 BICEP2: B-mode Polarization from Gravitational Waves? Event Location: Hennings 318

April

2014

Quantum measurements and the Many-Worlds Theory

| Event Location: St. Johns College (Fairmont Lounge) - 2111 Lower Mall | Speaker: David Wallace - University of Oxford

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Add to Calendar 2014-04-09T19:30:00 Quantum measurements and the Many-Worlds Theory Event Location: St. Johns College (Fairmont Lounge) - 2111 Lower Mall

April

2014

Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative End-of-Year Event

| Event Location: Earth Sciences Building (ESB), 2207 Main Mall |

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Add to Calendar 2014-04-11T09:30:00 Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative End-of-Year Event Event Location: Earth Sciences Building (ESB), 2207 Main Mall

April

2014

Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Advances in Nanopore Sensing for DNA and Protein Analysis”)

| Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: NAHID JETHA

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Add to Calendar 2014-04-11T12:30:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Advances in Nanopore Sensing for DNA and Protein Analysis”) Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre

April

2014

Recent Results on Shape Coexistence in Nuclei

| Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium | Speaker: Wolfram Korten (CEA Saclay)

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Add to Calendar 2014-04-17T14:00:00 Recent Results on Shape Coexistence in Nuclei Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium

April

2014

Science with the SKA

| Event Location: HENNINGS 304 - Note change of room | Speaker: Robert Braun (Square Kilometre Array Observatory)

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Add to Calendar 2014-04-17T16:00:00 Science with the SKA Event Location: HENNINGS 304 - Note change of room

April

2014

Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Baryons, branes, and (striped) black holes: Applications of the gauge / gravity duality to quantum chromodynamics and condensed matter physics)

| Event Location: Henn 302 | Speaker: JARED STANG

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Add to Calendar 2014-04-28T10:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Baryons, branes, and (striped) black holes: Applications of the gauge / gravity duality to quantum chromodynamics and condensed matter physics) Event Location: Henn 302

April

2014

Superradiance of Degenerate Fermi Gases in a Cavity

| Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Zhenhua Yu (Tsinghua University)

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Add to Calendar 2014-04-28T12:00:00 Superradiance of Degenerate Fermi Gases in a Cavity Event Location: Hennings 318

April

2014

Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Structure factors of S=1/2 spin chains and magnetism at the edges of graphene ribbons)

| Event Location: Henn 309 | Speaker: HAMED KARIMI

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Add to Calendar 2014-04-28T14:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Structure factors of S=1/2 spin chains and magnetism at the edges of graphene ribbons) Event Location: Henn 309

May

2014

Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Search for new neutral high-mass resonances decaying into muon pairs with the ATLAS detector)

| Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: SIMON VIEL

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-01T14:30:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Search for new neutral high-mass resonances decaying into muon pairs with the ATLAS detector) Event Location: Henn 318

May

2014

Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: The AdS / CFT Correspondence: bulk to boundary map and applications)

| Event Location: Henn 302 | Speaker: FERNANDO NOGUEIRA

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-02T13:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: The AdS / CFT Correspondence: bulk to boundary map and applications) Event Location: Henn 302

May

2014

Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Extracting Molecular Information from Spectroscopic Data)

| Event Location: Chem D215 | Speaker: CIAN MENZEL-JONES

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-02T14:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Extracting Molecular Information from Spectroscopic Data) Event Location: Chem D215

May

2014

Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Variational studies of dressed quasiparticles' properties and their interactions with external potentials)

| Event Location: Henn 309 | Speaker: HADI EBRAHIMNEJAD

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-05T13:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Variational studies of dressed quasiparticles' properties and their interactions with external potentials) Event Location: Henn 309

May

2014

Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Exotic Phenomena in Topological States of Matter)

| Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: MOHAMMAD M.VAZIFEH

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-05T14:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Exotic Phenomena in Topological States of Matter) Event Location: Henn 318

May

2014

Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Merging Black Hole and Cosmological Horizons)

| Event Location: Henn 301 | Speaker: ALAIN PRAT

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-07T09:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Merging Black Hole and Cosmological Horizons) Event Location: Henn 301

May

2014

Correlated Worldline Theory: a Progress Report

| Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Philip Stamp, UBC

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-07T13:00:00 Correlated Worldline Theory: a Progress Report Event Location: Hennings 318

May

2014

The Decade of the WIMP

| Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium | Speaker: Edward &quot;Rocky&quot; Kolb (U Chicago)

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-07T14:00:00 The Decade of the WIMP Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium

May

2014

Techniques for teaching critical thinking in a first year physics laboratory

| Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Natasha Holmes

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-08T11:00:00 Techniques for teaching critical thinking in a first year physics laboratory Event Location: Hennings 318

May

2014

Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Momentum-space entanglement and the gravity of entanglement in AdS/CFT)

| Event Location: Henn 302 | Speaker: MICHAEL MCDERMOTT

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-14T14:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: Momentum-space entanglement and the gravity of entanglement in AdS/CFT) Event Location: Henn 302

May

2014

Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: A Detailed Doping Survey of the Low-Energy Electrodynamics of YBa2Cu3O6+x)

| Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: JORDAN BAGLO

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-21T14:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: A Detailed Doping Survey of the Low-Energy Electrodynamics of YBa2Cu3O6+x) Event Location: Henn 318

May

2014

Recent Results on Shape Coexistence in Nuclei

| Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium | Speaker: Wolfram Korten (CEA Saclay)

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-22T14:00:00 Recent Results on Shape Coexistence in Nuclei Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium

May

2014

Within & beyond academia: Science Communication and Outreach

| Event Location: Henn 304 | Speaker: Theresa Liao

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-23T12:00:00 Within & beyond academia: Science Communication and Outreach Event Location: Henn 304

May

2014

Public Solar Observations (UBC Alumni Weekend)

| Event Location: North side of the Hennings Building (the area between the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and Hennings) | Speaker: Mike Alexandersen

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-24T11:00:00 Public Solar Observations (UBC Alumni Weekend) Event Location: North side of the Hennings Building (the area between the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and Hennings)

May

2014

The M-Theory Description of Type-IIA Quantum Black Holes

| Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: Carlos Shahbazi, CEA-Saclay

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-28T13:00:00 The M-Theory Description of Type-IIA Quantum Black Holes Event Location: Henn 318

May

2014

Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: "Models and Probes of the Early and Dark Universe: Inflation and 21-cm Radiation in Cosmology")

| Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: MICHAEL SITWELL

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Add to Calendar 2014-05-30T12:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: "Models and Probes of the Early and Dark Universe: Inflation and 21-cm Radiation in Cosmology") Event Location: Henn 318

May

2014

Preparing students for research experiences through instructional labs

| Event Location: Hennings 304 | Speaker: Heather Lewandowski

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June

2014

Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Superconducting Pairing Symmetry: Application to LiFeAs")

| Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: SHUN CHI

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Add to Calendar 2014-06-02T14:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Superconducting Pairing Symmetry: Application to LiFeAs") Event Location: Henn 318

June

2014

In Search of Double Beta-Decay

| Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium | Speaker: Kai Zuber (TU Dresden)

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Add to Calendar 2014-06-05T14:00:00 In Search of Double Beta-Decay Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium

June

2014

An EVENING on TIME

| Event Location: Hebb Theatre, 2045 East Mall, UBC | Speaker: Sir Tony Leggett and Sir Roger Penrose

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Add to Calendar 2014-06-05T19:30:00 An EVENING on TIME Event Location: Hebb Theatre, 2045 East Mall, UBC

June

2014

Robust design principles for quantum enhanced excitation transport

| Event Location: Chem D-215 | Speaker: Andreas Buchleitner

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Add to Calendar 2014-06-11T14:00:00 Robust design principles for quantum enhanced excitation transport Event Location: Chem D-215

June

2014

Turbulent nuclear burning and the exotic formation of heavy elements in stars

| Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium | Speaker: Falk Herwig (U Victoria)

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Add to Calendar 2014-06-12T14:00:00 Turbulent nuclear burning and the exotic formation of heavy elements in stars Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium

June

2014

Dipole moments in long-range Rydberg molecule

| Event Location: Chem D-215 | Speaker: Seth Rittenhouse, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

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Add to Calendar 2014-06-19T14:00:00 Dipole moments in long-range Rydberg molecule Event Location: Chem D-215

June

2014

Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Structure factors of S=1/2 spin chains and magnetism at the edges of graphene ribbons”)

| Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: HAMED KARIMI

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Add to Calendar 2014-06-23T12:30:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Structure factors of S=1/2 spin chains and magnetism at the edges of graphene ribbons”) Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre

July

2014

Two New Tools: Learning Catalytics and Remark Office

| Event Location: Henn 318 | Speaker: Georg Rieger

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Add to Calendar 2014-07-03T12:00:00 Two New Tools: Learning Catalytics and Remark Office Event Location: Henn 318

July

2014

Quantum non-Gaussian and Gaussian States at Multiple Side-band Frequencies

| Event Location: Chem D-215 | Speaker: Katanya Kuntz, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia

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Add to Calendar 2014-07-03T15:00:00 Quantum non-Gaussian and Gaussian States at Multiple Side-band Frequencies Event Location: Chem D-215

July

2014

Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Variational Studies of Dressed Quasiparticles’ Properties and their Interactions with External Potentials”)

| Event Location: Room 200, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: SEYED HADI EBRAHIMNEJAD RAHBARI

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Add to Calendar 2014-07-14T12:30:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Variational Studies of Dressed Quasiparticles’ Properties and their Interactions with External Potentials”) Event Location: Room 200, Graduate Student Centre

July

2014

Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Baryons, Branes, and (Striped) Black Holes: Applications of the Gauge / Gravity Duality to Quantum Chromodynamics and Condensed Matter Physics”)

| Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: JARED STANG

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Add to Calendar 2014-07-15T12:30:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Baryons, Branes, and (Striped) Black Holes: Applications of the Gauge / Gravity Duality to Quantum Chromodynamics and Condensed Matter Physics”) Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre

July

2014

When does a scalar field in AdS collapse to a black hole?

| Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Steve Liebling, Long Island University

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Add to Calendar 2014-07-15T13:00:00 When does a scalar field in AdS collapse to a black hole? Event Location: Hennings 318

July

2014

Two-dimensional electron gases at oxide interfaces

| Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Clayton Jackson, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Add to Calendar 2014-07-17T11:00:00 Two-dimensional electron gases at oxide interfaces Event Location: Hennings 318

July

2014

Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “The AdS/CFT Correspondence: bulk to boundary map and applications”)

| Event Location: Room 318, Hennings Building | Speaker: FERNANDO MICHELL FALIERI NOGUEIRA

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July

2014

Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: "Cyclotron-based production of radioisotopes for medical imaging studies”)

| Event Location: Room 597, Research Pavillion, Vancouver General Hospital | Speaker: XINCHI HOU

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Add to Calendar 2014-07-22T10:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: "Cyclotron-based production of radioisotopes for medical imaging studies”) Event Location: Room 597, Research Pavillion, Vancouver General Hospital

July

2014

Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Searches for new Resonances Decaying to Top-Antitop Quark Pairs with the ATLAS Detector in 7 Tev Proton-Proton Collisions”)

| Event Location: Room 200, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: STEPHEN SWEDISH

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Add to Calendar 2014-07-22T16:00:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Searches for new Resonances Decaying to Top-Antitop Quark Pairs with the ATLAS Detector in 7 Tev Proton-Proton Collisions”) Event Location: Room 200, Graduate Student Centre

July

2014

Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “A Detailed Doping Survey of the Low-Energy Electrodynamics of YBa2Cu3O6+x”)

| Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: JORDAN CARL BAGLO

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Add to Calendar 2014-07-24T09:00:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “A Detailed Doping Survey of the Low-Energy Electrodynamics of YBa2Cu3O6+x”) Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre

July

2014

Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Search for New Neutral High-Mass Resonances Decaying into Muon Pairs with the ATLAS Detector")

| Event Location: Room 200, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: SIMON VIEL

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Add to Calendar 2014-07-24T16:00:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Search for New Neutral High-Mass Resonances Decaying into Muon Pairs with the ATLAS Detector") Event Location: Room 200, Graduate Student Centre

July

2014

Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Extracting Molecular Information from Spectroscopic Data”)

| Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre | Speaker: CIAN JOHN MENZEL-JONES

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Add to Calendar 2014-07-25T12:30:00 Final PhD Oral Examination (Thesis Title: “Extracting Molecular Information from Spectroscopic Data”) Event Location: Room 203, Graduate Student Centre

July

2014

Choose Your Own Adventure: Multiplicity of Planets among the Kepler M Dwarfs

| Event Location: Hennings 318 | Speaker: Sarah Ballard (NASA Carl Sagan Fellow, University of Washington)

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Add to Calendar 2014-07-28T14:00:00 Choose Your Own Adventure: Multiplicity of Planets among the Kepler M Dwarfs Event Location: Hennings 318