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We celebrate this year’s PHAS Staff award winners, Adele Ruosi and Mike Han for their numerous contributions to the Department in student support, Physics curriculum development and education.
Awarded annually at the PHAS Holiday lunch party, Department staff service awards are awarded to those who have contributed greatly towards the Department in the areas of service, administration and leadership.
It is a pleasure to share the exciting news of Gabby Gelinas, a dedicated 1st year graduate student in subatomic physics, who has been honoured with the notable International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship!
In a testament to her pioneering work in astrophysics, PHAS faculty Allison Man has recently received substantial funding from the BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) for her project: “Infrastructure for advancing galaxy evolution research with the James Webb Space Telescope and the Gemini Observatory”.
It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of our long-time friend and colleague, Professor Harvey Richer, on November 13th, 2023. He was a cherished member of the Department known for his humour, kindness and generosity.
Harvey received his PhD from the University of Rochester, and immediately joined UBC as part of the UBC Geophysics and Astronomy Department in 1970. During a University reorganization in 1996, Astronomy joined with Physics to create our current Physics and Astronomy Department, where he had been a keystone member ever since.
It is our pleasure to announce the outstanding achievement of PHAS staff member Bridget Hamilton, a valued member of the PHAS administrative team, as the recipient of a 35-year UBC Staff Service Award for more than three decades of administrative service to UBC.
The UBC 25 Year Club recognizes non-faculty staff who have 25 years of accumulated service, and has recently expanded to celebrate staff who have achieved 35, 40 and 50 years of active service.
The Americas are poised for an extraordinary cosmic display with two eagerly anticipated solar eclipses gracing the skies in October 2023 and April 2024.
The October 14 event is an annular solar eclipse, where a partial eclipse will unfold as the new moon gracefully maneuvers between the sun and Earth when the moon is at its furthest distance from the Earth. This results in the appearance of a radiant burning 'halo' or 'fiery ring' behind the moon.
A version of this article was shared by UBC, published here on September 27, 2023.
In the world’s first observation of the effect of gravity on antimatter, a group of researchers from Canada and around the world have made an important confirmation: like matter, antimatter does indeed ‘fall downwards’.
A version of this article originally appeared on the UBC Media Relations website here.
We are honoured to announce that PHAS faculty, Dr. Mark Van Raamsdonk has been recognized for his exceptional achievements in science by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Mark is one of five UBC Science faculty appointed as RSC Fellows in the Class of 2023.
A version of this article originally appeared on the UBC Media Relations website here.
We are delighted to announce that PHAS staff member Mandana Amiri has received the prestigious President’s Service Award for Excellence (PSAE) for her outstanding contributions to UBC in the area of her work and personal achievements. This award is UBC’s top honour for staff at UBC.
Report on Canada's participation in the 53rd International Physics Olympiad in Tokyo, Japan
- By Andrzej Kotlicki, UBC
It was great to see the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) running in-person after a 3-year COVID break. The 53rd IPhO took place from July 9 to July 17, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.
