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Launchpad Program
We are inviting undergraduate students from equity-deserving groups in physics and astronomy – who are women or non-binary, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), 2SLGBTQ+, living with disabilities, and/or are in the first generation in their family to attend university – to join our Launchpad Program. For more information, visit the launchpad website at https://launchpad.phas.ubc.ca.
Department Events & Colloquia
- Thursday, March 31 at 4pm PST Heavy Water: a Canadian (and BC) story with Chris Waltham
Department News
- PhD alumna Deborah Good awarded 2022 CASCA Plaskett Medal for best PhD thesis (March 28, 2022)
- PHAS students took on Three-Minute-Thesis challenge (March 23, 2022)
- "Humans of PHAS - stories behind UBC physicists and astronomers" website launched (March 22, 2022)
- Semiahmoo Secondary emerged as top overall team in 2022 Virtual UBC Physics Olympics (March 21, 2022)
- PHAS alumna Shawna Narayan recognized by inauguarl UBC Envisioning Equality award (March 17, 2022)
- Bruce White (1931-2022) (March 17, 2022)
- Other PHAS Department News
Recent YouTube videos
- Tips for considering graduate school in physics & astronomy with Dr. Jess McIver (UBC)
- "Launch Experience and Status of the James Webb Space Telescope" with Rene Doyon (UdeM)
- "A window on TRIUMF" with Nigel Smith (TRIUMF)
- Laneways: The Most Boring Talk You'll Ever Hear About Vancouver with Douglas Scott (UBC)
- Juggling Dynamics (with Q&A) with Troy Shinbrot (Rutgers) and Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse (Cornell)