2015 Past Events

Graduate Research at the Frontiers of Physics & Astronomy

Fri. Nov. 27, 2015 3:00 PM - Fri. Nov. 27, 2015 4:45 PM
3:00pm - Caffeine, confections and congeniality3:30pm - Lectures commence4:45pm - Quaff, peck and ponder 1.  Sheryl Herrera Using... Read More

Colloquium: Thomas Linder, TRIUMF

Fri. Nov. 20, 2015 12:30 PM - Fri. Nov. 20, 2015 1:20 PM
Status of T2K and Planning for Hyper-Kamiokande In this talk I will briefly cover the current status of the T2K, before describing the proposed... Read More

Colloquium: Brad Cownden and Fady Shaker

Fri. Nov. 13, 2015 12:30 PM - Fri. Nov. 13, 2015 1:20 PM
Brad Cownden PhD Student, University of WinnipegSupervisor: Dr. Andrew Frey TITLE: To Infinity and Back: Modelling Black Hole Formation in Anti-de... Read More

Public Talk: Dr. Blair Jamieson

Fri. Oct. 30, 2015 12:30 PM - Fri. Oct. 30, 2015 1:30 PM
Dr. Blair Jamieson, University of Winnipeg Winnipeg connection to the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 was awarded... Read More

Colloquium - Dr. Jamie Ritch

Fri. Oct. 23, 2015 12:30 PM - Fri. Oct. 23, 2015 1:20 PM
Dr. Jamie Ritch, University of Winnipeg Ligands for Coordination Chemistry Incorporating Selenium Selenium has widespread applications in... Read More

Colloquium: Dr. Saurya Das

Fri. Oct. 2, 2015 12:30 PM - Fri. Oct. 2, 2015 1:30 PM
Dr. Saurya Das, University of Lethbridge Our Universe: the known, unknown and some speculations Our Universe is quite simple at scales larger than... Read More

Colloquium - Dr. Blair Jamieson

Fri. Sep. 25, 2015 12:30 PM - Fri. Sep. 25, 2015 1:20 PM
Dr. Blair Jamieson, University of Winnipeg Quantum Adventures with Neutrinos The neutrino was originally proposed by Pauli as a mass-less, weakly... Read More

10th Annual Randy Kobes Poster Competition

Wed. Sep. 16, 2015 9:00 AM - Wed. Sep. 16, 2015 1:00 PM
The Faculty of Science is proud to announce the 10th Annual Randy Kobes Poster Competition! Read More

Colloquium: Dr. Hideki Maeda

Fri. Jul. 17, 2015 3:30 PM - Fri. Jul. 17, 2015 4:30 PM
Dr. Hideki Maeda, Professor at Hokkai-Gakuen University in Sapporo, Japan All are welcome to join the Physics department on Friday, July 17th,... Read More

Physics Honours Students' Presentations of Theses

Mon. Apr. 6, 2015 2:00 PM - Mon. Apr. 6, 2015 5:00 PM
Student Presentations of Honours Theses Research Physics Honours students will each present their Honours Thesis work - the culmination of their... Read More

Graduate Research Talk

Fri. Mar. 27, 2015 3:30 PM - Fri. Mar. 27, 2015 4:30 PM
University of Manitoba Physics' Colloquium "Graduate Research at the Frontiers of Physics and Astronomy" Graduate Students in the... Read More

CAP Lecture Tour - Dr. Lindsay LeBlanc

Fri. Mar. 13, 2015 12:30 PM - Fri. Mar. 13, 2015 1:20 PM
Dr. Lindsay LeBlanc University of Alberta, Department of Physics Exploring the Secrets of Many-Particle Quantum Systems Using Laser-Cooled Quantum... Read More

Lecture of Interest - Probabilities from Lotteries to Polls

Fri. Feb. 27, 2015 12:30 PM - Fri. Feb. 27, 2015 1:30 PM
Dr. Jeffrey Rosenthal University of Toronto, Department of Statistics From Lotteries to Polls to Monte Carlo This talk will use randomness and... Read More

Prairie Seminar Series - Dr. Doug Gingrich

Fri. Feb. 13, 2015 12:30 PM - Fri. Feb. 13, 2015 1:20 PM
Dr. Doug Gingrich University of Alberta, Department of Physics The Higgs Boson: Road to the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics The 2013 Nobel Prize in... Read More

3 Minute Thesis Competition - Vanessa Palmer

Wed. Feb. 11, 2015 12:30 PM - Wed. Feb. 11, 2015 2:30 PM
Vanessa Palmer (Co-supervisors: Drs. M. Martin and F. Lin) will compete in the 3 Minute Thesis Competition! Come out to show your support! Click... Read More

Prarie Seminar Series - Dr. Locke Spencer

Fri. Feb. 6, 2015 12:30 PM - Fri. Feb. 6, 2015 1:20 PM
Dr. Locke Spencer University of Lethbridge, Department of Physics & Astronomy The Far-Infrared Universe: From Star Formation to the Cosmic... Read More

Lecture of Interest - Psychology of Pseudoscience

Wed. Feb. 4, 2015 12:30 PM - Wed. Feb. 4, 2015 1:30 PM
The Psychology of Pseudoscience Dr. Clark is a cognitive psychologist interested in the fallibility of human thinking and the corrective nature of... Read More

Prairie Seminar Series - Dr. Andrew Yau

Fri. Jan. 23, 2015 12:30 PM - Fri. Jan. 23, 2015 1:30 PM
Dr. Andrew Yau University of Calgary, Department of Physics & Astronomy "Visualizing the Invisible in Space: CASSIOPE e-POP" The... Read More

Colloquium - Dr. Ross Stokke

Fri. Jan. 9, 2015 12:30 PM - Fri. Jan. 9, 2015 1:20 PM
Dr. Ross Stokke University of Winnipeg, Deptartment of Mathematics "The Banach-Tarski Paradox" Simply put, the Banach-Tarski paradox says... Read More