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Current Events Lia Merminga, former TRIUMF Head, Accelerator Division, to become Director of Fermilab 11 April 2022 Dr. Lia Merminga, who led TRIUMF’s Accelerator Division from 2008 to 2016, has been appointed to lead Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), effective April 18, 2022.
Current Events TRIUMF marks International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022 11 February 2022 Three TRIUMF community members are lending their unique voices to the global International Day of Women and Girls in Science (#IDWGS2022) initiative. 
Headlines Dr. Reiner Kruecken to join Berkeley Laboratory as Division Director, Nuclear Physics 09 February 2022 After 11 years of dedicated service to TRIUMF, Dr. Reiner Kruecken, Deputy Director, Research, will be moving on from TRIUMF to join Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as Division Director, Nuclear Physics Division
Current Events TRIUMF-led CaNPAN tapped to join International Research Network for Nuclear Astrophysics 07 February 2022 The Canadian Nuclear Physics for Astrophysics Network (CaNPAN), a national network of nuclear astrophysics researchers from TRIUMF and other Canadian institutions, has been selected to join the International Research Network for Nuclear Astrophysics (IReNA)
Current Events Former TRIUMF Director Dr. Nigel Lockyer awarded OBE 13 January 2022 Dr. Nigel Lockyer, who served as TRIUMF’s Director from 2007 to 2013, has been awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, or OBE, for his services to science and UK/US relations.
Current Events Verma Family gifts $25,000 to establish Vijay and Shiksha Verma Family Endowment Fund for TRIUMF 07 January 2022 TRIUMF is pleased to announce that Vijay Verma, Researcher Emeritus and alumnus, and his wife Shiksha have made a generous contribution of $25,000 to establish the Vijay and Shiksha Verma Family Endowment Fund
Awards & Honours TRIUMF-UBC co-op student Emily Love scores multiple accolades at Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference awards 08 December 2021 Emily Love, a 4th year Engineering Physics student at the University of British Columbia currently undertaking a co-op semester with TRIUMF’s Theory Group and Research Scientist Dr. Jason Holt, has been awarded a trio of top awards as part of the Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference (CUPC) 2021. 
Experimental Result IRIS provides a glimpse of deformation in helium-8 16 November 2021 New TRIUMF research from the Saint Mary’s University-led IRIS group has unveiled an unexpected shape deformation in the nucleus of helium-8, providing further insight into the unique dynamics of how neutron-rich nuclei take shape and maintain stability. 
Current Events TRIUMF’s DRAGON celebrates 20th anniversary 05 November 2021 The DRAGON experiment has been a mainstay in TRIUMF’s scientific portfolio since 2001, measuring the majority of the world’s radiative capture reactions with rare isotope beams so far and, in the process, making a number of first-in-the-world measurements.  
Current Events Work Integrated Learning brings 360° experiential learning for TRIUMF 27 October 2021 After more than a year of virtual sessions, TRIUMF’s Work Integrated Learning program is bringing together the laboratory’s co-op employees, graduate students, and post-docs for a suite of hands-on 360° experiential learning. Led by Vishnu Vardhan, TRIUMF’s Lead for Work Integrated Learning, the in-person activities explore a variety of professional skills aimed at augmenting the technical training students receive in their roles at the laboratory.

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