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Current Events |
Post-Secondary Education Caucus Tours TRIUMF |
23 December 2009 |
Last week, members of the PSE Caucus toured TRIUMF to learn more about the lab and the research and training opportunities it provides Canadian graduate and undergraduate students. |
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Current Events |
2009: A Triple Crown Year for TRIUMF |
21 December 2009 |
The TRIUMF community gathered together on December 14 to celebrate three major milestones: 40 years of success, 35 years of the Cyclotron, and 10 years of rare-isotope beams. |
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Current Events |
Dr. Vogt Delivers His Last Physics Lecture |
17 December 2009 |
After 45 years of teaching first year Physics at the UBC, Dr. Erich Vogt delivered his final lecture to his last class of Physics 107 students. Many of his colleagues and past students were also in attendance. |
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Current Events |
Glen Stinson (1939-2009): Nuclear Physics Pioneer |
15 December 2009 |
On December 11, 2009 Glen Stinson of Edmonton died peacefully at the age of 69 years. He was instrumental in the early years of TRIUMF and will be missed. |
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Current Events |
Inaugural TRIUMF "Alumni" Gathering |
15 December 2009 |
Past employees and associates of TRIUMF gathered this past Sunday for the inauguration of the TRIUMF Alumni and Retirees Association. People trekked through falling snow to recollect --- and reflect. |
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Current Events |
Promoting Accelerator Science Across Canada |
08 December 2009 |
Last month, Dr. Lia Merminga was invited to participate in a series of colloquia at York University and U of T where she presented on the state of accelerator science in Canada. |
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Awards & Honours |
Three TRIUMF Researchers Receive Top U.S. Honours |
30 November 2009 |
Two of TRIUMF's accelerator physicists, Robert E. Laxdal and Richard A. Baartman, and a leading nuclear-physics collaborator from the University of Manitoba, Shelley Page, have been elected to Fellowship in the American Physical Society. |
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Current Events |
Pioneer of TRIUMF Passes Away |
25 November 2009 |
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Dr. Edward Auld, an original member of the TRIUMF Design Study team and designer of the TRIUMF cyclotron magnet. |
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Current Events |
LHC Colliding Beams After Decade of Preparation |
24 November 2009 |
In three days, the world's largest particle accelerator, CERN's Large Hadron Collider, passed two major milestones, successful restart and circulation & collision of two beams. |
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Current Events |
Saturday Morning Lectures Attract Record Crowds |
20 November 2009 |
On Saturday, November 14, over 135 students and community members came out to listen to this month's presentations at the TRIUMF, UBC, SFU Saturday Morning Lecture Series. |
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