News Stories 2016-2017
Colloquium: Dark matter particles and where to find them
Colloquium: Thursday, May 11 2017 3:30 - 4:30 pm Room: 238 Tory Building (TB) Speaker: Dr. Simon Viel Title: Dark matter particles and where to find themAbstract:
Dark matter is one of the most…
Colloquium: Detectors and Dark Matter
Colloquium: Thursday, May 18 2017 3:30 - 4:30 pm Room: 5345 HP (Herzberg Building) Speaker: Dr. Mark Ward Title: Detectors and Dark Matter
Abstract:
The history of particle physics is owed to both…
Carleton Welcomes New Research Chair in Physics
Carleton University’s Mark Boulay, professor in the Department of Physics, has been named a Tier-1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Particle Astrophysics and Subatomic Physics.
Carleton’s Sonia Chiasson has also been…
Congratulations to Sangeeta
Congratulations to Sangeeta as one of the recipients to receive the "New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award".
Details at:
http://mailchi.mp/carleton/teaching-and-learning-services-june-newsletter
Congratulations to Cambridge students
High school students from Cambridge, Ontario, win chance to test experiment at CERN.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/06/13/high-school-students-from-cambridge-ont-win-chance-to-test-experiment-at-cern.html
Graham Cree: University medal for outstanding graduate work at the doctorate level
By Susan Hickman
A Carleton University physics student who was involved in the discovery of the Higgs boson particle views his studies as “a long series of small victories.”
Graham Cree, 27,…
The Next Stage of ATLAS
By Dan Rubinstein
Photos by Justin Tang and CERN
At 46 metres long, 25 metres high and 25 metres wide, the 7,000-tonne ATLAS detector is the largest particle detector ever built. It’s one of two general-purpose…
Lawrence Krauss Endows Scholarship
By Dan Rubinstein
As director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University, internationally renowned theoretical physicist and Carleton alumnus, Lawrence Krauss, leads a diverse collection of scientists and…