News Stories 2017-2018

The Particle Astrophysics Group at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate. The successful applicant will participate in data analysis for the DEAP-3600 experiment, as well as research and development of silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) detectors for next-generation noble liquid experiments searching for dark matter and neutrinoless double beta decay. 

Dr. Pauline Gagnon from University of Indiana will give a physics departement public lecture titled "Improbable feats and useless discoveries". The event is open to the public and free of charge.

To honour Sundar’s legacy, this fundraising campaign is aimed at establishing a memorial scholarship in his honour that will be awarded to a Carleton student in the Theoretical Physics program.

David Sinclair and Mark Boulay are each presenting talks during the SNOLAB exhibit. Please find more information below. 

SNOLAB Exhibit at Carleton University

October 3 - 23, 2017
Fenn Lounge, Residence Commons

Carleton University is pleased to host New Eyes on the Universe, an exhibit about the Science of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) and SNOLAB, from October 3 to 23, 2017.

You're invited to attend From the Sun, to the Universe: Your Hidden Connections to the Cosmos, a Public Lecture by Lawrence Krauss, Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration and Director of the Origins Project, Arizona State University

Sunday, October 22 at 7 pm
Kailash Mital Theatre, Southam Hall

Grad Research: "Heart-y" Research

More than four billion diagnostic radiological procedures are performed around the world every year.

Congratulations to Graham Cree, a graduate student in the Department of Physics, working in the ATLAS team, has been awarded the prestigious Governor General's Medal during the Fall Convocation ceremonies. For more information, please visit Carleton's convocation site here.