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Please join us on Wednesday, November 26th at 3:30 p.m. PST for an in-person colloquium by Dr. Deborah Lockhorst, NRC Herzberg✨

For more information: events.uvic.ca/physics/even...

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November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Please join us on Wednesday, November 19th at 3:30 p.m. PST for an in-person colloquium by Dr. Vincent Tabard-Cossa, University of Ottawa✨

For more information: events.uvic.ca/physics/even...

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November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Join the 63rd Winter Nuclear & Particle Physics Conference (WNPPC) in Banff, Alberta from February 12 to 15th, 2026 ✨❄

For more information on the conference, and to submit your abstract: indico.triumf.ca/event/830/

#UVic #UniversityofVictoria #UVicScience #WNPPC2026 #PhysicsConference #Banff
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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We are pleased to announce the launch of "The Pale Blue Data Point: An Earth-based Perspective on the Search for Alien Life" by Dr. Jon Willis 📚✨

Join us for a special event featuring a presentation by the author, followed by a book signing and sale.

Everyone is welcome!

#UVic #UVicScience
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Please join us on Wednesday, November 5th at 3:30 p.m. PDT for an in-person colloquium by Dr. Justin Albert, University of Victoria ✨

For more information: events.uvic.ca/physics/even...

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October 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Please join us on Wednesday, October 29th at 3:30 p.m. PDT for an in-person colloquium by Dr. Clemens Grassberger, University of Washington ✨

For more information: events.uvic.ca/physics/even...

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October 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Please join us on Wednesday, October 22nd at 3:30 p.m. PDT for an in-person colloquium by Dr. Larry Nittler, Arizona State University ✨

For more information: events.uvic.ca/physics/even...

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October 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Please join us on Wednesday, October 15th at 3:30 p.m. PDT for an in-person colloquium by Dr. Mark van Raamsdonk, University of British Columbia ✨

For more information: events.uvic.ca/physics/even...

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October 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Please join us on Wednesday, October 8th at 3:30 p.m. PDT for an in-person colloquium by Dr. Francis Halzen, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison ✨

For more info: events.uvic.ca/physics/even...

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October 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Please join us on Wednesday, October 1st at 3:30 p.m. PDT for an in-person colloquium by Dr. Tobias Junginger, University of Victoria ✨

For more information: events.uvic.ca/physics/even...

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September 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Please join us on Wednesday, September 17th at 3:30 p.m. PDT for an in-person colloquium by Dr. Curtis T. Asplund, San José State University ✨

For more information: events.uvic.ca/physics/even...

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September 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Please join us on Wednesday, September 10th at 3:30 p.m. PDT for an in-person colloquium by Dr. Kai-Mei Fu, University of Washington ✨

For more information: events.uvic.ca/physics/even...

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September 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. Ruobing Dong (Physics & Astronomy) on being elected to the Royal Society of Canada for his outstanding contributions to the study of exoplanets and planetary origins 🎉✨

Learn more: news.uvic.ca/2025/royal-s...
September 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Congratulations to PhD candidate Olivia Masella on winning 2nd place in the Young Investigator Symposium at the 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP) 🎉✨

Learn more: comp-ocpm.ca/english/abou...

#UVic #UniversityofVictoria #MedicalPhysics #KOALA
June 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Join us in congratulating Akshara Viswanathan for being 1 of 3 winners in this year's Gruber Fellowship Awards 🎉👏

Learn more: www.iau.org/Iau/News/Ann...

#UVic #UniversityofVictoria #UVicScience #Astronomy #GruberFellowship
May 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Congratulations to our Medical Physics PhD student, Jade Fischer, who took home 3rd place at the 2025 Western Regional 3MT Competition! 🥉👏

Watch the 3-Minute Thesis: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tt5...

#UVic #UniversityofVictoria #UVicScience #MedicalPhysics #3MT2025 #3MinuteThesis
May 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Join us this summer every Wednesday from May 14th to August 27th for a night under the stars ✨

Look through our telescopes and chat with astronomy enthusiasts. Free and open to all—rain or shine! 🔭

For more info: www.uvic.ca/science/phys...

#UVic #UVicObservatory #UVicAstro #Stargazing #YYJEvents
May 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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PhD Astronomy candidate Simon Smith will speak at the Nanaimo Astronomy Club today 🌌

Proud to see UVic research reaching the stars — and the community 🚀

Read the article: www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/n...

#UVic #UniversityofVictoria #UVicScience #UVicResearch #Astronomy
April 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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KOALA, a new dual-robot radiotherapy system developed by members of our department, aims to make treatment more affordable and accessible worldwide 🩻✨
#UVic #UniversityofVictoria #UvicScience #MedicalPhysics #Radiotherapy

Read the article here: physicsworld.com/a/dual-robot...
April 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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UVic Researchers are among global researchers honoured with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their work with the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN 🎉

Learn More: news.uvic.ca/media-releas...

#UVic #UniversityofVictoria #UVicScience #CERN #ATLAS #Physics #LargeHadronCollider
April 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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UVic Astronomy PhD Candidate, Dori Blakely, was recently interviewed on CBC Radio's 'Quirks & Quarks' segment 👏

Title: "Watching planets form in a baby solar system"

Listen to the podcast here:
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

#UVic #UniversityofVictoria #Astronomy #UVicAstro #CBCRadio #CBCNews
April 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Congratulations to Jess Speedie, who was announced today as one of the 8 outstanding post-doctoral scientists to be honoured the '51 Pegasi b Fellow Award' for 2025 🎉👏

Learn more: www.hsfoundation.org/fellow/jess-...

#51PegasibFellows #UVic #UniversityofVictoria #MIT #Astronomy
March 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Please join us on Wednesday, April 2nd at 3:30 p.m. PDT for an in-person colloquium by Dr. Lukasz Fidkowski, University of Washington ✨

For more information: events.uvic.ca/physics/even...

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March 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. William Thompson '23, of ARC and NRC-Herzberg, who was named as the recipient of the 2025 CASCA Plaskett Medal and the NRC Herzberg Plaskett Fellowship for Most Outstanding Doctoral Thesis in Astronomy or Astrophysics 🎉

#UVic #UVicScience #CASCA #ARC #NRCHerzberg #Astronomy
March 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. Alan McConnachie, of ARC and NRC-Herzberg, who was named as the recipient of the 2025 CASCA Peter G. Martin award for their Mid-Career Achievement 🎉

#UVic #UVicScience #CASCA #ARC #NRCHerzberg #Astronomy
March 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM