SuperCDMS (Cryogenic Dark Matter Search) Experiment Meeting
August 3-5, 2022
Up a creek without a paddle?
Try gunwale bobbing: U of T study
Science Straight Up featuring Prof. Anton Zilman
Tiny Gatekeepers of the Nano Universe: How Nuclear Pores in our Cells Separate Friend From Foe
UCL & University of Toronto: Joint workshop on Physics of Biological Assemblies
August 2-4, 2022
2:00 pm–6:00 pm
INSPIRE Scholars Drug Discovery Program Celebrates Summer Launch
A new interdisciplinary program is inspiring the next generation of researchers and entrepreneurs.
27th International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP 2022)
The Hunt is on for New Breakthroughs in Physics
Professor Pierre Savard discusses the ATLAS detector in the Globe and Mail
Symposium in Memory of Professor David Rowe
On Saturday, June 4, 2022 a symposium was held in memory of Professor David J. Rowe who passed away in May 2020.
Kimberly Strong awarded 2021 Patterson Distinguished Service Medal
Kimberly Strong, chair of the Department of Physics and a leading authority in global atmospheric research, has been awarded the 2021 Patterson Distinguished Service Medal by the Meteorological Service of Canada.
Pursue STEM – Chemistry, Earth Sciences and Environment Field Trip
How Geology and Urbanization Affect Water Quality in Southern Ontario
Doors Open Toronto 2022
Professor Juna Kollmeier has been honoured as the 2022 Jacques Solvay International Chair in Physics
Physics in the Time of COVID-19
A group of undergraduate students worked on a research project to look at the effects of COVID-19 on UofT’s physics community.
Astronomers Make the Music of the Cosmos, by Turning Data into Sound
Matt Russo of Physics translates data captured by telescopes into music.
Toronto Startup Xanadu Achieves Quantum Computing feat: The Globe and Mail
Xanadu has close ties to the Department of Physics. A number of former post-doctoral fellows, PhD students and undergraduate students are affiliated with Xanadu and Xanadu continues to work with U of T Physics faculty through the MITACS Program.
U of T Physics and Astronomy Alumna Katharine Hayhoe Receives an Honorary Degree from Wycliffe College
Katharine Hayhoe won’t say that the climate crisis is insurmountable, but she will say that solving it depends on convincing people it’s a problem that affects them. That includes those in politically conservative communities in the U.S. where opinions often lean toward climate skepticism over climate action.
TRIUMF welcomes inaugural Richard E. Azuma Undergraduate Summer Fellow Gabby Gelinas
TRIUMF would like to welcome to the lab Gabby Gelinas, one of the inaugural recipients of the Richard E. Azuma Undergraduate Summer Fellowship.
Professor Jason Harlow is the Recipient of a 2021-2022 Faculty of Arts & Science Outstanding Teaching Award for his Exemplary Teaching
The A&S Outstanding Teaching Award recognizes excellence in undergraduate and graduate education with a focus on classroom instruction, course design and curriculum development.
Professor Yong-Baek Kim Awarded 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship
180 scientists, writers, scholars, and artists were honored across 51 fields.
Professor Hoi-Kwong Lo Among most Productive and Impactful Authors
Xanadu Award 2022
Milica Banic is the 2022 Xanadu Award Recipient
Professor Yong-Baek Kim Awarded 2022 Simons Fellowship
Professor Kim was awarded the fellowship for his project "Emergent Quantum Phases in Strongly Interacting Quantum Matter".
Simple Multiuser Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution Network
Dr. Xiaoqing Zhong's paper has been chosen as an Editors' suggestion in APS Physical Review Applied
Amar Vutha among U of T's 33 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs
The program supports exceptional work across a wide variety of fields. At U of T, that includes everything from marine epidemiology and precision medicine to research into sustainable bioproducts.
Robin Armstrong
May 14, 1935 - December 17, 2021
