Events
December
| Event Location: Vancouver Public Library - Central Branch (Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level) | Speaker: Douglas Scott
Curious about how the universe actually works? Join the experts from UBC’s Department of Physics and Astronomy to find out fun facts about everything from the Milky Way to radio waves in this new, accessible science series: How the Universe Works! All are welcome!
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December
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Prof. Jacob L. Bean, University of Chicago
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November
| Event Location: HEBB 100 |
Hey Vancouver kids and families!
Our annual Faraday Show is UBC’s premium science lecture, designed for children and all those who are ‘young at heart’. It is presented by UBC Physics & Astronomy students, faculty and staff.
This year’s theme is: Expanding our Senses & Movements with Tech! We will explore questions such as: What is it like to see beyond the dark like reindeer, or snakes? How can we sense invisible forces? and How can tech improve our balance?
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November
| Event Location: In the atrium outside of HENN 200 |
We welcome you to our Weekly PHAS TUESDAY TEA!
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November
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Alexandra Tatarenko
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November
| Event Location: Vancouver Public Library - Central Branch (Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level) | Speaker: Mark Halpern
Curious about how the universe actually works? Join the experts from UBC’s Department of Physics and Astronomy to find out fun facts about everything from the Milky Way to radio waves in this new, accessible science series: How the Universe Works! All are welcome!
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November
| Event Location: HENN 201 | Speaker: Vincent Tabard-Cossa, University of Ottawa
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November
| Event Location: HENN 202 |
PHAS undergrads, come meet our PHAS Alumni panel to get some good stories, tips, tricks and recommendations on carving out a career path with a Physics, or Astronomy degree in Canada and abroad.
Panelists, faculty and staff will be available after the presentations for questions and networking!
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November
| Event Location: In the atrium outside of HENN 200 |
We welcome you to our Weekly PHAS TUESDAY TEA!
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November
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Laura Grego, Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists
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November
| Event Location: H.R. MacMillan Space Centre (1100 Chestnut St. Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9) |
The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre celebrates Cosmic Nights!
November 14th: (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
Meet our PHAS graduate students showcasing a booth at this popular event! We'll be doing our best to respond to the question of what other life could be out there, beyond our terrestrial planet.
This 19+ event is for all those who are interested in space, our universe and beyond!
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November
| Event Location: HENN 201 | Speaker: Gwen Grinyer, University of Regina
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November
| Event Location: BRIM 311 | Speaker: Sacha Kocsis, Xanadu
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November
| Event Location: Earth Sciences Building (ESB) 1013 (2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC) | Speaker: Ben Miller
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November
| Event Location: In the atrium outside of HENN 200 |
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November
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Roland Bacon
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The WST project aims to design and construct an innovative 10-metre class wide-field spectroscopic survey telescope (WST) in the southern hemisphere. It will feature the parallel operation of two cutting-edge instruments: a high-multiplex (30,000), large field-of-view (3 square degrees) multi-object spectrograph (MOS) operating in both low- and high-resolution modes, and a giant panoramic integral field spectrograph (IFS).
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October
| Event Location: BRIM 311 | Speaker: Dr. Christopher D. Woodgate, School of Physics, University of Bristol, UK
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October
| Event Location: In the atrium outside of HENN 200 |
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October
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: David Setton, Princeton University
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One of the biggest mysteries of the early era of JWST's operation has been "Little Red Dots," compact sources with strange V shaped spectral energy distributions and broad emission lines. These sources have been incredibly hard to model, and over the course of three years, leading theories have ranged from over-massive and over-abundant galaxies that assembled Milky Way levels of stellar mass in the first Gyr of cosmic time to over-massive and over-abundant luminous active galactic nuclei that defy models of black hole assembly.
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October
| Event Location: Brimacombe 288 (2355 East Mall) | Speaker: Samikshya Sahu, Departmental defense
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October
| Event Location: UBC Mathematics Department (1984 Mathematics Road, UBC-V campus; Room: Math 100 |
UBC Applied Mathematics Meeting — Register by October 18, 2025
We are excited to invite you to the "UBC Applied Mathematics Meeting" this Fall. It is a one-day conference dedicated to the newly created SIAM Student Chapter at UBC, Vancouver, Canada.
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