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Jan 2012
Laser Technology Earns Atherton Entrepreneurship Award
James Fraser and PhD student Paul Webster have been announced as the winners of this year's Atherton Entrepreneurship Award...
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Jan 2012
Art McDonald Named to the Order of Ontario
The Honorable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, has announced that Queen's University's Professor Art McDonald, the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics, has been named to the Order of Ontario, the highest honour in the province.
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Jan 2012
CAP Undergraduate Prize Exam (Feb 7 @ 1pm in Stirling 261) - Fun, Cash Prizes and Fame! - UPDATED
The annual CAP University Prize (Physics) Exam will take place on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2012, 1-4 pm - in Stirling 261 (and 201 if needed) Cash prizes of $200 and $100 available to the top two students in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year from Queen's...
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Oct 2011
Wolfgang Rau Tier II CRC renewed
We are delighted to be able to announce that Wolfgang Rau's Tier II Canada Research Chair in Particle Astrophysics has been renewed for a second five-year term.
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Sep 2011
Tony Noble Teaching Award
Tony Noble has won the Award for Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Applied Science for his WInter Term 2011 presentation of APSC 112.
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Sep 2011
Art McDonald is awarded the Henry Marshall Tory Medal of the Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada has just announced that Art McDonald has been awarded the Henry Marshall Tory Medal for 2011...
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Jan 2011
Kevin Robbie awarded NSERC Strategic Project Grant
Dr. Kevin Robbie (Engineering Physics and Astronomy) was awarded $477,000 over three years to develop cost-effective manufacturing processes for nano-engineered coatings by the NSERC Strategic Project Grant Program...
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Nov 2010
Mark Boulay renewed as Canada Research Chair
Mark Boulay (Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy), a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Particle Astrophysics, received $500,000 over five years to develop a new experimental search for dark matter particles, undiscovered but thought to account for most of the matter in our universe, at the new SNOLAB facility.
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Aug 2010
Philippe Di Stefano receives an ORF Ontario Research Infrastructure grant
Philippe Di Stefano (Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy received $185,102 to study discriminating detectors for dark matter and exploring the origins of the universe.
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Jan 2010
Mark Chen and Mark Boulay receive $9 million to study the structure of our universe
From the Queen's News Centre: 2010-01-21 Queenâs physicists Mark Boulay and Mark Chen have received $9,051,791 from the Ontario Research FundâResearch Infrastructure program to search for answers to the structure and evolution of our universe...
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Dec 2009
Philippe Di Stefano receives funding from Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Leaders Opportunities Fund
Philippe Di Stefano (Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy) received $185,102 to study cryogenic detectors for dark matter and brittle fracture.
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Nov 2009
Kevin Robbie receives an Ontario Research Fund grant
Kevin Robbie (Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy) and his team received $1.4 million to advance technology development and industrial applications for thin film coatings.
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Sep 2009
Larry Widrow unlocking the mysteries of neighbouring galaxies
From the Queen's News Centre: 2009-09-03 An international team of astronomers, including Queenâs University physicist Larry Widrow, have uncovered evidence of a nearby cosmic encounter...
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Jun 2009
Mark Boulay and Mark Chen receive $10.5M to determine the building blocks of our universe
From the Queen's News Centre: 2009-06-23 Queenâs University physicists Mark Boulay and Mark Chen have received over $10.5 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) toward their underground research projects...
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May 2009
Art McDonald elected to UK Royal Society
From the Queen's News Centre: 2009-05-15 Queen's Physics professor Art McDonald is one of three Canadians elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the national academy of science of the UK and the Commonwealth. As one of 44 international recipients of this honour for 2009, Dr. McDonald joins the likes of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawking...
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Apr 2009
Stephane Courteau receives NSERC Discovery Grant
Stephane Courteau (Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy)received an NSERC Discovery Grant towards the understanding of galaxy structure.
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Sep 2008
James Stotz wins Early Researcher Award
James Stotz was recently been awarded an Early Researcher Award from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation...
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Jun 2008
Stephen Hughes, James Stotz, and collaborators, win a Major Nanotechnology Research Fund from NSERC-NRC-BDC
Stephen Hughes and James Stotz, in collaboration with groups at NRC, UBC, U. Waterloo, and U...
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Apr 2008
Art McDonald Receives Order of Canada Award
Taken from the Queen's News Centre at http://qnc.queensu.ca: Physicist Art McDonald, director of the Queens-led Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) is one of 30 Canadians who was awarded Officer of the Order of Canada at last week's investiture ceremony in Ottawa...
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Apr 2008
Kayll Lake named Outstanding Referee
The American Physical Society has identified Kayll Lake as an Outstanding Referee, a category which they reserve for individuals who provide a continuing and very high level of expert service to the international scientific community...
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Jan 2008
SNOLAB awarded $18 Million from Ontario Research Fund Research in Excellence program
On Friday January 18th, Ontario Research and Innovation Minister John Wilkinson presented $18 million over 5 years to Anthony Noble, SNOLAB Director, for ongoing research at the world's deepest scientific laboratory...
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