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Dark Matters: 30 Years of Hubble’s Search
On Saturday March 7, Dr. Jayanne English will provide a live lecture at an evening event at the Manitoba Museum Planetarium celebrating the 30th year of the Hubble Space Telescope The event also includes a reception in the Science Gallery (cash bar and food available) and an exclusive planetarium show.
Lockhart Planetarium Open House, Jan 29, 7 pm, Room 240 University College
Diversity in Citizen Science: What’s lost in Translation? 29 January 2020, 7 pm Room 240 University College Is science created for all and by all truly inclusive ? Join us for an evening exploring diversity and linguistic justice in citizen science, with examples from Zooniverse and the Canadian Citizen Science Portal. Professor Renee Desjardins, Ph.D....
Café Scientifique November 28, 2019
November 28 – 7 p.m. McNally Robinson Booksellers, 1120 Grant Avenue, Winnipeg 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements. Chemists have elegantly organized the 118 known elements into this table. Chemists and physicists have explained much of the underlying physics behind this grouping, while astronomers probed the astronomical origins...
Congratulations to Mainak Singha!
Congratulations to Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Mainak Singha who has been awarded the Faculty of Science Cangene Award!
Insight into Black Holes
With the spectacular new images provided by the Event Horizon Telescope the first radio images of the event horizon of a black hole are now available, but what can we learn from these images? University of Manitoba Professor of Physics and Astronomy Chris O’Dea explains on CBC Radio’s Up To Speed with Ismaila Alfa: What...
Dark Matters at the Manitoba Museum
Join Michelle Boyce for an evening exploring the latest research regarding dark matter. The event includes a reception, a viewing of the Planetarium show “Phantom of the Universe”, and a paired presentation/Q&A session with Michelle. The reception kicks off the evening at 7:00 PM Thursday March 21, 2019 at the Manitoba Museum Planetarium.
Faculty in the News
Prof. Samar Safi-Harb and her research have been highlighted in profiles published in the Winnipeg Free Press and on CBC. Read all about her pursuit of new scientific knowledge found among the stars here. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/sci_tech/matter-matters-479652493.html