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Winter 2024Supporting Student Success: Creation of the Physics Tutorial Centre
In response to the evolving needs of students within the Department of Physics & Astronomy, the Physics Tutorial Centre was established in September 2023 to provide free tutoring services to our undergraduate students.
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Winter 2024Message from the Chair
I am thrilled to present you a packed edition of The Entangler. Read more about our students, our faculty/staff, our alumni, and our latest events and initiatives.
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Winter 2024How to Watch the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse!
On Monday, April 8th, 2024, the total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States and Canada. Dubbed the “Great North American Eclipse”, this will be the first total solar eclipse to be visible in provinces of Canada since February 26, 1979 and the only one where totality will be visible in the 21st century.
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Winter 2024LumeNeuro: Pioneering Early and Affordable Detection of Neurodegenerative Diseases
LumeNeuro is gaining widespread attention across the world! The Alzheimer’s Association and MATTER (a premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub) started an annual pitch competition a couple of years ago – a place where startups and entrepreneurs compete to showcase their solutions, this year for increasing access to quality, person-centered care for underserved people living with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Winter 2024Waterloo, Wavicles, and the Weakest bond!
One thing you may miss about hanging out in UWaterloo Physics is a chance to have great physics conversations with friends. Well, two alumni want to share the fun of one of their conversations with you! Their bavardage focuses on the question: can 2 helium atoms bind together to exist as a molecule?
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Winter 2024Coding the Future: Mirko Vucicevich’s Journey from Physics Undergrad to Science’s Lead Developer
If you’ve been present at the University of Waterloo within the last decade, whether staff, student, or faculty you’ll have encountered some of Mirko Vucicevich’s work. Learn about how he used his Physics degree to solve problems on campus through code!
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Winter 2024Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of FemPhys!
This coming fall will mark the 10th anniversary of FemPhys, and looking back on the club’s growth and achievements throughout the past decade is truly amazing.
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Winter 2024Our Department Hosts CUPC for the First Time Since 1989!
October 2023 was an important milestone for our Department and the University of Waterloo – it was the first time we hosted the Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference (CUPC) since 1989!
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Winter 2024Women of Waterloo: A Cross-Faculty Collaboration for International Women's Day
Women of Waterloo is a cross faculty collaboration across numerous student clubs to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th! The event aimed to celebrate the success of underrepresented people in STEM, while allowing students to socialize in a casual environment.
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Winter 2024A Longstanding Tradition of Fun at Student-Prof Night
The hall was empty, and the only noises came from the PhysClub and Materials and Nanoscience Society (MNS) executives frantically discussing logistics. Where would the pizza go? Is the sign-up sheet pulled up on the correct laptop? How do we properly check IDs? How many tickets were reserved for professors again? The conversation had only just finished when the first students entered the hall, with many more trailing behind. Suddenly, the Fall 2023 Physics x MNS Student-Prof Night was in full swing.
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Winter 2024Another Successful Mentoring Night with FemPhys, Winter 2024
FemPhys, a student club under the department of Physics and Astronomy, hosts a yearly Mentoring Night which is one of the well-known events of the club that students and mentors both look forward to.
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Winter 2024Michelle Kao: Exploring the Versatility of Astronomy
Meet Michelle Kao, a 3rd-year Physics & Astronomy student who is nothing short of extraordinary. In her pursuit of diversity in co-op experiences, she explores the relation between research, industry, and academia in the field of astronomy.
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Winter 2024Courtney Kates: An Outreach-Fueled Journey Towards Physics Teaching
Courtney Kates is a 3rd year student in the Honours Physics program and one of our Department’s champions in the realm of science outreach and recruitment efforts. But her love of science didn’t start here, it began from her childhood.
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Winter 2024Maggie Bérubé: A Shining Star in our Physics & Astronomy Program
Meet Maggie Bérubé, a remarkable 3rd year student that is currently pursuing a degree in Physics & Astronomy at the University of Waterloo. In the vast number of students within our programs, Maggie has not only demonstrated academic excellence but has also showcased outstanding research prowess and student leadership that makes her stand out amongst her peers.
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Winter 2024Exploring the Cosmos Together: The Rise of the UW Astronomy Club
A group of passionate students at the University of Waterloo has come together to form the UW Astronomy Club. Operating under the umbrella of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, this stellar initiative aims to ignite an innate sense of curiosity and fascination for the captivating field of astronomy among students.
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Winter 2024Paranormal activities
On the 31st of October 2023, 4pm local time in Waterloo, an unusually large quantum fluctuation caused a tear in the spatio-temporal continuum on campus, close to J.R. Coutts Engineering Lecture Hall.
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Winter 2024PHYS 10: The Student-Run Weekly Stop for Physics Seminars
Like many other initiatives on campus, PHYS10 struggled over the pandemic. Despite this, PHYS10 is back and it's better than ever with a fresh team of dedicated undergraduate students. The new team has one hope, to make Phys10 the highlight of your week with approachable seminars about the frontiers of the field with some snacks on the side.
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Winter 2024Return of the Annual Physics Teaching Retreat – A Focus on Active Learning & EDI in the Classroom
As times change, we too must evolve and adapt to the new generation of learners coming through our institution.
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