�鶹AV News - Faculty of Science

TSI Outreach Program Administrator, Carolina Cruz-Vinaccia, wins President’s Award

webfull — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:16:26 +0000

Congratulations to Carolina Cruz-Vinaccia, the Outreach Program Administrator at the Trottier Space Institute and Physics Department for being awarded the President's Award for Administrative and Support Staff! Winners of this award are honoured for the quality of their work, service to the community, innovation and initiative.

Published: 17 December 2024

Bellairs Research Institute going strong at 70

webfull — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:56:14 +0000

To mark its 70th anniversary, �鶹AV’s Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados hosted events Dec. 5-6 that brought together researchers, students, elected officials and community partners to celebrate its history and build momentum for the future. 

Published: 13 December 2024

Bellairs brings science programming to Barbadian students

webfull — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:53:58 +0000

Last week, hundreds of students in Barbados saw science come to life in a whole new way.

As part of the celebrations marking its 70th anniversary, �鶹AV’s Bellairs Research Institute opened its doors to the community Dec. 5. Three hundred students from five local schools were treated to free science kits, lunch and a day of hands-on activities.

Published: 13 December 2024

A STEAM day to celebrate 70 years of �鶹AV's Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados

webfull — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 14:21:55 +0000

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of �鶹AV’s acclaimed Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados and to promote STEAM education to local students, �鶹AV partnered with the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), and the U.S. State Department for a full day of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) activities and presentations.

Published: 9 December 2024

Next stop, Oxford

webfull — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:59:58 +0000

For Vincent Wong, life truly is a journey.

As a Loran Scholar, the Vancouverite moved across the country in 2021 to pursue his B.Sc. Honours in Neuroscience at �鶹AV. He was drawn by The Neuro (The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital), Canada’s largest neuroscience research centre.

In the summer of 2022, Wong traveled to Yellowknife to conduct a research project on the unique health-care challenges in the North, an experience that would shift his career trajectory.

Published: 4 December 2024

West Island high schoolers participate in summer research at �鶹AV’s Gault Nature Reserve

webfull — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:08:20 +0000

This summer, Gault Nature Reserve hosted four high schoolers from the West Island Black Community Association for this year’s Youth Biodiversity Internships Program. Led by Professor Bruno Tremblay, this collaboration brought together a diverse range of community members from �鶹AV and beyond to connect on their passion for science. For 5 weeks, youth conducted fieldwork at Gault with �鶹AV students, explored how scientific research happens in nature and made links to their own lives and future careers.

Published: 2 December 2024

Mapping the Benefits and Trade-offs from Natural Climate Solutions

webfull — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:47:30 +0000

A new study published today in Nature Sustainability uses advanced machine learning methods and large language models to assess the benefits and trade-offs of natural climate solutions (NCS).

Led by The Nature Conservancy and co-led by Brian Robinson, Associate Professor of Geography at �鶹AV, the researchers analyzed over 250,000 peer-reviewed publications to produce a global evidence map of NCS co-impacts.

Published: 2 December 2024

�鶹AV-linked AXIS mission is one of two finalists in NASA selection process

webfull — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:15:15 +0000

NASA has selected the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) mission, co-investigated by �鶹AV Professor Daryl Haggard, to advance to the next stage of its $1 billion space probe competition.

Published: 28 November 2024

Unleashing Creativity at the �鶹AV Physics Hackathon

webfull — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:01:01 +0000

On November 15^th – 17^th, the Trottier Space Institute and the Department of Physics hosted its 9^th Annual �鶹AV Physics Hackathon. This friendly coding competition brought together 163 people, from grade 10 high school students to graduate students. Participants had a total of 24 hours over the span of 3 days to create computing and physical science projects in teams. Learn more here.

Published: 27 November 2024

Saskatchewan’s first Centrosaurus and Citipes elegans fossils discovered by �鶹AV researchers

webfull — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:36:54 +0000

Paleontologists and students from �鶹AV have documented Saskatchewan's first confirmed fossil specimens of Centrosaurus, a horned dinosaur species closely related to Triceratops.

The search, conducted in Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park along the South Saskatchewan River, also unearthed a rare mix of dinosaur and marine fossils, shedding light on a dinosaur fauna which existed on the edge of an ancient sea at a time of rising sea levels long before humans roamed the earth.

Published: 19 November 2024