Please help The Physics Phuzzy Lips in their Movember fundraising campaign. The team’s goal is to make a positive contribution to mens health, specifically prostate cancer and mental health.
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The Mummy escaped with a cupcake today.
Don’t miss out.
The PASA bake sale continues until 5:30, Wednesday, October 31.
Location is the first floor north hallway that leads to the Physics and Astronomy commons.
MRI medical physics graduate student Chad Harris (shown being tackled by three brutes), along with theoretical physics graduate student Chris Racknor, both play for London senior men’s rugby team, which made its first McCormick Cup final in 30 years.
The McCormick Cup is the ultimate prize of the men’s senior league of the Ontario Rugby Union, and the final game was held in Toronto on Saturday, October 27, 2012.
London succumbed to the Oakville Marauders 12-3 in the final, even though London was literally camped near the Oakville goal line for part of the game.
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MRI medical physics graduate student Chad Harris (shown being tackled by three brutes), along with theoretical physics graduate student Chris Racknor both play for the London mens rugby team, which made its first McCormick Cup final in 30 years.
The McCormick Cup is the ultimate prize of the men’s senior league of the Ontario Rugby Union.
London succumbed to their arch-rival Oakville 12-3 in the final, which was held in Toronto on October 27, 2012.
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Professor Emeritus Patrick Whippey spoke to the North London Rotary Club on October 17, 2012.
Patrick spoke of the London and District Science Fair, with which he has been associated for many years.
The Science Fair is an international program that students from grades 4-5 through
to grade 12 can participate in. Science projects on various topics can be submitted by those students who choose to participate.
Winners can work their way through the ranks of city, regional, national and international competitions. Over the years there have been a number of London students who have done extremely well and have continued in the field of science and done very well not only for themselves
but for mankind. The local committee is quite sure that there is something in our water that helps
to produce these great scientific gene pools. This is a totally volunteer program and helpers are needed in many areas. Financing is also done on a fund raising / donation basis.
After his talk, Patrick was presented with a ‘Polio Plus’ award for his contribution.
Here is the official Redbull summary video of Alex Baumgartner’s balloon flight and free fall jump of Sunday, October 14.
The official web site is http://redbullstratos.com
During the week of October 8-12, a group of 4 scientists from the University of Nigeria in Nsukka, Nigeria, paid a visit to Western.
The visitors were Professor Chukwuemeka Okoye (Dean of Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy), Professor Pius Ukoha (Associate Dean of Science, Dept. of Pure and Industrial Chemistry), Dr. Chukwudi Anyanwu (Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Microbiology), and Philip Ayogu (Technologist, Dept. of Chemistry.
They are here to learn about our first year labs in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. They are planning build new first year labs and would like to learn about our lab experiments, new technology we use in teaching laboratories and the building structure. Physics and Astronomy Dept is hosting them. Professor Kanthi Kaluarachchi organized the visit with assistance from Professor Giovanni Fanchini, Shailesh Nene, and Peter Frank also helped. In Chemistry, Jan Mathers, first year Chemistry lab supervisor helped organized tours in the Chemistry department. In Biology, Winona Gadapati, first year Biology lab supervisor helped organized tours in the Biology department.
International collaboration with the University of Nigeria is presently being discussed.
Melanie Wright, who spent much of the summer doing research in the arctic, has officially received her Teaching Assistant Award for the past year. Other winners were Teznie Pugh and Geron Bindseil.