Welcome back

Welcome to the 2008 winter term! Now that we're two weeks into class, things have finally gotten underway. We have lots of fun things planned for this term, so here's a brief overview of what's in store:

Next week there will be an undergrad level seminar on dark matter. The speaker is Dan Hooper from Fermilab and he will be speaking at 1:15pm in 208 Tory on Tuesday, the 22nd.

Abstract:

Over seventy years, the evidence has steadily grown that much of the Universe's mass is non-luminous. Still today, however, we have not identified what makes up this mysteriously dark substance. Many experimental programs that hope to change this are underway, including deep underground detectors, gamma-ray telescopes, neutrino and anti-matter detectors, as well as particle colliders. Each of these efforts are searching for clues of dark matter's identity. With the new technologies needed to observe these particles rapidly developing, the hunt to discover dark matter's identity is well underway.

For more information see the physics seminar webpage.

On Wednesday, January 30th, the physics society and the math society will be joining forces for a pub night! Check the posters around Herzberg for more information.

Also on the 31st (tentatively - weather permitting), the phys soc will be taking a trip to the top of the Herzberg building for look through the observatory. The date will be finalized as it approaches.

The phys soc will be starting a series of evening discussion groups with different members of the faculty next month. Our first one will be with Bruce Campbell on the 14th of February from 6pm to 8pm at Rooster's. Come have a coffee and take advantage of this opportunity to get to know a faculty member and learn something you probably didn't know about physics! Topic TBA.

The annual squash tournament will be held at the end of February. To sign up, talk to Steven Crane, visit HP 2221, or e-mail cuphyssoc@gmail.com. Dates TBA when finalized.

Also, two hockey tournaments are in the works. To sign up for those, talk to Mike Cunningham or Hass AbouZeid, visit HP 2221, or e-mail us. Dates also TBA.

Well, that's it! Keep checking the feed for more information about upcoming events!


Renée Yoxon, Co-VP CUPS
Experimental Physics Undergrad