Latest News
Future of Canada Project (FCP) Announcement
Monday, 8 August 2022
On 26th July, the Future of Canada Project announced it will fund nine new interdisciplinary research projects at McMaster, which includes Dr. Robert Cockcroft et al's... Read more
Supporting the next generation of Indigenous research scholars
Thursday, 14 July 2022
Bonita Bohnet, our summer student worked with Dr. Robert Cockcroft on Indigenous Astronomy Projects. Here's the link to Daily News. Read more
Graeme Luke awarded Faculty of Science Research Chair
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
July 12, 2022 Congrats to Professor Graeme Luke on being appointed the Faculty of Science Research Chair in Quantum Condensed Matter Physics. Research Chairs are appointed... Read more
David Venus Retirement Party
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
June 28, 2022 Professor and former department chair David Venus retired in July 2021, but we couldn’t celebrate until almost a year later because of COVID... Read more
Sara Etehadolhagh granted a posthumous degree
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
June 16, 2022 At convocation this year, our student Sara Etehadolhagh, who was tragically killed in a car crash in 2021, was awarded her Honours BSc... Read more
Tina Stewart Retirement Party
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
April 22, 2022 After 2 decades with the Department of Physics & Astronomy, Tina Stewart retired from her position as an administrator assistant on June 1... Read more
Holy Cross School Grade 8 Thank you card
Monday, 27 June 2022
Holy Cross School kindergarten students wrote a thank you card to Dr. Robert Cockcroft about their Planetarium tour on June 22, 2022. Read more
Our students did well at CAP (Canadian Association of Physicists) and made us proud!
Monday, 13 June 2022
There were almost 650 attendees and 250 students in the competition and many excellent contributions, so it was a stiff competition. Several of our undergraduate... Read more
Young Investigator Award
Monday, 13 June 2022
Sam Hancock, has been given a Young Investigator Award to attend the International Congress on Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity in Oslo in September. This is... Read more
Elevate: A Day for Inclusion in Science organized by PIPA – Promoting Inclusivity in Physics & Astronomy
Thursday, 2 June 2022
Tuesday, May 31st was our annual outreach event Elevate: A Day for Inclusion in Science organized by PIPA – Promoting Inclusivity in Physics & Astronomy... Read more
Ph.D. student Jeremy Karam wins Best Student Talk
Friday, 20 May 2022
May 20, 2022 The 2022 winner of the Best Student Talk at the Canadian Astronomical Society annual general meeting, selected by CASCA's Graduate Student Committee, is... Read more
Executive award / prix pour service exceptionnel 2022
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Dr. Christine Wilson, recipient of the 2022 Executive Award In alternate years, the CASCA Board has the honour to bestow the Executive Award... Read more
