Current Events |
Fellowship Experience Draws Students Back to Lab |
16 July 2009 |
TRIUMF's commitment to training the next generation of leaders through its research, education, and outreach program is paying off for two young physics students this summer. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF from a Student's Eye-View |
14 July 2009 |
As a pilot for TRIUMF's emerging Aboriginal youth research initiative, 17-year old Dylon Martin will spend 6 weeks immersing himself in the workings of the lab & sharing his weekly reflections on the web. |
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Student Stories |
Dylon's Corner: My First Week at TRIUMF |
10 July 2009 |
It's Friday and I am enjoying my stay in Vancouver as part of a TRIUMF program. I have arrived in Vancouver; unpacked at TRIUMF House, toured the facilities, visited the First Nations House of Learning at UBC, and familiarized myself with Particle Physics. |
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Current Events |
Inaugural Japan/Canada Accelerator Symposium |
10 July 2009 |
TRIUMF participated in the inaugural Canada- Japan Symposium on Accelerator- Based Science, hosted by the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo on July 7, 2009. |
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Experimental Result |
WLCG: Data-Processing Test a Resounding Success |
03 July 2009 |
The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) recently underwent Scale Testing for the Experimental Program '09 (STEP'09). With all computing activities taking place simultaneously for the first time, researchers are confident that the computers will efficiently analyse the first data from the LHC in the fall. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Family Grows |
02 July 2009 |
On Canada Day, TRIUMF celebrated a triumph with the addition of three leading research universities as full members to the consortium which owns and operates the laboratory for the benefit of all of Canada. The University of Guelph, Queen's University, and York University all became full members. |
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Awards & Honours |
TRIUMF Theorist Awarded NSERC DAS |
30 June 2009 |
Dr. Achim Schwenk was recently awarded one of this year's 100 NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS) - he received the only DAS granted in the field of particle and nuclear physics in all of Canada. |
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Headlines |
CFI Awards TRIUMF and Canada a Strong Future |
18 June 2009 |
CFI today announced new awards to support science, technology, and innovation in Canada. A number of the successful proposals involve contributions from and to TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics. |
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Current Events |
Pollanate UBC Farm |
15 June 2009 |
The parking lot at TRIUMF was unusally full for a Saturday as visitors and supporters of the neighbouring UBC Farm came out for a book signing and presentation by award-winning author Michael Pollan. |
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Awards & Honours |
TRIUMF 5-Year Plan Wins National Editing Award |
08 June 2009 |
Vancouver editor Melva McLean has been honoured by the Editors' Association of Canada/ Association canadienne des réviseurs for her pivotal role in producing an 850-page report for TRIUMF. |
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