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Professor Ernie McFarland to be awarded the JOHN BELL AWARD for 2009
CONGRATULATIONS to Professor Ernie McFarland who will be awarded the John Bell Award for 2009 during the convocation week June 8 - 11, 2009. The John Bell Award recognizes demonstrated outstanding educational leadership while a the University of Guelph. The award is made in honour of Professor John Bell who served the University with distinction from 1972 to 1987.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Singing physics professor to release a new album bringing together her two loves of music and astronomy.
Prof Diane Nalini de Kerckhove to be on CBC Radio 2
Prof. Diane Nalini de Kerckhove will be the subject of an hour-long show on the CBC radio program Farrago this Sunday. The program airs at 5 p.m. on CBC Radio 2. Host Jurgen Gothe will be playing selections from the physics professor and jazz singer/songwriter's three albums, as well as discussing her work at U of G. In Guelph, CBC Radio 2 can be heard at 94.1 FM or online.
Congratulations to Geoff Grinyer!
The Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP) of the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) announced the result of the 2007-08 Thesis Prize competition. This prize was set up in 2005 by the DNP, to be awarded in Experimental or Theoretical Nuclear Physics to any student receiving their Ph.D. degree from a Canadian University in the current or prior calendar year. The selection for the 2008 Prize was adjudicated by a committee consisting of David Hutcheon (representing TRIUMF), Jean Barrette (McGill University) and Kumar S. Sharma (University of Manitoba).