Schedule
The UBC Physics and Astronomy Open House is being held on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9.
Thursday February 7 - Before the open house
Arrival in Vancouver
Informal meetings
Thursday evening:
Pub Night starting at 7:30pm, The LOCAL Public Eatery at 2210 Cornwall (reservation under Stefan)
Friday 8 March - Morning
8:45 am - Arrival reception in Hennings 318 with continental breakfast
9:00 am - Welcome to the department from our graduate advisor, Alison Lister
9:30 am - Stepping into the field: graduate research at UBC, a panel discussion with current graduate students and their advisors, facilitated by Alison Lister:
Simone Hagey and Aaron Boley, Alex Ensworth and Carl Michal, Christine Au-Yeung and Andrea Damascelli, Niko Leocueche and Jess McIver, Pompey Leung and Mark Van Raamsdonk
11:00 am - Coffee break
11:15 am - Welcome to the department from our GSA president, Maude Larivière
11:30 am - Student life at UBC, a panel discussion with current graduate students, facilitated by Katelynn Hubenig:
Ryohei (Rio) Weil, Riku Mizuta, Pompey Leung
Friday 8 March - Afternoon
12 noon - Lunch in HENN 318, meet with UBC Physics & Astronomy faculty and students
1-5pm - Live lab tours and individual meetings:
1pm: Tours at the Quantum Matter Institute (and ending at Hennings)
STM Lab, Quantum Materials Lab, MBE Lab
02:15pm BC Cancer at 600 West 10th Avenue (take bus/shuttle), and
02:30pm Hennings tour
meet with UBC researchers (see the Researcher Page for the schedule)
Friday March 8 - Evening
Dinner at the Observatory. Please dress warmly.
Meet at 16:45 sharp in Hennings 318 to depart for the restaurant
The bus departs at 17:00 from the Chan Centre near the Rose Garden
Dinner starts at 18:00 at the Observatory.
Bus returns leaves from the Observatory for the hotel (and UBC campus) at 22:00.
Saturday March 9 - Morning
Two alternatives for Saturday morning:
Tour of TRIUMF - Canada's Laboratory for particle and nuclear physics (9:30am)
Please indicate on the registration page if you are interested in this tour or the one on Thursday.
Take UBC Translink bus 49 toward TRIUMF Reception at 4004 Wesbrook Mall. Ask the driver whether the 49 continues to TRIUMF after 16th-- if not, get off before 16th and walk 10 minutes to TRIUMF. (The UBC Triathlon maps are inconclusive.)
Meet at 9:30am at TRIUMF
The UBC Physics Olympics is in Hebb 100 from 9am to 4pm [And in all of HENN/HEBB on this day]
Saturday March 9 - Afternoon
Dim sum at the Golden Ocean in Kerrisdale at 11:45-14:00. The party is under the name "Stefan."
To go to the restaurant from TRIUMF, return to 16th and Wesbrook and take R4 bus.
From UBC take bus R4
From downtown take bus 16.
Getting to the airport
From UBC: R4 to Canada Line
From TRIUMF: R4 to Canada Line
From Dim Sum: 41 or R4 to Canada Line