We haven’t made a blog post in a while and a lot has happened, so it’s worth catching up!

In the past 2 years PAGE was forced to adapt and go online due to the global pandemic. We made a Facebook and Discord to service the students and give them a virtual location to study, hang out and get/provide support to fellow students. We also had virtual events such as movie and games nights!

In addition to the online services, we hosted the PAGE conference online as well, which had 40+ attendees ranging from Undergraduate, Graduate students, and Professors. The talks were rapid fire and being online allowed people to come in and out of the meeting seamlessly. Although the online conference was a success in displaying the research in the department, we can’t wait to go back to the in-person format so we can have small talk and eat together again!

Looking forward, in this upcoming year, the goal of PAGE is to support the department initiative of rebuilding our social network in the department in a post covid context, where students work in person and remotely.  We are having social events and parties, the PAGE conference, and weekly study sessions (with snacks!)

We hope to see you around and wish you have a wonderful semester!

A cool event is coming up this week, planned by the Faculty of Science,  “Science Unplugged”. It is intended to be a faculty-wide internal event to bring together faculty members, postdocs and graduate students. The primary goals are to build a stronger sense of community and foster cross-disciplinary interactions. It’s meant to incorporate both intellectual and social aspects. The idea evolved, in part, from the faculty’s strategic planning consultations. This event will feature three short TED-style talks to generate excitement, one of them given by yours truly! There will be free food and refreshments too.

Thursday March 10
3:30 pm
Underground Restaurant

Registration is encouraged for this event, so please do so at the following link:
http://science.apps01.yorku.ca/machform/view.php?id=59344

Hope to see you there!

This year’s Physics and Astronomy Holiday Party will be a festive lunch on Dec 14. Free lunch, drinks, prizes and festive physics cheer for all. This is a nice chance for the department to come together to celebrate the end of term and the beginning of the holiday season. If there is one day to be on campus in December, it’s on December 14th. Don’t miss it!

Mon Dec 14
12:30pm
Chemistry Lounge (CB 330)