External Awards: NERC Independent Research Fellowships for Postdocs August 01, 2013
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is now accepting applications for its Independent Research Fellowships program for international Postdocs in the UK. Apply by 1 October 2013.

External Award: ATLAS-PhD-GRANT-2013 June 12, 2013
CERN is looking for young and high-caliber doctoral students in particle physics research including computing for physics, to receive world class exposure, supervision and training within the ATLAS collaboration through this special PhD Grant.

External Awards: M. Hildred Blewett Fellowship January 08, 2013
APS Physics has opened applications for funding for the M. Hildred Blewett fellowship for women who want to return to physics research careers.

Michael Steger Receives PhD and Dean's Convocation Medal June 13, 2012
During his time at Simon Fraser University, Dr. Michael Steger worked on novel research in the field of semiconductor spectroscopy and quantum computing.

Convocation Medal Winners 2012 June 04, 2012
Congratulations to this year’s Convocation Medal Winners! They will receive their awards at our Spring Convocation, June 12–15, 2012.

AAAS Award Winners to Appear in Science March 30, 2012
Congratulations to SFU graduate students Laleh Samii (physics) and Benjamin Sandkam and Corey Watson (biology), whose winning posters will be highlighted in the prestigious Science journal.

The Language of Science October 20, 2011
There's a fascinating dialogue about the language of science taking place in the science blogs this week.

GSS Professional Development Award Recipients September 04, 2011
The Graduate Student Society has announced the recipients in its first round of Professional Development Grants.

Research Profile: Michael Steger July 25, 2011
Michael Steger, a PhD student in Mike Thewalt’s Semiconductor Spectroscopy Lab in SFU’s Department of Physics, has had a great year using optical spectroscopy to study the fundamental properties of semiconductors.

Research Profile: Michel Trottier-McDonald July 08, 2011
Congratulations to Michel Trottier-McDonald, who has received an Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Scholarship (NSERC) for $105,000 to support his PhD program in high energy physics at SFU’s Department of Physics.

SFU Physicists participate in antimatter breakthrough June 06, 2011
SFU physics PhD student Mohammad Dehghani Ashkezari (front right) and his supervisor professor Mike Hayden (back right) are part of an international team of scientists that has managed to capture and hold onto some atomic antimatter for over 16 minutes.

Convocation Medal Winners 2011 May 26, 2011
Congratulations to this year’s Convocation Medal Winners who will receive their awards at our Spring Convocation, June 14–17, 2011.

SFU contributes to quantum computing January 20, 2011
SFU physics professor Mike Thewalt and his lab are in the news this week for their contribution to the field of quantum computing, as published in Nature.