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Welcome to Physics and Physical Oceanography
We offer undergraduate programs in Physics and Environmental Physics, as well as several joint degree programs with other disciplines. Graduate programs are offered at the M.Sc. level in Physics and Physical Oceanography and at the Ph.D. level in Atomic and Molecular Physics, in Physical Oceanography, in Condensed Matter Physics and in Theoretical Physics.
News
The art of Physics
When the Department of Physics had trouble obtaining artwork for their walls, they decided to look to a new source – their faculty and staff.
Currently the department is featuring painted works by Drs. Iakov Afanassiev and Mike Morrow, both professors in Physics; as well as photography by Dr. Chris Deacon, lab coordinator, and Fred Perry, the department’s system administrator.
The Nuclear Future: Can we make it safe?
A public lecture on the Canada’s nuclear future will take place at Memorial University. Dr. David Shoesmith, the NSERC/Ontario Power Generation Industrial Chair in Nuclear Fuel Disposal Studies at the University of Western Ontario, will deliver a lecture titled The Nuclear Future: Can we make it safe? on Thursday, April 25.