Igor Kaufman 1954-2019 I am extremely sorry to report that Dr Igor Kaufman, a familiar colleague in the Nonlinear and Biomedical Physics Group, died in Moscow on 20 February 2019. He had been in poor health for several months. Igor started working with the Group in 1994. He first visited Lancaster in 1995, and…
Morecambe Bay Food Bank Calling all staff and students! We are collecting non-perishable food donations for Morecambe Bay Foodbank in Week 19! Last term we managed to collect 800 items for vulnerable members of our community and we want to beat our record this term! We will be calling at – Londsdale and Cartmel…
Data Science in Physics: a New Group Within Physics. Para: A new data science group has been set up within the physics department by post graduate students. The group has been established as a cross discipline platform to discuss and present on the subjects of Data Science, including machine learning, neural networks and deep learning as some examples. We are opening the…
New Open Mic Night! First Tuesday Tunes Tuesday February 5th 8-10.30pm @ Pizzetta Republic & every first Tuesday of the month Want to perform? Just show up on the night! Bring your instruments or sing with the host band! Grab a pizza and check out the performances! All welcome. Amanda Ross Employee Assistance…
Emergency Lighting Testing We have been informed by Facilities that emergency lighting testing in Physics will take place week commencing the 28th of January 2019 from 9am daily. Shonah Ion Papin Prize You may have seen this national award for technicians mentioned in the FST bulletin this week. If you have any nominations,…
Physics Colloquium Management School Lecture Theatre 8 Thursday 17 January 2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm The Remarkable Assembly History of Elliptical Galaxies Speaker: Prof. Richard Ellis Sergey Kafanov Safety Induction The next safety Induction will be on Thursday 7th of February at 2:30pm in B24 Physics. All new members of staff must attend. Shonah…
Eduroam Changes On Thursday 3rd January 2019 the certificate* that enables secure access to eduroam wi-fi for staff and students at Lancaster University will change. To continue to access wi-fi from the 3rd January you will have to reset your eduroam connection using the new certificate. See link below: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/iss/news/2018/wifi-change/ You may want to…
Departmental Safety handbook Can all those members of staff who have not yet read this year’s safety handbook please do so. Then print out and sign the front page to say you have read it and return to G. Wilkinson’s pigeon hole. It our legal duty to provide you with guidance on how to…
Research Software Forum – 17th December, 12-2pm We will be hosting our second Research Software Forum. This is a place for researchers to meet and exchange ideas on using software for research, how software can support/enhance research, programming practices that can aid research or anything else at the intersection of research and software. This will…
Science and Technology Careers Fair LICA Wednesday 28 November 2018 3:00pm to 6:00pm Prepare for your future career, find out about graduate jobs and internships, and network with over 60 potential employers. Rachel Beauchamp Condensed Matter Seminar Physics C36 Friday 30 November 2018 3:00pm to 4:00pm Electron transport in InSb/Al_xIn_{1-x}Sb} quantum wells Speaker:…