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Greetings all!<br>
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In February, the SGSPD announced an initiative to provide postdocs
with an opportunity to create and give mini-courses about topics
on which they were an expert. This was dubbed the <b>TRIUMF
Postdoc Lecture Series (PLS)</b>.<br>
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We are pleased to announce that the first PLS lectures will begin
the week of July 27. The topics to be covered are:<br>
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<u><b>Nuclear Physics</b></u> (Jenna Smith)<br>
<div><b>July 27-August 14</b><br>
Mondays* and Tuesdays, 1:30-2:30 PM<b><br>
MOB Auditorium</b><br>
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<div>(*Note: August 3 lecture moved to Wed. August 5 at 11:00 AM*)</div>
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<u><b>Quantum Field Theory</b></u> (Alejandro de la Puente)<br>
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<div><b>July 27-August 14</b><br>
Wednesdays* and Fridays, 1:30-3:00 PM<b><br>
MOB Theory Room</b><br>
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<div><b>If you plan to attend, please register by clicking the
link below.</b><br>
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href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SBVK7B9"><u><b>Sign up! </b></u></a><b>******<br>
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</b>Signup information will be used to contact you to inform you
of changes to the schedule and to supply you with any
supplementary materials provided for the lectures. In addition,
please find attached the outlines for the QFT and Nuclear
Physics mini-courses.<br>
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Following this, the tentative schedule for the upcoming lecture
series will be:<br>
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<div><b>August 17-September 25</b>: <u><b>Shell Model</b></u>
(Ragnar Stroberg)</div>
<div><b>September 21-October 30</b>: <u><b>Detector Physics</b></u>
(Dan Lascar)</div>
<div><b>November 2 - December 11</b>:<b> </b><u><b>Neutrino
Experiment</b></u> (Mark Scott) </div>
<div><b>January 11 - February 19 (2016)</b>: <u><b>Particle
Cosmology</b></u><b> </b>(Jonathan Kozaczuk)<br>
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Thanks, and we hope to see you at the lectures!<br>
~The Society for Graduate Students and Postdocs of TRIUMF<br>
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