Conference committee organizers included (seated, from the left): Noah Tessema, co-chairs Dean Eaton and Bryan Canam, and Katie Robinson. (Back row, from the left): Dr. Peter Poole, Thomas Hujon, Mitchell Blacquiere, Catherine Boisvert, Andrew College, Daniel Winters, Sean Murphy, and Dr. Peter Marzlin. Missing from the photo were Claire MacDougall and Duncan Osmond.

ANTIGONISH: When a group of St. Francis Xavier physics students started planning an Atlantic undergraduate physics and astronomy conference, they decided to aim big—and the results have been more than impressive. The students have attracted 2018 Nobel Prize winner Donna Strickland; NASA engineer and advocate for diversity and inclusion in science, Renee Horton; StFX alumnus…

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