Nobel Prize winner says Laurentian s physics program cut means losing great minds, research funds
Laurentian s decision to cut the physics department will severely impact the university s research funding, as it loses some of the greatest minds in science, says astrophysicist Art McDonald, who teamed with some of the faculty members now losing their jobs to win the Nobel Prize in 2015.
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Posted: Apr 23, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 23
Art McDonald, a Nobel-winning Canadian physicist and former director at the underground science laboratory known as SNOLAB, says the cuts to Laurentian s physics program mean the Sudbury, Ont., university will no longer be able to take part in major astrophysics work.(Stu Mills/CBC)