Acadia ALERT - Campus Closed (Weather)

Today, Monday, February 23, 2026, Acadia University will remain closed, with the exception of residences and Wheelock Dining Hall, due to the forecasted weather. Wheelock Dining Hall may adjust their hours due to the weather and any change in hours will be communicated through Residence Life.

Employees and students are not expected to come to campus and only employees deemed essential are required to report to work. Non-essential employees are not expected to work during the closure. Any events scheduled for today will be postponed or cancelled.

Updates will be posted on www.acadiau.ca and pre-recorded on Acadia’s Information Line: 902-585-4636 (585-INFO). If you need emergency-related information, please contact the Department of Safety and Security by dialing 88 on all 585-phone systems, or by calling 902-585-1103.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Acadia University

Department of Safety & Security

902-585-1103

security@acadiau.ca

(Monday February 23, 2026 @ 5:55 am)

Acadia graduate wins Canada's top science prize

In March 2009, Dr. Corkum was awarded the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for science and engineering, which includes $1 million in research funding.  The Herzberg Medal is the most prestigious honour conferred by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).  Dr. Corkum has also been elected as foreign member of the US National Academy of Science.

Paul Corkum graduated from Acadia University in 1965 with a B.Sc. in Physics, and continued his education at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. where he attained an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Physics.  
 
Dr. Corkum began his career by accepting a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Research Council of Canada where he has remained ever since.  He concentrated first on plasma physics and then on laser technology.  Over the years, with this experimental background well developed, he has shifted his research focus to applying these new techniques to the emerging areas of ultrafast phenomena.
 
During his career, Dr. Corkum has received a host of awards and medals and has been appointed Canada Research Chair in Attosecond Photonics, Professor of Physics at Ottawa University and an Adjunct Professor at a number of other Canadian universities.  In 2006, Acadia awarded Dr. Corkum an honorary Ph.D.

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