Adiv has been a spectacular member of our community, with the ‘perfect trifecta’ of major contributions to research, teaching, and service. He has demonstrated research excellence in the study of exoplanet climates, by for instance creating the first public repository of habitable climates, making thousands…
https://www.utoronto.ca/news/astrophysics-literature-29-researchers-u-t-awarded-canada-research-chairs
Winners of our undergraduate scholarships this year. They are as follows: Janson Fu won the Maurice and Christine Clement Scholarship in Astronomy and Astrophysics, awarded to a graduating student on the basis of academic achievement in their final year. Mitchell Barrett won the Walter…
The notification reads ” The Dean’s Doctoral Excellence Scholarship, which is the top prize in the Faculty of Arts & Science Excellence Awards competition, is awarded to an academically excellent student who has a talent for research and knowledge mobilization and has demonstrated leadership potential.”…
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Some good news: Maria Drout has been awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair. Her official title will be “Canada Research Chair in Time-Domain and Multi-messenger Astrophysics”, which is just the coolest academic title ever in the history of academic titles! The University will press…
Congratulations to the many department and institute people on the CHIME team…. CHIME just won the 2020 Governor General’s Innovation Award! https://innovation.gg.ca/winner/chime
On July 1st, 2020, Professor Bryan Gaensler re-appointed to the 2nd term as the Director for Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics. Congratulations, Bryan!
On July 1st, 2020, Professor Bob Abraham assumes the position of Chair of the David A Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics (DADDAA). In the mean time, Prof Kristen Menou is appointed as Associate Graduate Chair, while Prof Mike Reid as Associate Undergraduate Chair. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Luke Pratley, who has won the IAU 2019 Division B thesis prize for his dissertation “Radio Astronomy in the Big Data Era” ! Full details here: https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann20022/