Gwen Eadie receives Connaught New Researcher Award
21.09.2020https://www.utoronto.ca/news/hip-hop-healthy-soil-56-u-t-researchers-receive-connaught-new-researcher-award
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Maria Drout has been awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair
15.07.2020Some 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…
CHIME team wins award for extreme cleverness
15.07.2020Congratulations 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
Prof Bryan Gaensler Re-appointed as the Director of Dunlap Institute
02.07.2020On July 1st, 2020, Professor Bryan Gaensler re-appointed to the 2nd term as the Director for Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics. Congratulations, Bryan!
Prof Bob Abraham Takes Over as the Chair of the Department
02.07.2020On 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!
Luke Pratley, has won the IAU 2019 Division B thesis prize
11.06.2020Congratulations 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/
Jo Bovy to be granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor
01.06.2020The President has written to the Dean accepting the recommendation that Jo Bovy be granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor, effective July 1. Congratulations Jo!
Emily Deibert recognized with the U of T Alumni Association’s Graduate Award of Excellence!
15.04.2020Congratulations to Emily Deibert on being recognized with the University of Toronto Alumni Association’s Graduate Award of Excellence! These awards are the highest honour of the University of Toronto. As we know, Emily excels in her research, her teaching as a TA, is an…
Dr. Howard K. C. Yee is the recipient of the 2020 Beals Award.
02.03.2020Congratulations to Howard for the Beals Award! Howard has played many important roles in Canadian astronomy. When Howard started there was almost no extragalactic astronomy, let alone observational cosmology in Canada. He brought the experience and rigor of Caltech observing to CFHT which led to…
Diana Valencia was successful in obtaining an Early Research Award.
27.02.2020Congratulations to Diana Valencia for winning an Early Research Award!