Dear All, Woo hoo! We just received confirmation from the President that Suresh Sivanandam has been awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor. Very, very richly deserved and we’re so happy for him! Please join us in offering our HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Suresh on this…
Congratulations to Renée Hložek, who has won the 2021 Richer Gold Medal from the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA). Renée will receive her medal and give a prize lecture at the annual CASCA meeting in May. CASCA is pleased to announce Dr. Renée Hložek as the recipient…
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.”…
https://www.utoronto.ca/news/hip-hop-healthy-soil-56-u-t-researchers-receive-connaught-new-researcher-award
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!