Alumni One of our past undergraduate students Katharine Hayhoe received a 2019 Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honor, for her stalwart commitment to quantifying the effects of climate change and her tireless efforts to transform public attitudes. Katharine is a climate…
As some of you know, Professor Bill Clarke passed away suddenly in October last year. Professor Bill Clarke served as Interim Chair 2001-2002 and 2005-2006. At the time, the family requested privacy but agreed that we would have a comment about Bill’s career in…
Alexander Kostenko (supervisor Prof Chris Thompson) – March 5th, 2020. Alexander is interested in government policy work and is considering pursuing a career in this field. Steven Janssens (supervisor Prof Bob Abraham) – December 4th, 2019. Thesis title: Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies and Ultra-Compact Dwarfs in…
Kaitlin, who was one of our most gifted and enthusiastic graduate students, is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona. As our grad student at UofT, she held the prestigious Connaught Fellowship and later, as a…
Why did you choose U of T? I chose U of T because of the vibrant science being done here from theory to observation to instrumentation in particular in my field. I love that this is an amazing community of faculty, staff, postdocs, and…
We also would like to bring your attention to the excellent tribute to Professor Donald A. MacRae written by Professor John Percy. Donald A. MacRae was Chair of our Department and Director of the David Dunlap Observatory, and a leader in the Canadian astronomical…
by Lee Robbins In late June, I met with Ernie Seaquist (past Chair of the Department and Director of the David Dunlap Observatory (DDO), 1998-1993 and 1994-1999) who passed along a box of material to me from Don Fernie (also past Chair of the Department…
Undergraduate Students Shannon Vanderwourde is the recipient of the 2019 Maurice and Christine Clement Scholarship in Astronomy and Astrophysics. She has also been named the recipient of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Jacob Taylor is the recipient of Smith Solis…
Jielai, a gifted and enthusiastic graduate student, was named one of fourteen inaugural Schmidt Science Fellows. She kindly agreed to answer a few questions for our newsletter. We would like to thank Jielai for her time. Could you briefly tell us about yourself?…
Jielai Zhang – June 28th, 2018 (Supervisors: Bob Abraham and Peter Martin). Thesis title: The Development and Scientific Application of the Dragonfly Telephoto Array. She is a Schmidt Science Fellow in Oxford. Peter Jumper – August 24th, 2018 (Supervisor: Chris Matzner). Thesis title: Star Cluster…