Department of Statistical Sciences / en Gwendolyn Eadie recognized with Polanyi Prize in Physics /celebrates/gwendolyn-eadie-recognized-polanyi-prize-physics <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Gwendolyn Eadie recognized with Polanyi Prize in Physics</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-01-18T15:25:59-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 15:25" class="datetime">Tue, 01/18/2022 - 15:25</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/david-dunlap-department-astronomy-astrophysics" hreflang="en">David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-statistical-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Statistical Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/john-charles-polanyi-prize" hreflang="en">John Charles Polanyi Prize</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/polanyi-prize-physics" hreflang="en">Polanyi Prize in Physics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">portrait</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Photo_Gwendolyn-Eadie-crop.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Gwendolyn Eadie"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><b>Gwendolyn Eadie </b>of the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science's David A. Dunlap department of astronomy and astrophysics and department of statistical sciences has won a 2021 Polanyi Prize in Physics for her work in the emerging field of astrostatistics, which is providing new insights into dark matter and its impact on galaxies.</p> <p>The prestigious John Charles Polanyi prizes are awarded in honour of <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/complete-list-university-professors/">University Professor</a> <b>John Polanyi</b>, who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Funded by the government of Ontario and administered by the Council of Ontario Universities, they recognize innovative researchers who are continuing postdoctoral work or have recently been appointed as faculty at an Ontario university.</p> <p>Eadie’s research aims to combine the fields of astronomy and statistics and create statistical models that can help astronomers better understand and make more accurate predictions about how dark matter is distributed in galaxies, and how it affects the formation and evolution of galaxies including our Milky Way.</p> <p>“As the first οfaculty member to be appointed to both the departments of astronomy and statistics – and the head of Canada’s first astrostatistics research team – Gwendolyn Eadie is no stranger to blazing new trails,” says <b>Leah Cowen</b>,<b> </b>U of T’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “Her novel interdisciplinary research is poised to provide deeper insights into dark matter that will be critical to advancing our understanding of the workings of our galaxy.</p> <p>“The University of Toronto congratulates Assistant Professor Eadie on this richly deserved recognition.”</p> <h3><a href="https://ontariosuniversities.ca/impact/award-winners/john-charles-polanyi-prizes-2021">Read more about the John Charles Polanyi Prizes</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:25:59 +0000 lanthierj 172029 at Silvia Sellán awarded Dean’s Doctoral Excellence Scholarship /celebrates/silvia-sell-n-awarded-dean-s-doctoral-excellence-scholarship <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"> Silvia Sellán awarded Dean’s Doctoral Excellence Scholarship</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/academic-achievement" hreflang="en">Academic Achievement</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-08-09T12:17:02-04:00" title="Monday, August 9, 2021 - 12:17" class="datetime">Mon, 08/09/2021 - 12:17</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-computer-science" hreflang="en">Department of Computer Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-geography-and-planning" hreflang="en">Department of Geography and Planning</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-sociology" hreflang="en">Department of Sociology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-statistical-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Statistical Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2023-05/sylvia-sellan750x500.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="photo of Silvia Sellán"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="http://dgp.toronto.edu/~sgsellan/"><strong>Silvia Sellán</strong>,&nbsp;a PhD student </a>in the department of computer science, has been awarded the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science's <a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/graduate/graduate-funding/graduate-scholarships#graduate-scholarships-accordion-4">Dean’s Doctoral Excellence Scholarship</a>.</p> <p>The scholarship recognizes&nbsp;students’ academic excellence, the impact of their research, contributions toward colleagues and other students – and the leadership they demonstrate beyond their research activities.</p> <p>“It's a real honour and means a lot to me,” says Sellán, whose research focuses on geometry processing, a sub-discipline of computer graphics that spans the three-dimensional real and digital worlds.</p> <p>“I already consider myself lucky to get paid to do research. To be recognized on top of that makes me very happy.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~jacobson/"><strong>Alec Jacobson</strong></a>, an assistant professor in the department of computer science and Sellán’s supervisor, said Sellán exemplifies the qualities that the scholarship rewards.</p> <p>“Silvia is deeply curious,” Jacobson said. “She participates actively at our conferences and symposia, frequently asking questions and arranging follow-up discussions with fellow researchers. She is discerning about which questions are interesting academically and which questions are important.”</p> <p>Three runners-up for the scholarship were also recognized with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/graduate/graduate-funding/graduate-scholarships#graduate-scholarships-accordion-4">A&amp;S Doctoral Excellence Scholarships</a>:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.sociology.utoronto.ca/news/phd-student-eduardo-gutierrez-cornelius-receives-faculty-arts-and-science%C2%A0doctoral-excellence"><strong>Eduardo Gutierrez</strong> Cornelius,&nbsp;department of sociology</a></li> <li><a href="https://geography.utoronto.ca/profiles/andrew-kaufman/"><strong>Andrew Kaufman</strong>,&nbsp;department of geography and planning&nbsp;</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.statistics.utoronto.ca/people/directories/graduate-students/micha%C3%ABl-lalancette"><strong>Michaël Lalancette</strong>,&nbsp;department of statistical sciences</a></li> </ul> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/computer-graphics-researcher-silvia-sellan-receives-deans-doctoral-excellence-scholarship">Read the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 09 Aug 2021 16:17:02 +0000 lanthierj 169946 at Lecturers, instructors recognized for excellence in teaching /celebrates/lecturers-instructors-recognized-excellence-teaching <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Lecturers, instructors recognized for excellence in teaching</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/teaching" hreflang="en">Teaching</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-08-07T07:28:22-04:00" title="Friday, August 7, 2020 - 07:28" class="datetime">Fri, 08/07/2020 - 07:28</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-philosophy" hreflang="en">Department of Philosophy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-gender-studies-institute" hreflang="en">Women &amp; Gender Studies Institute</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/new-college" hreflang="en">New College</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-statistical-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Statistical Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/african-studies" hreflang="en">African Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/undergraduate.teaching.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">Clockwise from top left; Emma McClure, S. Trimble, Khalid Ahmed, Alex Stringer</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The University of Toronto's Faculty of Arts &amp; Science has recognized sessional lecturers and graduate student course instructors with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/2020-superior-teaching-awards">Superior Teaching Award</a>s for their exceptional&nbsp;contributions.</p> <p>These annual awards recognize excellence in classroom instruction, innovative teaching methods and student engagement by sessional lecturers and graduate student instructors, as evidenced by the ability to help students develop an understanding of the subject matter and ability to create an engaging and rewarding learning experience.</p> <p>The recipients of the 2020 Faculty of Arts &amp; Science Superior Teaching Awards are:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Khalid Ahmed</strong>, senior lecturer, African studies program, New College</li> <li><strong>S. Trimble</strong>, sessional instructor, Women &amp; Gender Studies Institute</li> <li><strong>Emma McClure</strong>, graduate student course instructor, department of philosophy</li> <li><strong>Alex Stringer</strong>, graduate student course instructor, department of statistical sciences</li> </ul> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/2020-superior-teaching-awards">Read the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story&nbsp;</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 07 Aug 2020 11:28:22 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 165462 at