Department of Germanic Languages &amp; Literatures / en 18 faculty members elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada /celebrates/18-faculty-members-elected-fellows-royal-society-canada <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">18 faculty members elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada</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/community" hreflang="en">Community</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="2024-09-09T12:58:49-04:00" title="Monday, September 9, 2024 - 12:58" class="datetime">Mon, 09/09/2024 - 12:58</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/centre-criminology-and-sociolegal-studies" hreflang="en">Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-study-religion" hreflang="en">Department for the Study of Religion</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-biochemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Biochemistry</a></div> <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-ecology-and-evolutionary-biology" hreflang="en">Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-germanic-languages-literatures" hreflang="en">Department of Germanic Languages &amp; Literatures</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-medicine" hreflang="en">Department of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-physics" hreflang="en">Department of Physics</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/faculty-arts-and-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts and Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-law" hreflang="en">Faculty of Law</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-music" hreflang="en">Faculty of Music</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/fellows-royal-society-canada" hreflang="en">Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/john-h-daniels-faculty-architecture-landscape-and-design" hreflang="en">John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture Landscape and Design</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/medical-biophysics" hreflang="en">Medical Biophysics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/oise" hreflang="en">OISE</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/royal-society-canada" hreflang="en">Royal Society of Canada</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">ֱ Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">ֱ Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Eighteen faculty members from across the University of Toronto have been appointed <a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/fellows">Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada</a> – a prestigious distinction given to the country’s most distinguished scholars, artists and scientists.</p> <p>“The University of Toronto is immensely proud to see such a high number of our faculty members elected to the Royal Society of Canada,” said&nbsp;<strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “These researchers are at the forefront of disciplines that span the arts, social sciences, humanities and sciences, and their work stands to have a significant impact on academic inquiry, policy and societal well-being.”</p> <p>The 2024 Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada are:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Kamari Clarke</strong> of the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><strong>Simon Coleman</strong> of the department for the study of religion in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><strong>Susan George</strong> of the University Health Network and the department of medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Willi Goetschel</strong> of the department of Germanic languages and literatures in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><strong>Aiyun Huang</strong> of the Faculty of Music</li> <li><strong>Hae-Young Kee</strong> of the department of physics in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><a href="https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/home/about/news/09-05-24-oise-professor-kang-lee-elected-fellow-royal-society-canada"><strong>Kang Lee</strong> of the department of applied psychology and human development in the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education</a></li> <li><strong>Ren-Ke Li </strong>of the University Health Network and the department of surgery in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Mathieu Lupien</strong> of the University Health Network and the department of medical biophysics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Mark McGowan </strong>of the department of history in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/research-innovation/news/professor-kent-moore-elected-fellow-royal-society-canada"><strong>Kent Moore</strong> of the department of chemical and physical sciences at ֱ Mississauga</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.law.utoronto.ca/news/jim-phillips-named-fellow-royal-society-canada"><strong>Jim&nbsp;Phillips</strong> of the Faculty of Law</a></li> <li><strong>John Rubinstein</strong> of the Hospital for Sick Children and the department of biochemistry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Brigitte Shim</strong> of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design</li> <li><a href="https://web.cs.toronto.edu/news-events/news/professor-raquel-urtasun-named-fellow-of-the-royal-society-of-canada"><strong>Raquel Urtasun</strong> of the department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></li> <li><strong>Balint Virag</strong> of the department of computer and mathematical sciences at ֱ Scarborough</li> <li><strong>Lucan Alan Way</strong> of the department of political science at ֱ Scarborough</li> <li><strong>Stephen Wright</strong> of the department of ecology and evolutionary biology in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> </ul> <h3><a href="http://rsc-src.ca/en/news/royal-society-canada-announces-its-2024-cohort-fellows-and-college-members">Read the Royal Society of Canada press release</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> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 16:58:49 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 309292 at Yong-Baek Kim, Yanqin Wu and John Zilcosky named Guggenheim Fellows /celebrates/yong-baek-kim-yanqin-wu-and-john-zilcosky-named-guggenheim-fellows <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Yong-Baek Kim, Yanqin Wu and John Zilcosky named Guggenheim Fellows</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="2022-04-29T15:59:51-04:00" title="Friday, April 29, 2022 - 15:59" class="datetime">Fri, 04/29/2022 - 15:59</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/guggenheim-fellowships" hreflang="en">Guggenheim Fellowships</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/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-physics" hreflang="en">Department of Physics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-germanic-languages-literatures" hreflang="en">Department of Germanic Languages &amp; Literatures</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/media/guggenheim-2022.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">(L-R) Yong-Baek Kim, Yanqin Wu and John Zilcosky</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 <b>Yong-Baek Kim</b>, <b>Yanqin Wu</b> and <b>John Zilcosky</b> have been recognized with prestigious&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gf.org/announcements/" target="_blank">2022 Guggenheim Fellowships</a> from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.</p> <p>All are professors in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science. Kim&nbsp;is a professor in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank">department of physics</a>&nbsp;and the director of the&nbsp;<a href="https://cqm.physics.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank">Centre for Quantum Materials</a>; <b>&nbsp;</b>Wu&nbsp;is a professor of theoretical astrophysics in the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank">David A. Dunlap department of astronomy and astrophysics</a> and Zilcosky&nbsp;is a professor in the&nbsp;<a href="https://german.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank">department of Germanic languages and literatures</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="https://complit.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank">Centre for Comparative Literature</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>“When honours like the Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded to multiple Faculty scholars, I am always impressed and fascinated by the diverse disciplines of the winners,” says Dean&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/about/glance/leadership-team/dean-faculty-arts-science"><strong>Melanie Woodin</strong></a>. “This year’s cohort is no exception. I am very happy that the fellowships will allow each to pursue their exciting and important work, and I congratulate them all.”</p> <p><b>Leah Cowen</b>, ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives, congratulated the researchers on being among the 180 recipients of the fellowships – out of 2500 applicants.</p> <p>“These fellowships will help support important work,” Cowen says, “from research into the proto-planetary disks of gas and dust around newly developing stars, to work on theoretical quantum condensed matter physics&nbsp;and a new book on the cultural history of wrestling.”</p> <h3><a href="/news/quantum-physics-planet-formation-and-wrestling-three-u-t-researchers-awarded-2022-guggenheim">Read the ֱ News story</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, 29 Apr 2022 19:59:51 +0000 lanthierj 174378 at Three University of Toronto professors honoured with prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships /celebrates/three-university-toronto-professors-honoured-prestigious-guggenheim-fellowships <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Three University of Toronto professors honoured with prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships</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="2020-04-22T14:17:46-04:00" title="Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - 14:17" class="datetime">Wed, 04/22/2020 - 14:17</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/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/guggenheim-fellowships" hreflang="en">Guggenheim Fellowships</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-law" hreflang="en">Faculty of Law</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/department-chemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Chemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-germanic-languages-literatures" hreflang="en">Department of Germanic Languages &amp; Literatures</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/anne-tanenbaum-centre-jewish-studies" hreflang="en">Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/centre-diaspora-transnational-studies" hreflang="en">Centre for Diaspora &amp; Transnational 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/guggenheim-2020.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">From left: David Dyzenhaus, Anna Shternshis and Douglas W. Stephan</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Three University of Toronto scholars – <strong>David Dyzenhaus</strong>, <strong>Anna Shternshis</strong> and <strong>Douglas W. Stephan</strong> – are among the recipients of <a href="https://www.gf.org/news/foundation-news/2020-guggenheim-fellowship-winners-announced/">this year’s prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships</a>.</p> <p>“Congratulations to Professors Dyzenhaus, Shternshis and Stephan,” said <strong>Melanie Woodin</strong>, dean of the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science. “Receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship is one of the great career achievements for a researcher and these three stellar scholars could not be more deserving of this prestigious recognition.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">Dyzenhaus is a University Professor </a>of law and philosophy, whose academic career has been devoted to the study of how law can at one and the same time be a tool of oppression and emancipation. He joined the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science in 1990 and is the recipient of numerous awards and honours including a Fellowship from the Royal Society of Canada.</p> <p><a href="/celebrates/david-dyzenhaus-receives-guggenheim-fellowship">Read more about Dyzenhaus</a></p> <p>Shternshis is a scholar of Yiddish and Russian Jewish history and culture who joined ֱ in 2001. She is the Al and Malka Green Professor of Yiddish studies in the department of Germanic languages and literatures and the Centre for Diaspora &amp; Transnational Studies and director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="/celebrates/anna-shternshis-receives-guggenheim-fellowship">Read more about Shternshis</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> Stephan is a global leader in the field of inorganic chemistry and catalysis. He joined the department of chemistry at ֱ in 2008 as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair and is a Fellow of the Royal Societies in the UK and Canada, a Corresponding Member of North-Rhein-Westfaelia Academy of the Sciences and Arts and an Einstein Visiting Fellow at Technischen Universität Berlin.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="/celebrates/douglas-w-stephan-receives-guggenheim-fellowship">Read more about Stephan</a>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.gf.org/">The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has offered fellowships</a> to artists, scholars and scientists in all fields annually since 1925. This year, 175 writers, scholars, artists and scientists were selected through a rigorous peer-review process from almost 3,000 applicants.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/three-scholars-honoured-prestigious-guggenheim-fellowships">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">A&amp;S</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> Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:17:46 +0000 lanthierj 164211 at