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Mini Doc: How Rare Stars Help us Understand the Universe

  Follow University of Toronto astronomer Anna O’Grady as she shares her personal research journey discovering a rare type of star.     Original news story here: dunlap.utoronto.ca/u-of-t-student-discovers-rare-star-population. A University of Toronto PhD student has led the discovery of a population of a rare type of star — research that can help us to better understand […]

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January Grad Student of the Month: Steffani Grondin

  [one_half] [/one_half] Steffani is a second year PhD student in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, specializing in binary systems and stars that have escaped their birth cluster. She received a Combined Honours Physics and Astronomy degree from the University of British Columbia where she studied pulsars and white

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September Grad Student of the Month: Tomás Cassanelli

  [one_half] [/one_half] Tomás is a fourth year PhD candidate at the University of Toronto (U of T), specializing in Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). Before starting at U of T, Tomás completed an Astrophysics MSc at the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (Germany), and an engineering/physics degree from Universidad de La

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August Grad Student of the Month: Taylor Kutra

    [one_half] [/one_half] Taylor is starting her fourth year as a PhD Candidate in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. She did her undergraduate degree at Quest University Canada in British Columbia where she studied physics and astronomy. When she isn’t doing astronomy, she spends her time backpacking, paddling,

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DIVSS Students in Focus: Aryanna Schiebelbein

  [one_half] [/one_half]     Aryanna Schiebelbein is from Waterloo, Ontario. She\’s going into her fourth year at the University of Waterloo. Her major is Physics and Astronomy, with a minor in Anthropology. [bra_border_divider top=\’15\’ bottom=\’15\’][one_half] What first interested you in astronomy? So, ever since I was in elementary school and first learned about astronomy,

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DIVSS Students in Focus: Carlos Daniel Trejos Angulo

  [one_half] [/one_half] Carlos Daniel Trejos Angulo is from Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica. He attends the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica and is going into his fourth year of Electronic Engineering. [bra_border_divider top=\’15\’ bottom=\’15\’][one_half] What most interested you about Dunlap\’s instrumentation school?  In Costa Rica, I\’m involved in an astronomy club called AstroTEC. The teacher

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