U of T literature and physics researchers recognized with Polanyi Prizes
Two University of Toronto researchers, Daniel Wright and Ioannis (John) Antoniadis, have won Polanyi Prizes – Wright for his work examining the political creativity of Victorian poets and novelists and Antoniadis for his research into pulsars as laboratories to study fundamental physics.
“It’s a real honour. It’s heartening that a prize like the Polanyi recognizes the humanities alongside fields like the sciences and medicine,” said Wright, an assistant professor in English at U of T Mississauga.
Also among this year's winners is alumnus Stephen Newman. Newman, who earned his PhD at U of T, is now assistant professor and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in the University of Ottawa’s department of chemistry and biomolecular sciences.
The prize, awarded by the Council of Ontario Universities, was created to honour the achievement of U of T’s John Charles Polanyi, who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.