Department Update, Issue #77

In this issue…

Academic News
• Cliff Burgess and collaborators have won Second prize in the 2025 Buchalter Cosmology Prize
• Applications Open for SURP (Summer Undergraduate Research Program) 2026 – University of Toronto – Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Application Open for Astro-AI graduate credential program – University of Texas at Austin

Administrative News
• 60″ LG TV Giveaway
• Vote on the colour choice(s) for the Origins room.

Events and Activities
• Graduate Studies in STEM Discovery Night – January 29 at 5 pm
• January and February Colloquia 2026

Professional Development, Scholarship, and Job Opportunities
• REMINDER: 2026 USRA Summer Research – deadline: Feb 2, 2026 at 5:00 pm
• Case Study Showdown from the HER Network – Jan. 25 at 11:00 am PST / 2:00 pm EST

Acknowledgement

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