Awards & honours news

From the U of T President's Teaching Award to the Order of Canada, our students, faculty, staff and alumni consistently earn some of the most prestigious honours in their fields. We are proud to celebrate their success.

University Professor Molly Shoichet is among the winners of this year’s Killam Prizes, which celebrate working scientists, writers, doctors and researchers who have dedicated their careers to solving challenges in our daily lives. (Photo: Roberta Baker).

Molly Shoichet receives Killam Prize in Engineering

May 2, 2017

Award presented to Canadians who risk, innovate and lead the next generation of brilliant minds to a stronger future

Aspiring roboticist wins full scholarship to join U of T Engineering

May 1, 2017

Pranshu Malik’s love for 3D modelling and engineering design has taken him to international aerospace and robotics competitions

Left to right: Professor Ramin Farnood, Professor Grant Allen, Dean Cristina Amon, Professor Will Cluett, Endang (Susie) Susilawati, Pauline Martini, Professor Greg Evans, Professor Christopher Yip at Celebrating Engineering Excellence 2017 (Photo: Roberta Baker)

U of T Engineering honours outstanding faculty and staff at the 10th annual Celebrating Engineering Excellence event

April 27, 2017

Reception recognizes recipients of Engineering’s staff, research and teaching awards, as well as those who received awards and major research grants over the past year

Cressy Award winners from U of T Engineering met with departmental chairs, Gordon Cressy and Dean Cristina Amon for a pre-ceremony reception. (Photo: Kevin Soobrian)

U of T Engineering students receive record number of 2017 Cressy Awards

April 26, 2017

Twenty-eight 2017 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards have been awarded to U of T Engineering students

Professor Amy Bilton (MIE) with graduate student Ahmed Mahmoud. Bilton, along with alumni Larry Seeley and Ted Maulucci, is among the recipients of the 2017 Engineers Canada Awards. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

Three U of T engineers honoured by Engineers Canada

April 21, 2017

Amy Bilton, Ted Maulucci and Larry Seeley are among the recipients of the 2017 Engineers Canada Awards.

Alexander Ip and his U of T research team, led by Professor Ted Sargent, will receive nearly $1 million from the Ontario government for the semi-final round of the Carbon XPRIZE competition (Photo: Kevin Soobrian)

Ontario supports U of T Engineering researchers competing for Carbon XPRIZE

April 12, 2017

The Ontario government has invested $833,000 to support a team of U of T researchers trying to turn carbon into something useful for the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE

Dawn Kilkenny, an assistant professor, teaching stream, in biomedical engineering, helped raise $2 million for equipment and renovations at this teaching lab in the Lassonde Mining Building (Photo: Geoffrey Vendeville)

Early Career Teaching Award: Q & A with Dawn Kilkenny

March 21, 2017

This post originally appeared on U of T News. Her students wouldn’t suspect it, but Dawn Kilkenny feels a little stage fright at the start of every academic year. The reason? “I want them to like the content as much as I do,” she told U of T News. Kilkenny, an assistant professor, teaching stream […]

Professor Elizabeth Edwards (ChemE, right), is being honoured with a 2017 Faculty Award for her pioneering research, which also demonstrates the best in cross-disciplinary collaboration, and for outstanding teaching. The annual prize recognizes U of T teaching staff who consistently demonstrate all-around excellence in both their scholarly work and in the classroom. (Credit: Sara Collaton)

Elizabeth Edwards receives a 2017 Faculty Award for outstanding teaching and research

March 21, 2017

The annual prize recognizes U of T teaching staff who consistently demonstrate all-around excellence in both their scholarly work and in the classroom

Professor Craig Simmons (MIE, IBBME, at centre) encourages his students to test their hypotheses in the lab and make original research contributions. “Training students is the way the University has our biggest and most immediate impact," he says. (Credit: Neil Ta)

Craig Simmons receives 2017 Northrop Frye Award for integrating teaching and research

March 14, 2017

“Training students is the way the University has our biggest and most immediate impact,” says Simmons

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