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Work of Nobel Prize-winner John Polanyi celebrated in U of T exhibit

The groundbreaking work of University Professor Emeritus John Polanyi, celebrated chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986, is the focus of a new permanent exhibit at the Lash Miller ...
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Research led by U of T's John Polanyi sheds new light on behaviour of molecules

Research by a team of chemists at the University of Toronto, led by Nobel Prize-winning researcher John Polanyi, is shedding new light on the behaviour of molecules as they collide and exchange atoms ...
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March 28, 2025 In photos: Melanie Woodin's first 48 hours after being named U of T's president-designate October 17, 2024 ‘One of the great minds of the 21st century’: U of T celebrates Geoffrey ...
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Toronto school named for U of T's Nobel Laureate John Polanyi

University Professor and Nobel Laureate John Polanyi was honoured at the official opening of the John Polanyi Collegiate Institute (JPCI) October 12, 2012 – a day Mayor Rob Ford proclaimed John ...
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Polanyi Prize awarded to Barbara Sherwood Lollar

Barbara Sherwood Lollar, University Professor in earth sciences, has won the prestigious NSERC John C. Polanyi Award for her pioneering research into billion-year-old water and the clues it may ...
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U of T's John Polanyi recognized for anti-nuclear weapons activism, upholding human rights

University Professor Emeritus and Nobel laureate John Polanyi has been awarded the 2022 Andrei Sakharov Prize by the American Physical Society – a notable honour for Polanyi given his nuclear early ...
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John Polanyi receives American Physical Society's Andrei Sakharov Prize

University Professor Emeritus John Polanyi is the recipient of the 2022 Andrei Sakharov Prize from the American Physical Society – the first researcher from a Canadian institution to receive the ...
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Astronomer Maria Drout recognized with John Charles Polanyi Prize in Physics

Maria Drout has received the John Charles Polanyi Prize in Physics for her research in the new field of multi-messenger astronomy, and the study of short-lived events like supernovas and the evolution ...
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Prohibition of nuclear weapons the only rational way forward: John Polanyi in the Globe and Mail

Nuclear weapons continue to pose a threat to humanity and should be banned if reason is to prevail over might, says the University of Toronto’s John Polanyi. “Reason gave us science; laws of nature ...
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Canada Post unveils stamp of U of T chemist John Polanyi

On Oct. 1, as part of Toronto’s Nuit Blanche festival, Canada Post will unveil a limited-edition stamp that will honour the work of world-renowned University of Toronto chemist and Nobel Laureate John ...
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Nobel Laureate John Polanyi: 'What can we do to prevent nuclear war?'

This past August, six months after the contentious breakdown of talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and mere days after joint U.S.- South Korea military exercises ...
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Dr. Mamatha Bhat recognized with John Charles Polanyi Prize in Physiology/Medicine

Dr. Mamatha Bhat has received the John Charles Polanyi Prize in Physiology/Medicine for her research to ensure long-term health for patients who undergo liver transplants. Bhat is an assistant ...