/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Canada%20Council%20for%20the%20Arts/rss en /channels/news/vicky-kaspi-wins-2015-killam-prize-natural-sciences-246500 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ professor Vicky Kaspi, a world-renowned astrophysicist known for her cutting-edge work on neutron stars and pulsars, was awarded the Killam Prize today, one of the country’s most prestigious awards for academic-career achievement. The $100,000 prize was granted for outstanding scholarship in the natural sciences. Five awards – one each in the categories of the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences and engineering -- are distributed every year by the Canada Council for the Arts.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/kaspi_photo_2015.jpg?itok=Om-AUlo9" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">14 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 14 Apr 2015 10:31:53 +0000 webfull 109367 at /channels