Submitted by lesholme on Tue, 07/28/2009 - 8:33am.
Since the huge fireball crashed into the Buzzard Coulee area in centra Alberta and Saskatchewan last November, Dr. Alan Hildebrand and his team have catalogued more than 700 meteorite fragments.
Each year, the student graduating with the highest academic standing in either the major or honours undergraduate program in physics or astrophysics receives the prestigious Venkatesan Silver Medallion. This year's recipient is Andy Pon, who maintained a perfect GPA over the entire course of his honours degree in Astrophysics.