2015

Tiny, Ultracool Star is Super Stormy

Tiny, Ultracool Star is Super Stormy

November 19, 2015

"Our Sun is a relatively quiet star that only occasionally releases solar flares or blasts of energetic particles that threaten satellites and power grids. You might think that smaller, cooler stars would be even more sedate. However, astronomers have now identified a tiny star with a monstrous temper. It shows evidence of much stronger flares than anything our Sun produces. If similar stars prove to be just as stormy, then potentially habitable planets orbiting them are likely to be much less hospitable than previously thought"

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Professor Ramesh Narayan was elected a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS

Professor Ramesh Narayan was elected a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS

November 19, 2015

Professor Ramesh Narayan was elected a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). TWAS is a global science academy based in Trieste, Italy, working to advance science and engineering for sustainable prosperity in the developing world.

Read More: http://twas.org/article/twas-elects-44-new-fellows

  • NARAYAN, Ramesh (USA): b.25-9-1950. PhD, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, Harvard University,...
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John A. Johnson a recipient of the  2015 Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching

John A. Johnson a recipient of the 2015 Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching

October 20, 2015

Dear Colleagues,

It is my great pleasure to announce the recipients of the 2015 Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching, Jene Golovchenko, Rumford Professor of Physics and Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, and John Johnson, Professor of Astronomy. Made possible by a generous gift from alumnus Gardner Hendrie ’54 and consisting of a $10,000 personal award and $40,000 in unrestricted support for teaching and research, the Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching recognizes exceptional teaching in introductory science courses. A faculty...

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L'oreal Prize to Harvard Astronomy Alumni Sarah Ballard

L'oreal Prize to Harvard Astronomy Alumni Sarah Ballard

October 14, 2015

L'oreal Prize to Harvard Astronomy Alumni Sarah Ballard. 

"NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- L'Oreal USA today announces the five recipients of the 2015 For Women in Science Fellowship, which honors female scientists at critical stages of their career with $60,000 fellowships to advance their postdoctoral research. Celebrating its twelfth year in the U.S., the L'Oreal For Women in Science program has awarded 60 postdoctoral women scientists nearly $3 million in grants. The announcement is being made in conjunction with Ada...

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2015  Fellows of the American Physical Society

2015 Fellows of the American Physical Society

October 13, 2015

Avi Loeb (Harvard), Douglas Finkbeiner (Harvard), and Patrick Slane (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) have been selected as Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS). This is a high honor, restricted to 0.5% of the membership in a given year. They were nominated by the APS Division of Astrophysics (DAP) because of their leading contributions to the field. APS will present the Fellowship certificates at the APS April Meeting.

More Information and complete list: http://www.aps.org/units/dap/fellowship/index.cfm

Douglas Finkbeiner (Harvard)...

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