Undergraduate

The Department of Astronomy is pleased to recognize two undergraduate astrophysics concentrators--Adam Boesky and Caleb Painter (both Harvard, 2025)-- as 2025 Hertz Fellowship Finalists! Read more here. Selected from more than 1,000 applicants and...

The Astrophysics Concentrators enjoyed lunch with our faculty on Friday, February 28th. The scientific exchanges were stimulating, and a bit of fun was shared by all.

The Astronomy Department is pleased to award the 2025 Goldberg Prizes, honoring the best senior and junior Astronomy theses, to Kane Sjoberg ’25 and Hannah Burrows ’26. Senior Kane Sjoberg was honored for the thesis “PANDORA: New avenues in sub-percent...

The Astronomy Department is pleased to announce that two graduating Astrophysics concentrators have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa: Ellie Griffin (double concentration with MCB) and Caleb Painter. We wish them the best in their academic futures! Read more...

Arielle Frommer (Harvard, 2025) received a Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award at the 246th American Astronomical Society conference in Alaska! https://aas.org/posts/news/2025/06/congratulations-aas-246-chambliss-st… Her senior...

Congratulations to the 2023 FAS Hoopes Prize winners for best senior theses: Brian Hsu, working with Edo Berger Maya Skarbinski, working with Daniel Eisenstein

Congratulations to the 2023 Leo Goldberg Prizes for best undergraduate theses: Chris Wirth for "A Search for Ultra-Short-Period Planets with TESS" wins the Senior Award. Qijia Zhou for "Competitive Entrapment of Hypervolatiles in Water Ice" wins the...

Streamlining the Search for Black Holes https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/stories/streamlining-search-black-holes

Dave Charbonneau has been selected for a 2023 Everett I. Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award ( https://engage.gsas.harvard. edu/news/218515) . This is hosted by the Graduate Student Council and is presented annually to one or more Harvard faculty...

Highlights included an actual CMB measurement through the original 20 foot horn using student-built equipment--first time we'd done that--and of course Bob's tour and lectures