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Edo: A Video by the Undergraduate Astronomy 100 Students

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"A song about the greatest astrophysics professor who ever lived: Edo Berger. After a trip to the Whipple Observatory in Mt. Hopkins AZ, the students in Astro 100 wanted to make a video about their experience there and, of course, about Edo." https:/...

Fostering Talent: What are the best ways to foster and nurture eraly career scientist?

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How do we select a cohort of promising scientists before they have made their discoveries? Read an article by Avi Loeb on fostering and nurturing talent. Physics World: Fostering Talent ( pdf)

Square Kilometer Array (SKA): UK and Italy vie over telescope HQ

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Physics World: An Italian bid to host the headquarters of the world’s largest radio telescope has been judged superior to a British proposal – yet it has failed to get the green light. Edwin Cartlidge reports: Physics World: UK and Italy vie over...

Yucong Zhu, Dissertation Colloquium

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Li Zeng, Dissertation Colloquium

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Alex Dalgarno

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We are very sad to report that our colleague Alex Dalgarno passed away on April 9. Alex was an extraordinary scientist and teacher, who led for decades the application of atomic and molecular physics to astrophysics. He conceived of ITAMP, the Institute...

Prof. Soderberg participated in the 2015 BBC Stargazing Live TV Show

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Prof. Soderberg participated in the 2015 BBC Stargazing Live television show at Jodrell Bank radio telescope ( http://www.jodrellbank.net/) during the total solar eclipse in the UK on March 20. Together with Professor Brian Cox and Dara O'Brianin, she...

Department Honors Convocation

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Immediately following this event a barbeque supper will be served in the courtyard.

Barbeque in honor of graduates

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Dylan Nelson, Dissertation Colloquium

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Elisabeth Newton's Horizon presentation

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Shedding light on red dwarf stars: Fundamental observations of our nearest stellar neighbors.

Grad Networking Lunch with Fiona Harrison

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