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Alyssa A Goodman

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Research Interests: Goodman's work spans astrophysics, science education, data science,  data visualization, and prediction. Her astrophysical research is aimed at understanding how interstellar gas arranges itself into new stars and on new techniques for...

Harvard Foundation to honor Goodman as Scientist of the Year

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Alyssa A. Goodman, Harvard professor of astronomy and research associate of the Smithsonian Institution, has been selected the 2015 Scientist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation. The award will be presented March 27. Read More: Harvard Gazette

Alyssa Goodman selected for 2016–2017 fellowship class at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

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Alyssa Goodman has been selected to join the 50 other women and men, who are the 2016–2017 fellowship class at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, where the acceptance rate to the fellowship program this year was just under 4...

Beyond the Telescope: How Stars Shape Galaxies talk by Scott Lucchini and Alyssa Goodman

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Beyond the Telescope: How Stars Shape Galaxies When: May 4, 7pm Where: Boston Museum of Science More Information and Registration Join astrophysicists Scott Lucchini and Alyssa Goodman on an expedition through the lives of stars and how they shape their...

Alyssa Goodman: Astronomy Rewind fast-forwards to reanimate "Zombie" astrophotos thanks to thousands of citizen scientists.

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More than 30,000 celestial images that were all but lost to science are about to find their way back into researchers’ hands thanks to the efforts of thousands of citizen scientists. The photographs, radio maps, and other telescopic images were scanned...

Color usage in ADS-listed journal articles

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The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics manages the comprehensive paper database Astrophysics Data System (ADS), which hosts nearly 15 million records, each with detailed citation and impact metrics. The Astronomy Image Explorer, hosted by AAS, is...

Lost without Longitude

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Alyssa Goodman, Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution One of the most important scientific challenges in early eighteenth-century Europe was the search for a reliable way to determine longitude at sea...

Undergrad Seminar

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Seamless Astronomy: A Research Environment for the 21st Century Prof. Alyssa Goodman

Outreach Requirement Workshop

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For all first, second and third-year graduate students. Alyssa Goodman will clarify the intention and possible content of the Outreach artifact, a new curriculum requirement of the PhD program in Astronomy.

Alyssa Goodman's Worldwide Telescope project receives grant from FAS Dean's Fund.

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Letter from Dean Claudine Gay: "I am delighted to share the news that your project, “Bringing the Real Universe to STEM Education with WorldWide Telescope,” will receive funding in the amount of $50,000 from the fall 2019 cycle of the Dean’s Competitive...

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Astronomy Department Chair David Charbonneau Administrative Staff Department Administrator: Peg Herlihy Graduate Coordinator: Mark Palmer Faculty Assistant for Profs. Berger, Eisenstein, and Conroy: Lisa Catella Division Administrator for Profs. Loeb...

Alyssa Goodman and Pat Udomprasert awarded NASA Science Activation project entitled "Cosmic Storytelling with NASA Data"

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NASA is funding 30 awards across the U.S to implement the next phase of Science Activation—a community-based approach to connect NASA science with learners of all ages. The Astronomy project is entitled Cosmic Storytelling with NASA Data (CosmicDS). The...