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Jedidah Isler named one of 100 Most Influential African Americans 2016!
http://www.theroot.com/facewall/the-root-100-2016/#jedidah-isler
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Vanderbilt researcher Jedidah Isler is forging new paths in astrophysics—and diversity among aspiring scientists
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Graduate Student Michael Lund wins award for Outstanding Publication in Astronomy!
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Graduate Student Christina Davis wins the 2016 XSEDE Scholar Fellowship!
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Graduate Student Brittany Kamai will form part of the LIGO collaboration as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech after her thesis defense in June!
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Vanderbilt Graduate Student Christina Davis receives honorable mention for the 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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Vanderbilt Graduate Student Joseph Rodriguez is featured in Research News@Vanderbilt
Astronomy graduate Student Joseph Rodriguez is featured in Research News@Vanderbilt for his research on TYC 2505-672-1. Read more here: http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2016/02/longest-lasting-stellar-eclipse/
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Bridge postdoctoral fellow Julie Dumas receives NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship
More info about this fellowship can be found here: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5291
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Mike Lund, Kyle Conroy, and Meagan Lang made major contributions to AAS Hack Day!
Read the AAS Nova Report on the different projects and ideas developed during the AAS Hack Day: http://aasnova.org/2016/01/25/outcomes-from-aas-hack-day-at-the-227th-aas-meeting/
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Nicole Sanchez gets Honorable Mention in the AAS Chambliss Prize
Fisk-Vanderbilt Bridge Program student Nicole Sanchez gets Honorable Mention in the AAS Chambliss Prize for best graduate student poster!
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