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Category Archives: News
Jonathan Bird selected as Science Team Chair for the SDSS-IV APOGEE-2 survey
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David Weintraub received the Klopsteg Memorial Lecture Award from the American Association of Physics Teachers
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Kelly Holley-Bockelmann named one of the Chancellor Faculty Fellows
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Kelly Holley-Bockelmann named one of the Chancellor Faculty Fellows
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New book by Prof. David Weintraub
Congratulate Prof. David Weintraub on publishing his 3rd book! This one, titled “Religions and Extraterrestrial Life: How Will We Deal With It?” is a provocative subject that is treated with both scientific rigor and great sensitivity. The book is now … Continue reading
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Kelly Holley-Bockelmann and Andreas Berlind Received Tenure!
Great News! Kelly Holley-Bockelmann and Andreas Berlind have both been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. Congratulations to both of them!
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Fabienne Bastien Received Hubble Fellowship
Fabienne Bastien was offered both Hubble fellowship and Sagan fellowship. She has accepted Hubble fellowship, and will continue her research in Pennsylvania State University. Congratulations to her!
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Kelly Holley-Bockelmann has been elected to serve as Vice-Chair of the AAS Division of Dynamical Astronomy
Kelly Holley-Bockelmann has been elected to serve as Vice-Chair of the AAS Division of Dynamical Astronomy. Her three-year term will progress from Vice-Chair, to Chair, to Past Chair and will begin in April 2014.
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Kelly Holley-Bockelmann has been elected to serve on the AAS Council
Kelly Holley-Bockelmann has been elected to serve on the AAS Council. Her term begins on July 1, 2014. Results of the 2014 AAS Election can be found at: https://aas.org/posts/news/2014/02/results-2014-aas-election
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Surprising new class of “hypervelocity stars” discovered escaping the galaxy
See Vanderbilt News for details: http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/01/hypervelocity-stars/
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