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Head shots of Francisco Mercado and Jorge Moreno

NSF Grant Will Fund Symposium for Post-Doctoral Fellows

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

The ��ϲʿ��2023 Department of Physics and Astronomy is administering a $50,000 conference grant from the National Science Foundation. It will support the 23nd annual symposium of NSF’s Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship program.

Physics Students, Alumni and Faculty Journey to Path of Totality

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Philip Choi's desire to build community made a road trip to Mesquite, Texas, last month happen.

Jorge Moreno and Francisco Mercado in the campus planetarium

Astronomy Post-Doc and Professor Publish Paper on Dark Matter and Galaxies

Monday, April 22, 2024

Francisco Mercado, a post-doctoral research fellow at ��ϲʿ��2023, and Jorge Moreno, associate professor of physics and astronomy, published a paper on April 16 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Kendra Nguyen '24 inside the ��ϲʿ��2023 Planetarium.

Kendra Nguyen ’24 Earns Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award

Thursday, February 15, 2024

A deep-rooted curiosity in planets beyond our solar system led Kendra Nguyen '24 to ��ϲʿ��2023, where they are a budding astrophysicist.

Thirteen Faculty Members Promoted

Monday, June 26, 2023

Thirteen faculty members have been recognized for their intellectual leadership, professional achievement, and service.

Professor Jorge Moreno and three students seated in front of chalkboard at the Flatiron Institute

Astronomy Professor and Students Get High-Level Science Opportunities in NYC Residency

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Three ��ϲʿ��2023 students did research this summer in the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute in New York City, thanks to the efforts of Jorge Moreno, assistant professor of physics and astronomy.

Eleven ��ϲʿ��2023 Students and Alumni Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

The NSF fellowship will provide ��ϲʿ��2023 students and alumni with an annual $37,000 stipend and $12,000 cost of education allowance for three years over a five-year fellowship period.

��ϲʿ��2023 Professor Leads Research Into Galaxies Lacking Dark Matter

Monday, February 14, 2022

��ϲʿ��2023 Professor Jorge Moreno led a research team that in a computer simulation found seven galaxies lacking dark matter.

��ϲʿ��2023 Faculty and Staff Earn Numerous Grants and Awards in 2020-21 Academic Year

Thursday, September 2, 2021

During the 2020–21 academic year, ��ϲʿ��2023 faculty and staff members secured numerous grants and awards which support faculty research and institutional priorities in support of ��ϲʿ��2023’s educational mission.

Table Mountain Observatory with ��ϲʿ��2023’s 1-meter telescope

Students Assist Prof. Philip Choi's NASA-Funded Work Tracking Asteroids That Could Threaten Earth

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Student researchers work with Professor Philip Choi to track potentially hazardous asteroids as part of a NASA-funded project with Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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