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11/12/15: SO/NOAO Joint Colloquium Series: Jessica Werk, UCSC

Date: 
Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Room: 
SO N210

Title: Why the Invisible Reservoir of Gas Around Galaxies Counts in Galaxy Evolution

Graduate Degrees Conferred Since Summer 2014

Eight Students at Steward Observatory have received advanced degrees since the May 2014 graduation.

Summer 2014: Brandon Swift, MS; Chang You, MS; Amanda Ford, PhD; Kyle Penner, PhD; Kushal Mehta, PhD-- Fall 2014: Katherine Follette, PhD-- Spring 2015: Megan Reiter, PhD-- Summer 2015: Vanessa Bailey, PhD.

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The photo of Peter Wehinger is courtesy Ray Bertram of Steward Observatory

The Peter Wehinger Fellowship Fund

Steward Astronomer Peter Wehinger passed away on April 27. Peter was passionately concerned about raising scholarship funds for both undergrads and graduate students, and did so successfully before his 2012 retirement. Therefore, his family and friends have set up a Peter Wehinger Fellowship Fund at the UA Foundation.  This fellowship will be used to recognize graduate students in the Dept of Astronomy with demonstrated records of exceptional or creative work.  A longer article about Peter and the fund can be found HERE. A direct link to the appropriate Foundation site, for donations, can be found HERE.

 

10/01/15: SO/NOAO Joint Colloquium Series: Hilke Schlichting, MIT

Date: 
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Room: 
SO N210

Title: Crash, Boom Bang: Giant Impacts & the Formation of Planets at home and abroad.

The partners of the Giant Magellan Telescope, including the University of Arizona, have announced that the project has secured enough money to enter construction phase. The UA press release can be found HERE.

https://www.as.arizona.edu/beginning-construction-phase-gmt
Undergrads Who Received MINORS in Astronomy in 2015
Photo of our graduating MAJORS courtesy of Robin Rarick.

Undergrads Who Received MINORS in Astronomy in 2015

While the photo above (courtesy Robin Rarick) shows Dr Tom Fleming and our graduating Astronomy Majors at graduation, it's also appropriate to acknowledge and to honor  all of our graduating science-track and liberal-arts MINORS, both May and August 2015 (list courtesy Tom Fleming):

     Science Track: Jeremy Brach B.S. Physics
Liberal Arts Track: Sean Bassett B.A. Studio Art
  Philip Bauer B.S. Veterinary Science
  Aryka Collier B.G.S. Science, Tech., Health & Society
  Allison Genovese B.A. Creative Writing
  Juliana Joy Lincoln B.S. Family Studies & Human Development
  Ryan Molton B.A. Political Science
  Preston Pierce B.S. Psychology
  Robert Shely, Jr. B.S. Management Information Systems
  Nicole Thill B.A. Journalism
  Mikayla Mace B.S. Neuroscience & Cognitive Science
  Kayla Urbanski B.S.E Special Education (Deaf Studies)
  Nicholas Walker B.A. Linguistics
  Yixuan Wang B.S. Geography

 

Imagine Looking Through an Eyepiece on a Huge Telescope on the Moon

t's astounding enough to look through an eyepiece on the Magellan telescopes, which really is done on rare occasion. But what if you could transport that telescope to the Moon to get rid of the blurring of the Earth's atmosphere? Or what if you could use adaptive optics to give you a diffraction-limited view through that eyepiece? Circumstances have allowed the MagAO team to do just that. To their knowledge, they are the first humans to spy, with their very own eyes, what it would be like having Magellan on the Moon. Their BLOG describes the events. A Carnegie website story can be found HERE.

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LSST Mirror Moved to Storage at Tucson Airport

The LSST Mirror project reached another milestone Tuesday when it was transported from the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab to storage at the Tucson Airport. It will remain there until it is time to ship it to Chile. The Arizona Daily Star has a nice article about the move, three photos, and a video. LSST is expected to begin normal science operations in early 2022 after a commissioning phase. LSST information is always available at this link. The UA press release is found HERE.

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