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Astronomer Chris Churchill, whose research focuses on studies of quasar absorption lines, has been awarded tenure in the NMSU Astronomy Department. Let's hear it for the power of high resolution quasar spectra!
Congratulations to graduate student Chas Miller, winner of the 2009 Murrell Award for outstanding research and professional development. We salute Chas for his ground-breaking research on a variety of solar system topics, including observations of mutual events of Uranian satellites during the 2007-2008 equinoctial season and significant involvement in the LCROSS lunar impact mission.
Congratulations to our senior graduate student Ashley Ruiter, who successfully defended her PhD thesis research on White Dwarfs in Close Binaries: Gravitational Waves, X-rays, and Type Ia Supernova Progenitors in May of 2009! Ashley has accepted a position as a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, Germany. We wish her all the best on her next adventure!
Please welcome the members of our incoming graduate class of Fall 2009:
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| (University of California, San Diego) | |
| (University of Chicago) | |
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| (University of Colorado, Boulder) | |
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Please join us at the campus observatory at 9:00pm on Friday, June 26, for a guided tour of the skies above. Professor Jim Murphy will present a short astronomical slide show. Sky viewing through telescopes will include the waxing crescent Moon, the planet Saturn (with its disappeared rings), the globular cluster M13, and open clusters of stars. Children are particularly welcome!
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