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Looking for a fun science course to fulfill the general education science requirement, or an upper division Viewing the Wider World class that is out of this world? The astronomy department has a host of offerings for Fall 2008:
| ASTR105G: The Planets | ( 8:55 TTh or 11:45 TTh) |
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| ASTR110G: Introduction to Astronomy | (10:30 MWF, 11:30 MWF, or 10:20 TTh) |
| ASTR301G: Revolutionary Ideas in Science | ( 9:30 MWF) |
| ASTR305G: Life in the Universe | (11:45 TTh) |
Please join us!
Congratulations to Jim Murphy, who was recently recognized by the NASA Phoenix Mars Lander mission for his outstanding performance and lasting contribution to the success of the Martian mision. Dr. Murphy's research on the atmosphere and climate of our sister planet Mars plays a vital role in characterizing the Martian environment, and will also be critical for optimizing designs of future spacecraft to land on and further explore Mars. Bravo Jim!
Our congratulations go out to our four senior graduate students who successfully defended
their PhD thesis research projects in July and August! Brandon Lawton (Diffuse Interstellar Bands
in Damped Lyman-Alpha and Starburst Galaxies) has taken a postdoctoral position at the
Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Glenn Kacprzak (The Morphological,
Kinematic, and Halo Gas Properties of MgII Absorption Selected Galaxies at Intermediate
Redshift) will travel to Swinburne University in Australia,
Daniel Ceverino-Rodriguez
(Numerical Models of the Formation of Galaxies in an Expanding Universe) will work
with Avishai Dekel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and
Ryan Campbell
(Phase-Resolved Cyclotron Spectroscopy of Polars) will take up an NOAO postdoctoral position at the
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. We wish them all the best in their new adventures!