2022
“NASA’s new flagship telescope just released its beautiful first images of the universe”, UChicago News, by Louise Lerner
July 12, 2022
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Nebulas, galaxy clusters among first batch of images from James Webb Space Telescope, successor to Hubble
Congratulations to Dr. Meng-Xiang Lin
July 12, 2022
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Congratulations to Meng-Xiang Lin for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation on “Seeking Solutions for the Hubble Tension”.
Congratulations to Dr. Dimitrios Tanoglidis
July 12, 2022
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Congratulations to Dimitrios Tanoglidis for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation on “Shedding light on the Low-Surface-Brightness Universe with Galaxy Surveys and Machine Learning”.
Joshua A. Frieman, Chair of the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
July 1, 2022
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The appointment of Joshua A. Frieman, Professor, as chair of the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, effective July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025.
Adina Feinstein will receive William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship
June 7, 2022
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Adina’s dissertation is on a multi-wavelength investigation of young stellar and planetary systems, supervised by Jacob Bean.
Rebecca Diesing will receive William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship
June 7, 2022
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Rebecca’s dissertation is on the acceleration and astrophysical impact of galactic cosmic rays, supervised by Damiano Caprioli.
Congratulations to Dr. Rostom Mbarek
June 1, 2022
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Congratulations to Rostom Mbarek for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation on “Particle Acceleration, Propagation, and Detection: A Journey from the Kinetic Structure of Plasma Physics to Particle Transport on Cosmic Scales”
“Donald G. York to receive 2022 George Van Biesbroeck Prize from the American Astronomical Society”, UChicago News by Maureen McMahon
June 1, 2022
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The American Astronomical Society has announced that it will present its 2022 George Van Biesbroeck Prize to Donald G. York, the Horace B. Horton Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Enrico Fermi Institute, and the College. The award is presented biannually and honors a living individual for long-term extraordinary or unselfish service to astronomy.
Congratulations to Dr. Huanqing Chen
May 27, 2022
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Congratulations to Huanqing Chen for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation on “Probing Cosmic Reionization with Quasar Proximity Zones” (PhD Advisor: Nick Gnedin)
Rostom Mbarek won a Nathan Sugarman Award
May 26, 2022
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Congratulations to Rostom Mbarek, graduate student, for winning a 2022 Nathan Sugarman Award for Excellence in Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research.
Congratulations to Edward “Rocky” Kolb
May 24, 2022
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Edward "Rocky" Kolb, Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the David N. Schramm Director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, receives a Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prize for Exceptional Service on June 4.
Congratulations to Anirudh Chiti
May 18, 2022
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Anirudh Chiti won a 2021 IAU PhD Prize
Congratulations to Megan Mansfield
May 18, 2022
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Megan Mansfield won a 2021 IAU PhD Prize
Congratulations to Zhijie Qu
May 18, 2022
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Zhijie Qu won a 2021 IAU PhD Prize
“Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy”, UChicago News by Louise Lerner
May 12, 2022
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South Pole Telescope, UChicago scientists help take historic image of Milky Way’s supermassive black hole.