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Upcoming Events

Wed, November 12, 2025

NSBP Movie Night

Event Start Time: 6:30 pm
Event Location: Arne Slettebak Planetarium Smith Lab 5033
Black Hole Reverberation Mapping
Thu, November 13, 2025

Astronomy Colloquium - Kate Grier

Event Start Time: 3:00 pm
Event Location: Hybrid: Chem & Biomolecular Eng & Chem (CBEC) - Room 103 and Zoom
Artists rendering of two planets orbiting a distant star
Fri, November 14, 2025

Exoplanet Group Meeting - Megan Delamer

Event Start Time: 12:30 pm
Event Location: Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom
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Tue, November 18, 2025

CCAPP Seminar: C. Manea & M. McKenzie

Event Start Time: 12:00 pm
Event Location: Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom

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2025 Tuttle Citizenship and Outreach Prize awarded to Kaz Gary

By Laura Lopez
The Ann S. Tuttle Citizenship, Engagement, and Outreach Prize recognizes the tremendous efforts of grad students to engage the public and community. This prize is given to a current graduate student…
Wynne Turner

2025 Tuttle Paper Prize awarded to Wynne Turner

By Laura Lopez
Every year, OSU astronomy graduate students publish about 20 first author papers. The department awards the Ann S. Tuttle Paper Prize to one outstanding graduate student-led paper published during…
Michael Tucker

2025 David Will Prize awarded to Michael Tucker

By Laura Lopez

The David Will Prize recognizes a student or postdoctoral researcher in astrophysics who is conducting an exceptional research program in computational astronomy, survey astronomy, data science,…

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2025 Allan H. Markowitz Prize to Debosmita Pathak

By Laura Lopez
The Markowitz Award is given to a graduate student who is conducting or developing a research program in areas of observational astronomy. The award is made possible by a generous gift from Ohio…