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Congratulations Undergraduate Scholarship Winners!

The Department of Astronomy is excited to announce the winners of the following Awards and Scholarships: 

Adam Leroy Wins Humboldt Research Award

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded the Humboldt Research Award to Adam Leroy, an associate professor in the Department of Astronomy. The honor is…

Romy Rodriguez Martinez and James Johnson win Presidential Fellowships

The Department of Astronomy is proud to announce two new presidential fellows:

Romy Rodriguez Martinez - who works on the detection and characterization of transiting exoplanets.

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Congratulations to #BlackInAstro Scholarship Winners

We congratulate the winners of the first #BlackInAstro undergraduate research competition:

David Weinberg Recognized As Highly Cited Researcher

Distinguished University Professor David Weinberg is one of two faculty members of the Ohio State College of Arts and Sciences who have been named to the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list…

SDSS-V Focal Plane System Ready for the Stars (and Galaxies)!

The Astronomy Department's Imaging Sciences Laboratory (ISL) reached a major milestone this week with the shipment of the first robotic focal plane system (FPS) to Apache Point…

Citizen scientists find 10,000 new variable stars

Volunteer citizen scientists parsing data from a network of telescopes around the world this year identified 10,000 new variable…

Growth 'model'

Caroline’s accessibility startup blossomed as she leveraged the resources and connections Ohio State offers.

As a freshman at Ohio State, Caroline Karbowski, right, found the…

Engaged Scholars: Michael Stamatikos

Congratulations to Michael Stamatikos for being selected as the Engaged Scholar by OSU Outreach and Engagement for October 2021.

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