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#BuckeyeBound - Anna Voelker
President's Prize winner Anna Voelker wanted to make STEM more inclusive. She created the SciAccess Conference, which welcomed 250 attendees and 60 speakers from around the world. We can't wait to…
Astronomy Class of 2020
Congratulations 2020 Department of Astronomy Graduates!!!On Sunday, May 3, 2020, the Department of Astronomy held its first graduation ceremony of the modern era. We celebrated the…
2020 Distinguished Scholar Award - Todd Thompson
Todd Thompson, professor and vice-chair in the Department of Astronomy, has received the Distinguished Scholar Award, which honors six Ohio State faculty members who demonstrate…
Astronomy postdoc and alumnus receive NASA Hubble Fellowships
Department of Astronomy Visiting Scholar David Martin and 2017 Ph.D. graduate Tom Holoien have been selected as fellows for the 2020 NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (…
Ohio State astronomers are coming together across space
For 25 years, astronomy researchers at The Ohio State University have gathered daily at 10:30 a.m., filling a conference room, cradling cups of coffee, and ready to engage in some friendly-but-…
Radar and ice could help detect an elusive subatomic particle
Steven Prohira from CCAPP talks about his neutrino experiments. Click here to read the full article.
One of the greatest mysteries in astrophysics these days is a tiny subatomic particle…
In Search of Exoplanets With Binary Sunsets
Read about Ohio State Astronomer Ji Wang's contribution to studying planets that orbit 2 stars at the center of their solar system. An excerpt is below. To read more click here to go to Discover…
Kris Stanek & Chris Kochanek Awarded the 2020 AAS Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize
Krzysztof Stanek, professor of astronomy and Ohio State Distinguished Scholar, and Christopher Kochanek, professor of astronomy and Ohio Eminent Scholar, and have jointly received the American…
Chris Kochanek Awarded the 2020 AAS Dannie Heineman Prize
Christopher Kochanek, professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar in the Department of Astronomy, has won the 2020 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, awarded jointly by the American Institute of…