BU Astronomy Alum Awarded 51 Pegasi b Fellowship
Congratulations to Department alum Paul Dalba (GRS’18,’15) on receiving a 51 Pegasi b Fellowship. The 51 Pegasi b Fellowship was established in 2017 by the Heising-Simons Foundation and named for the first exoplanet discovered orbiting a Sun-like star. The postdoctoral fellowship award provides up to $385,000 of support for independent research over three years. Paul […]
Open Nights featured on Channel 10 News
Quinn Sykes and the Observatory Open Nights were listed as a ‘bucket List’ item on the Channel 10 news: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Free-Stargazing-Offers-the-Best-View-in-Boston-490010131.html
BU alumna Marillia Samara featured on NASA web site
Dr. Marillia Samara (BA, 1999) studies aurora at Goddard. http://go.nasa.gov/2kIQv8y
Oppenheim and Dimant Explain 50 Year Old Mystery
Professor Oppenheim and Doctor Dimant have published a study explaining a fifty year old radar mystery. Here are links to several articles on the study: BU Release Live Science Science AGU Blogosphere
Prof. Espaillat wins prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship
Announced this morning in the BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/2016/sloan-research-fellowships-catherine-espaillat-alex-sushkov/