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The Crab Nebula in Blue and White Credit & Copyright: Jay Gallagher (U. Wisc.),
The Crab Nebula in Blue and White Credit & Copyright: Jay Gallagher (U. Wisc.),
Interstellar Dust-Bunnies of NGC 891 Credit: C. Howk & B. Savage (Wisconsin);
Interstellar Dust-Bunnies of NGC 891 Credit: C. Howk & B. Savage (Wisconsin);
Hubble. Credit: R. Williams (STScI), the Hubble Deep Field-South Team, and NASA
Hubble. Credit: R. Williams (STScI), the Hubble Deep Field-South Team, and NASA
Dumbell. Credit & (c): Michael Pierce (Indiana U.) et al., WIYN, AURA, NOAO, NSF
Dumbell. Credit & (c): Michael Pierce (Indiana U.) et al., WIYN, AURA, NOAO, NSF
Abell 39. (c): George Jacoby (WIYN Obs.) et al., WIYN, AURA, NOAO, NSF
Abell 39. (c): George Jacoby (WIYN Obs.) et al., WIYN, AURA, NOAO, NSF
Bubbling. Credit: Jeffrey Kenney (Yale) et al., WFPC2, HST NASA
Bubbling. Credit: Jeffrey Kenney (Yale) et al., WFPC2, HST NASA

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Camille Avestruz (Graduate Student) has been admitted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (BGHS)

Fri, 03/15/2013Camille Avestruz (Graduate Student with Daisuke Nagai) has been admitted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (BGHS).The purpose of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society is to recognize outstanding scholarly achievement and promote diversity and excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate. The Edward A...

Camille Avestruz awarded 2013 D. Allan Bromley Graduate Fellowship Physics

Camille Avestruz has been awarded the 2013 D. Allan Bromley Graduate Fellowship in Physics. Camille’s research is broadly focused on understanding how galaxies and clusters of galaxies form in the Universe.  Knowledge of how these so-called large-scale structures develop has the potential to enlighten us about the fundamental physics of the...

Nikhil Padmanabhan (Assistant Professor of Physics) has been selected as one of the 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows

Nikhil Padmanabhan has been selected as one of the 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows. The fellowship will support his research program in cosmology, currently focused on better understanding the nature of dark energy with large galaxy surveys.The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and...

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The Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (YCAA) was established in July 2001 as a joint venture of the Physics and Astronomy Departments of Yale University. Yale is a partner in the WIYN telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona, the Keck telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, and the SMARTS telescopes in Chile. Yale faculty are also involved in the NuSTAR x-ray satellite (launched 2012 June) and the Japan Astro-H x-ray satellte.

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