Big moves!๐ญ@WayneState's Dan Zowada Memorial Observatory has relocated from New Mexico to Palomar Mountain in California, promising uninterrupted stargazing and new community engagement opportunities. @waynestatephys
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Kristen Dage, a NASA Hubble Fellow in our department has been doing fantastic things getting Henry Ford College students involved in research https://t.co/KKRSouHZlR
Prof. @ecackett and Prof. @rmludlam took some students from our Astronomical Techniques class to @PWInstruments to see how they make their world-class telescopes! Our own Zowada Observatory is a 20-inch Planewave telescope.
We hosted a fantastic Graduate Research Day yesterday - thanks to the student organizers and presenters and to @PresidentEspy and @WayneStateCLAS Assoc. Deans for coming and talking with the students
Today is @waynestate Giving Day and we are asking donors to support our Prof. Gavin Lawes Endowed Scholarship. Select this designated fund to support our department students and commemorate our late outstanding colleague. Thank you! https://t.co/D2t6nVbSOe
We hosted a wonderful event yesterday to honor alum Jim Kaskas whose generous giving is making a big difference supporting students and research in our department.
Assistant Professor Renee Ludlam is the recipient of the American Astronomical Society's 2023 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize!!! Dr. Ludlam received this award for her novel explorations of the relativistic universe that have revealed fundamental properties of neutron stars. #physics