AstroIllinois

Tweets from the Department of Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

We were delighted to have the Center for AstroPhysical Surveys host the Transient and Variable Universe conference last week! Watch this space for future conference announcements!

[NCSAatIllinois @NCSAatIllinois]

Last week we hosted the Transient and Variable Universe conference at our Center. We welcomed over 150 researchers and scientists for in-depth discussions on time domain surveys and more!

We extend a special thanks to the sponsors and organizers who helped make this possible!✨

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

Prof. Gautham Narayan and the SCIMMA team (@NCSAatIllinois,@LCO_Global, @penn_state, @Cornell and @UCSB) have received a $3.5M grant from the @NSF to develop the next-gen communications and computational infrastructure for time-domain & MMA! #NSFfunded

[NCSAatIllinois @NCSAatIllinois]

@NSF awarded $3.5M to NCSA and #SCIMMA to help better connect worldwide research groups working on multi-messenger astrophysics. This effort will allow them to communicate messages more rapidly, robustly, and in a way that both humans & machines can read.
https://t.co/YLcOeeYfjK

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

Prof. Joaquin Vieira and his group have used @NASAWebb to detect complex organic molecules in SPT0418-47 - 12 billion lightyears away. Read the news story here (which links to the @Nature article)!

https://t.co/SnCx1gheRX

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

Astronomy Illinois grad student, Melanie Archipley, does cool work. Very literally. Some pictures from her time at the South Pole working with Prof. Joaquin Vieira's group as a Center for AstroPhysical Surveys fellow.

[NCSAatIllinois @NCSAatIllinois]

For years, Melanie Archipley has worked with data from the #SouthPoleTelescope to enrich her astronomy research. As an NCSA CAPS Fellow, she received an opportunity of a lifetime – a trip to #Antarctica to work with the SPT in person.
Read about her trip: https://t.co/i7btqzkGyO

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

Congratulations to Dr. Colin Burke, who defended his Ph.D. thesis on the "Optical variability of intermediate-mass black holes as a probe of black hole accretion and growth." Colin's work with Prof. Xin Liu and will begin as a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale this Fall.

[NCSAatIllinois @NCSAatIllinois]

🚨 Last day to register for this conference!

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

Congratulations to Drs. Ada Ertel, @alexgagliano, @jsvani, Jesse Miller and Samantha Thrush - our May 2023 Doctors from @AstroIllinois @UofIllinois! More pictures on Facebook or Instagram!

[NCSAatIllinois @NCSAatIllinois]

We're co-sponsoring a conference in June that brings together members of the astronomy community working on transient and variable science across all wavelengths to drive conversations on upcoming surveys and much more. ⏰Register by May 19!

Details here: https://t.co/j2IzR6NaGc

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

p.s. if you vote and/or share the article, you can help Bryce win a fancy dinner! Support the grad students!

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

Bryce Cousins, an NSF Graduate Research Fellow in the Physics Dept. discusses his work to find the next Galactic supernova with the @nsf supported SCiMMA and SNEWS teams, which includes several scientists at @AstroIllinois and @NCSAatIllinois! #nsffunded
https://t.co/6HDlLBquex

[NCSAatIllinois @NCSAatIllinois]

Please help us congratulate CAPS Graduate Fellow Alex Gagliano on his next adventure in Cambridge, MA. During his time with our Center, he developed GHOST. A database of more than 16,000 exploding stars and their host galaxies.

Read about Alex's journey: https://t.co/xVJSmwhnJ6

[Decker French @astrodecker]

New Paper Day! https://t.co/KHWRhnZxUv I'm especially happy to see this one out in the world both scientifically (an idea I've been trying to implement for a long time) and because it involves contributions from my new research group at UIUC!

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

Congratulations to @davidvizgan on his @NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

Read about the first data release from the Young Supernova Experiment (YSE). Led by grad @PatrickAleo working w/ Prof. @gsnarayan & the Center for Astrophysical Surveys at @NCSAatIllinois, this is a major cross-institutional project witg ~2000 SNe
https://t.co/CE6zA9kkCl

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

The deadline for Boom! has been extended to July 9th - if you did delay, still a chance to get an abstract in! We look forward to seeing everyone (virtually or in person) at the @UofIllinois in July!

[NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs]

Register by 25 June for a FREE workshop for scientists interested in @VRubinObs and time-domain science: "Boom! A workshop on explosive transients with LSST," held 25-29 July in Urbana-Champaign (remote participation also supported). https://t.co/m7g8niiAVu

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

@VRubinObs Boom! deadline was extended to July 9th to support attendees visiting from abroad who need travel clearance! We look forward to seeing you (virtually or in person) soon!

[IL Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe @IllinoisCASU]

Thank you to everyone who made our inaugural conference a success! We look forward to many more. Photo credit @thepostfuture

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

Congratulations to grad student, @alexgagliano, who won #ResearchLive at @UofIllinois! Watch his winning talk in the link below:
https://t.co/F0vec1GLAU

[AstroIllinois @AstroIllinois]

.@AstroOnTapCU is back in-person Sep 23rd, 7 PM, at the amphitheater outside the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Join Prof. Leslie Looney to hear about all the ways space can kill you and grad student, Chris Tandoi to learn about space weather! CU There!

[U of I College of LAS @LASillinois]

T-minus 2 days till Liftoff!

LAS first-year and transfer students, join us on the Main Quad between 1:30-4 p.m. on Friday to kick off your amazing journey at UIUC.

More info at https://t.co/3KJWkBbNTJ.

We’ll see you there!