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Stony Brook University Astronomy Group; Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Spring 2023 upper-level astro course offerings:

AST 346: Galaxies
AST 390 (Special Topics): Computational Astrophysics

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This year's Astronomy Town Hall meeting will be on Wed. Oct 26th at 1pm in ESS 450

Come learn about the major/minor, research, careers, grad school, ...

Details / registration here:
https://t.co/GkqY8K8fsU

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congats to Dr. Shuang Liang (2022) for defending his PhD thesis: Photometry and Blends—The Rubin Photo-z Challenges

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upcoming upper-level AST classes

Fall 22:

AST 341 (Stars & Radiation)
AST 443 (Observational Astronomy)

Spring 23:

AST 346 (Galaxies)
AST 390 (Computational Astrophysics)

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congratulations to Dr. Lucie Baumont on defending her PhD thesis "Cluster Cosmology with Targeted Weak-Lensing Observations"

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congrats to SBU astro alums @jfaherty and Hsiao-Wen Chen for being elected as AAS Fellows!

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upcoming upper level AST classes:

Spring 22: AST 390 (special topics: exoplanets)

Fall 22: AST 341 (stars)

Spring 23: AST 346 (galaxies) & AST 390 (special topics: computational astrophysics)

Fall 23: AST 347 (cosmology)

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AST 390: Special Topics in Astronomy will be on Exoplanets this coming semester (Spring 22).

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Slides from the 2021 Astronomy Town Hall meeting are up online:
https://t.co/HiJkjtTTHh

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Join us for this year's Astronomy Town Hall meeting to learn about the courses for majors / minors, research opportunities, and careers and grad school.

Wed. Oct 27, 2021 @ 1pm via Zoom

Register here to get the link:

https://t.co/GkqY8KpQRu

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The annual Astronomy Town Hall meeting for undergrad majors and minors will be on Oct 27th this year. More details to come soon...

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congrats and best luck to all of our graduating Astronomy majors and minors

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The application for the Summer 2021 Stony Brook Physics and Astronomy REU Program is now live:
https://t.co/HSRJhaHIiN

UGs, apply to do research (virtually) with Stony Brook researchers this summer!

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Join us for the next installment in our #STEMSpeakerSeries on 11/18 at 1:00 PM! Dr. Neelima Sehgal will discuss the Simons Observatory and how it can help unlock mysteries about the creation of the galaxy. Please register here - https://t.co/afoC1SIebH @sbu_astro @SBUAstroClub

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Congrats to SBU Astro alum @jfaherty on winning the AAS Vera Rubin Early Career Prize:
https://t.co/DmhscvhEga

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The Stony Brook Astronomy Open Night series (https://t.co/3832oNusqN) has been taking place since 1973. This year, our public lectures are virtual. To get the connection information for the lectures, sign up using this link: https://t.co/niDAnjIZQA

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Scientists Confirm Age of Universe is 13.8 Billion Years https://t.co/sSRS4c1aJi

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Congrats to all of our graduating seniors. We're sorry that we can congratulate you in person. We wish the best for you all in your next career stages, and hope to hear back often from all of you about your new adventures.

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@doescience congrats to SBU undergrad Kiran Eiden who is one of the CSGF recipients.

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Next semester (Spring 2020) the Special Topics class in Astronomy (AST 390) will be on Exoplanets.