News and Events
Due to social distancing, there will be no presentations at the Sunwheel this summer. However, the public is welcome to visit our site for sunrise and sunset to celebrate the longest days of the year. Visitors should wear masks, maintain social distancing, and be prepared for the possibility of wet footing and mosquitoses.
More info from Professor Steve Schneider: http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/gatherings
Left: About a quarter hour after sunrise at the Sunwheel during the 2018 summer solstice. The sun rises at an angle approximately equalling our latitude.
(Photo: S. E. Schneider)
Right: Shortly after sunset at the Sunwheel during the 2019 summer solstice. Sunlight reflecting off the bottoms of the clouds produces a “sun pillar” similar to how light reflects off the ocean at sunset.
(Photo: S. E. Schneider)
Title: Tales from our Dusty, Warped Past: Lensing Environments of Planck-selected Submillimeter Galaxies Observed with Gemini
Supervisor: James Lowenthal (Smith College)
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Congratulations Class of 2020!
Graduate student Sarah Betti won the competitive Dissertation Research Grant for 2020-2021.
Congratulations!
Jea Adams (Amherst) Honorable mention
Zoe Kearney (UMass) Honorable mention
https://www.dawnires.com/scholarsblog/dawn-ires-scholars-receive-chambliss-astronomy-achievement-student-awards
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences this week announced that internationally recognized scholar Daniela Calzetti, professor and head of astronomy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been elected to the panel “in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/umass-amherst-astronomer-daniel...
FCAD undergraduate student Jea Adams, an Amherst College Junior, has won three awards for her excellent scholarship:
The Lorna M Peterson Prize from the Five Colleges
A Goldwater Scholarship See campus news artice here.
AAS Chambliss Prize Honorable Mention for her poster at the 2020 Winter Meeting
Jea has a broad research resume including research on exoplanets with Prof. Kate Follette (Amherst college) and distant galaxy clusters with Prof. Alexandra Pope (UMass).
Congratulations Jea!
The computing committee compiled Astronomy Work From Home Helpful Resources for undergraduate students.
All lectures begin at 4 p.m. in the Great Hall, Old Chapel, and are free and open to the public. A reception immediately follows each lecture in the Multipurpose Room, 1st Floor, Old Chapel.
"How Do Stars Form? Beyond the "Spherical Cow" Model"
