Prof. Joaquin Vieira's lab is the center of activity for the new camera at the South Pole Telescope. Read more.
Graduate student, Daniel George, successfully defended his thesis on Oct. 22, 2018. The title of his defense was "Enabling Real-time Multimessenger Astrophysics via Numerical Relativity and Deep Learning". At the end of the month, he will head to California to work at Google X....
Join the Astronomy Department at the Observatory on Friday, September 28, 2018 for an evening of conversations about the Universe and viewing the Moon and nearby planets with telescopes. This event is free and suitable for all ages.
Xilu Wang successfully defended her PhD thesis, "Supernovae as gamma ray emitters from the MeV to the TeV." She is moving on to a N3AS Postdoctoral Fellowship at Notre Dame and Berkeley. Congratulations Dr. Wang!- We begin the academic year with two faculty members newly promoted. Joaquin Vieira is now an Associate Professor of Astronomy and of Physics. Tony Wong is now a Full Professor of Astronomy. Congratulations to all!
- The Astronomy Department invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment. For complete details Click here
Graduate Student Daniel George has won third place in the Association for Computing Machinery Student Research Competition. Congratulations, Daniel!
Erin Cox successfully defended her PhD thesis on July 2, 2018. Congratulations, Dr. Cox!
Congratulations to the Astronomy Class of 2018! Best wishes on your future endeavors--you make us proud! A record number twenty-two Astronomy and CS+Astronomy seniors graduated on May 13, 2018 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The 22 are: Sushma Adari, Itamar Allali, Jeffrey...
A second congratulations to Illinois alum Vicky Kalogera (Ph.D. 1997)! The Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished University Professor of Physics and Astronomy and the Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics at Northwestern University, Vicky was elected to the...
Vicky Kalogera (Ph.D. 1997) is the Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished University Professor of Physics and Astronomy and the Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics at Northwestern University.
Graduating Senior Alex Dittmann is the winner of the 2018 Wyatt Award. The Wyatt award is presented to the graduating Astronomy major or minor with the most outstanding GPA and track record of undergraduate research. Congratulations, Alex!
Every year, the University of Illinois awards six people the Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence (CAPE) Award. This year, Prof. and Assistant Chair Bryan Dunne was one of the winners. Congratulations, Bryan!
Ben Ryan, who recently defended his thesis, won the 2018 Mr. and Mrs. Hsiang-pai and Wen-hua Chu Department Of Astronomy Excellence in Research Graduate Student Award. This award has been given by Prof. Emerita You-Hua Chu in honor of her parents, to a graduate student. Congratulations, Ben!
Charlie Young, a sophomore in CS+Astronomy, has created an analytics program for Fighting Illini baseball. Read here for more details