Columbia University Department of Astronomy

Astro News:

Prof. Marcel Agüeros publishes essay on Arecibo Observatory

May 23, 2021WIRED story
Daniel Wolf Savin selected as 2021 AAS Fellow

February 3, 2021Daniel Wolf Savin selected as 2021 AAS Fellow
Columbia Astro PhD grad Nick Scoville wins AAS Henry Norris Russell Lectureship

January 20, 2021Columbia Astro PhD grad Nick Scoville wins AAS Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
Columbia wins grant to establish AAS graduate leadership program

January 14, 2021The National Osterbrock Leadership Program, begun at UC Santa Cruz, is now an AAS program with two new nodes at Columbia and UC Irvine.
Former graduate student, Adrian Price-Whelan, wins Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists

September 25, 2020Congratulations, Adrian!
Brian Metzger named 2020 Blavatnik Laureate

July 25, 2020Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists - 2020
Faculty Jobs for our Graduate Students and Postdocs

June 23, 2020Congratulations to our former Graduate Students and Postdocs!
Statement on the Strike For Black Lives

June 7, 2020Black Lives Matter
Columbia astronomer uses Bayesian statistics to shed light on the odds of life and intelligence emerging

May 19, 2020New results from CU Astronomy
Two students in the department awarded research fellowships from the National Science Foundation

April 23, 2020Congratulations to Gabrielle Engelmann-Suissa and to Shifra Mandel.
Columbia graduate joins the 2020 NASA Hubble Fellows

April 20, 2020Congratulations for our former graduate student, Dr Sarah Person!
Daniel Groselj awarded the Otto-Hahn Medal

April 16, 2020CU postdoc recognized
Helfand, Metzger, Ostriker Among the Inaugural Class of AAS Fellows

February 25, 2020Helfand, Metzger, Ostriker Named AAS Fellows
Imre Bartos Named 2020 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

February 12, 2020Our alumn Imre Bartos, now a faculty member at the University of Florida, is among this year's awardees.
Lorenzo Sironi named a Cottrell scholar (2020)

February 10, 2020RCSA Cottrell scholars - 2020
Columbia Astronomy and Astrophysics at the 235th AAS meeting in Hawaii

February 3, 2020Columbia in Hawaii
Edward Spiegel (1931-2020)

February 3, 2020With great sadness, we report the passing of Columbia professor Ed. Spiegel.
Hierarchical Black Hole Mergers in Active Galactic Nuclei

February 3, 2020Suggested origin for stellar mass black holes
Prof. Zoltan Haiman selected to serve on NASA's Study Team for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA).

February 3, 2020Columbia faculty on LISA study team
New Documentary on Underrepresented Minorities in Astronomy Features Prof. Marcel Agüeros

November 4, 2019Full Spectrum, by Bryan Méndez, is available now!

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