Columbia University Department of Astronomy

Astro News:

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!
Metzger Named Blavatnik National Awards Finalist

May 30, 2019Professor Brian Metzger has been named a Finalist in the 2019 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.
Former Astrophysics Major wins Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

April 11, 2019Shreyas award
Two Astronomy Faculty Awarded 2019 Sloan Fellowships

February 19, 20192019 Sloan Fellowships
Barnes Awarded HEAD Dissertation Prize

February 12, 2019Jennifer Barnes Awarded HEAD Dissertation Prize
Metzger Awarded Rossi Prize

February 12, 2019Brian Metzger Awarded Top High Energy Astrophysics Prize

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