Cattell named CSE Distinguished Professor
Posted May 8, 2020
Cynthia Cattell has been named as a College of Science and Engineering (CSE) Distinguished Professor.
Fortson to receive Taylor Award
Posted April 28, 2020
Professor Lucy Fortson of the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics will receive a 2020 George W. Taylor Award from the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota.
BICEP array installed at South Pole
Posted February 18, 2020
Professor Clem Pryke and his group are on their way back to Minnesota from the South Pole in Antarctica after completing installation of the new BICEP Array Telescope.
Sun-bombing Spacecraft Uncovers Secrets of the Solar Wind
Posted December 4, 2019
NASA's sun-skimming Parker Solar Probe uncovers secrets of the solar wind. Congrats to the UMN MIfA FIELDS team: Keith Goetz, Cindy Cattell, John Wygant, Paul Kellog, Steve Monson, Jason Hinze, Josh Lynch.
New Traineeship will Train Researchers at the Intersection of Astrophysics and Data Science
Posted November 20, 2019
Vuk Mandic is the principal investigator of a National Science Foundation Research Traineeship designed to train graduate students in data science.
Kelly Receives Grants to Study Extremely Magnified Stars
Posted November 12, 2019
Kelly's group hopes to learn about stars and potentially dark matter in the form of black holes in the foreground cluster.
First University of Minnesota-built Small Satellite Launches
Posted November 1, 2019
When launched, SOCRATES will be the first small satellite built by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities to go into space.
Fortson Receives Nicholson Medal for Outreach
Posted September 20, 2019
The Nicholson Medal recognizes the humanitarian aspect of physics and physicists created through public lectures and public media, teaching, research, or science related activities.
Minnesota Astrophysicists Help Spot Rare Stellar Collision
Posted August 8, 2018
Professors Charles Woodward and Robert Gehrz are part of the ALMA collaboration that discovered the object, long thought to be a nova, is actually a remnant of a rare type of solar collision.
Bagley wins STAR Prize
Posted July 11, 2018
Graduate Student Micaela Bagley received the Euclid Special Talent And Recognition (STAR) Prize.