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Fortson Named APS Fellow
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Lucy Fortson, Professor and Associate Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy, has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Black hole collision may have exploded with light
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Possible light flare observed from small black holes within the disk of a massive black hole.
‘Underappreciated’ Stars Lay a Claim to Our Cosmic Ancestry
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“The catastrophic ends of some stars are the origins of many life-sustaining elements, such as carbon, oxygen, and the iron in our blood,” said University of Minnesota researcher Chick Woodward.
Zooniverse Experiences Quarantine Surge
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School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Lucy Fortson says that all the increased activity on Zooniverse research problems means that they are getting completed more quickly than expected.
Cattell named CSE Distinguished Professor
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Cynthia Cattell has been named as a College of Science and Engineering (CSE) Distinguished Professor.
Fortson to receive Taylor Award
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Kelly's group hopes to learn about stars and potentially dark matter in the form of black holes in the foreground cluster.