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Results for "stassun"
 
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The most ambitious attempt yet to trace the history of the universe has seen "first light." The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III), took its first astronomical data on the night of Sept. 14-15 at the Sloan Foundation telescope in New Mexico.
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A unique collaboration between Fisk and Vanderbilt universities that is poised to become the nation’s top source of Ph.D.s in physics and astronomy awarded to underrepresented minorities has received a major boost from three federal grants totaling $3.7 million.
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How do you increase the number of minority doctorates in the sciences? Astronomy professor Keivan Stassun has one answer.
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Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Keivan G. Stassun has been awarded a $50,000 fellowship from the Fletcher Foundation to support his efforts to increase the number of underrepresented minorities pursuing scientific careers.
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The analysis of the youngest pair of identical twin stars yet discovered has revealed surprising differences in brightness, surface temperature and possibly even the size of the two. The study, which is published in the June 19 issue of the journal Nature, suggests that one of the stars formed significantly earlier than its twin.
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Vanderbilt astronomers have constructed a special-purpose telescope that will allow them to participate in one of the hottest areas in astronomy-- the hunt for earthlike planets circling other stars.
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Watch video of the Dec. 5 Thinking Out of the Lunch Box lecture with Assistant Professor of Astronomy Keivan Stassun at the downtown Nashville Public Library.
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Conversational lectures from thought-provoking professors and entertaining performance-related presentations - all accompanied with delicious boxed lunches - continue for the 2007-08 school year, thanks to Vanderbilt University's thriving community partnerships.
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Dyer Observatory is offering two opportunities this summer for teachers of fifth to twelfth grade to attend professional development workshops about astronomy. Workshops will be held June 18-22 and July 9-13 at the observatory.
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