🚨 We’re hiring!
The Department of Astronomy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. #astrojobs
Deadline: November 3, 2025
Please help spread the word.
illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Fill the form in the next few weeks if you're interested in attending! We will start sending invites next week. #MLxPlanets
Phil Armitage, Dan Tamayo @astrodan.bsky.social, and I will host a workshop April 22-25 at CCA @flatironinstitute.org in New York on methods and applications of ML for planetary dynamics and exoplanet population inference. Express your interest in attending by 3/3/25:
forms.gle/zgzkUDCs8Uzz...
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- Emphasize accomplishments, not effort - Be careful raising doubt - We all share bias Adjectives to avoid: caring, compassionate, hard-working, conscientious, dependable, diligent, dedicated, tactful, interpersonal, warm, helpful, successful, excellent, accomplished, outstanding, skilled, knowledgeable, insightful, resourceful, confident, ambitious, independent, intellectual
I've entered my first graduate recruitment season as a professor, and I am going to go crazy reading these rec letters. Writers, please remember...
My first PhD paper on "The occurrence of small, short-period planets younger than 200 Myr with TESS" has been accepted to AJ and is now available on arXiv! I'll also be presenting a poster on the paper at #ExSSV (607.02)!
arxiv.org/abs/2403.03261
Prospective FRFs, feel free to reach if you have any questions about the application, life at CCA/in NYC, etc.
Welcome to happy valley!
The CCA is hiring two full-time research software engineers! Each position will have a focus on supporting a community software project (Astropy or MESA) along with other research and software projects that align with the interests of CCA researchers. Links to follow: