👇🏽 great example of how the NYT continues to — has never stopped — engaging in platforming anti-Black, genocidal rhetoric and how it is so normalized that it is not discussed in those terms (not a criticism of Victor, just noting the way our cultural vocabulary shifts for discussions anti-Blackness)
OSU astro coffee was so fun today! We talked about @clairelamman.bsky.social's Hawking radiation comic, OSU undergrad Mya Smedley presented on how lessons from SpongeBob (kindness, empathy, and passion) can be applied to astronomy, & we saw new XRISM results on M82! arxiv.org/pdf/2603.24674 đź”
very grateful to have finally made it in person to visit OSU since my virtual Price Prize talk in 2020. thanks to everyone for the invitation and especially @ohdearz.bsky.social for hosting! also love to brag about my awesome grad students!
Picture of Prof. Carl Fields presenting his OSU astronomy colloquium. He stands in front of a projector screen with a slide titled the "era of 3D core-collapse simulations, showing five renderings of explosions from different references.
Prof. Carl Fields shows paths forward with the PHOEBUS code led by Arizona grad student Logan White.
Honored to have @carlnotsagan.github.io visit OSU today and give an outstanding colloquium on next generation simulations of massive star death & predictions for multi-messenger signals! đź”🧪⚛️
#AAS248 The Society's FAMOUS Travel Grants program helps members from historically underrepresented groups attend AAS meetings. Grant requests for the summer meeting (14-18 June 2026) are due by 16 April. aas.org/grants-and-p... đź”
A Table showing the number of positions posted at AAS job-registed for various categories.
Looking at the AAS jobregister lately, it seemed to me that there are less positions available in all categories than in previous years. Wanting to quantify, I used the wayback machine to check on the number of postings in the January-March window and it is quite depressing.
Collage of participants from previous LSST-DA data science fellowship program years.
📢 Applications are open for the 2026 LSST Discovery Alliance Data Science Fellowship! đź”🧪
Learn the skills needed to work with the huge datasets from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s 10-year survey.
Apply by Mar 27: lsstdiscoveryalliance.org/lsst-discovery-alliance-programs/data-science-fellowship
Laura Lopez standing on a stage with the APS president to receive her award. A big screen behind them with colorful lighting shows "2026 Edward A. Bouchet Award, Laura A. Lopez, The Ohio State University"
Selfie of three APS awardees sitting in an auditorium: left is Dr. Christina Wang (winner of the Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award in Experimental Particle Physics), middle is Dr. Elena Pinetti (winner of the Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics), and right is Dr. Laura Lopez (Edward A. Bouchet Award).
Picture of Dr. Herman White (2010 winner of the Edward Bouchet Award) and Dr. Laura Lopez at the RCSA reception.
Image of the APS Bouchet Award certificate. Reads: 'APS American Physical Society Edward A. Bouchet Award. Recognizes a distinguished minority physicist who had made significant contributions to physics research and the advancement of underrepresented minority scientists. The 2026 award is presented to Laura A. Lopez for pioneering contributions to X-ray astronomy, including foundational studies of supernova remnants, compact objects, and stellar feedback in galaxies, and for transformative leadership in advancing equity and inclusion in physics through innovative mentorship programs, national advocacy, and unwavering support for students from historically marginalized communities."
Had fun at #APSSummit26 receiving the 2026 Edward A. Bouchet Award, celebrating with the other APS awardees, attending the @rescorp.org reception, and meeting the 2010 APS Bouchet awardee, Dr. Herman White! đź”🧪
Help us ensure a strong year for US science. The deadline for Congress to sign this letter in support of robust funding for DOE Office of Science is 18 March. Take two minutes to urge your Rep to sign on today. aas.org/urge-your-re... đź”
@policy.aas.org
🎥 2026 AAS Journals Author Series Update!
Frank Timmes, AAS Journals Scientific Editor, shares the “why” behind the series — why we create these videos, what the metrics show, how we reached 500+ videos, and how featured articles are selected. 🔠youtu.be/1_U5WsSXzmU
@publishing.aas.org
Finally made a Blue Sky account! Also yay read our paper on the destruction of my favorite galaxy!
computational science postdoc fellowship here at Stony Brook, through the SUNY Promoting Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion and Growth Plus (PRODiG Plus)
apply.interfolio.com/179315
such a joy to have given a talk at the Liberty Science Center last week on the CMB + Adele : )
lsc.org/news-and-soc...
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RCSA, @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social, the Leinweber Foundation, and Kevin Wells are funding the research of 7 collaborative teams in the 2nd year of #Scialog: Early Science with the #LSST, a 3-year initiative to ignite discovery with the @vrubinobs.bsky.social's Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
Do you ever just stop and think about how great Charles Yu's writing is?
Anyway the first chapter of THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME is called "How to Live Safely in a Science Factual Universe" -- iykyk
Preorder here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
final grades: posted! it’s been so inspiring working with our AMAZING senior undergraduate students this semester in my theoretical astro (stars) class @stewardobservatory.bsky.social.
looking forward to hear about all the great things they go on to accomplish — admit them to your grad programs! 💥
impo class tomorrow !
and closing out the session, my STELLAR grad student, logan white @ @stewardobservatory.bsky.social, sharing how phifty one ergs blow up a star! đź’Ą
isabelle jones, grad student @ @ucscscience.bsky.social, sharing recent results on variable accretion in low mass stars.
chris hernandez, phd candidate @ u pitt telling us about the pitt-google alert broker for rubin!
some excellent talks to finish off day 2 of the ASTRO sessions here at the NSBP/NSHP 2025 Joint Conference! #nsbp #nshp
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also, i’ll be at NSBP next week and AAS in January, if you want to chat about the position in person. also available to chat over zoom anytime about what my group is working on!
it is important to me that a candidate is passionate about advancing equity, community building, and whose work demonstrates inclusive scientific practices in computational astrophysics. if this sounds like you, please consider joining us here @stewardobservatory.bsky.social!
i’m excited to announce that i am hiring (again)!
i am looking for a postdoc in computational astrophysics that’s excited about models of stellar transients and multi-messenger astronomy to join my group (star stuff @ steward) at @uarizona.bsky.social!
apply here ✨💥: aas.org/jobregister/...
Happy to share that our book on computing in physics education has just dropped, @ioppublishing.bsky.social
You can get all the chapters written by some of incredible colleagues who are improving physics education through computing right now.
iopscience.iop.org/book/edit/97...
#iteachphysics
Come join us at a fantastic physics department in the great PNW!
The Oregon State University Department of Physics is looking to hire a tenure-track faculty in theoretical/computational condensed matter physics. Full consideration deadline: November 5th, 2025.
jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/173...
