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Texas PhD Wins Outstanding Thesis Award from Astronomical Society of the Pacific
McDonald Observatory Press Release
7 May 2008
San Francisco, CA-- The Astronomical Society of the Pacific has announced that Anjum Mukadam will receive the 2008 Robert J.
Trumpler Award. The award is given each year to a recent PhD graduate in North America whose research is considered unusually
important to astronomy. Mukadam completed her PhD in astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin in 2004 under the
supervision of Professor Don Winget.
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Robert J. Trumpler Award
New Class of White Dwarf Star Predicted and Discovered by UT Astronomers
McDonald Observatory Press Release
1 May 2008
Austin, TX-- University of Texas at Austin astronomers Michael H. Montgomery and Kurtis A. Williams, along with graduate student Steven
DeGennaro, have predicted and confirmed the existence of a new type of variable star with the help of the 2.1-meter Otto Struve
Telescope at McDonald Observatory. The discovery will be announced in today's issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters. Called a
"pulsating carbon white dwarf," this is the first new class of variable white dwarf star discovered in more than 25 years.
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3CAS: Third Coast Astronomical Society-Second Meeting
30 April 2008
The Second Meeting of the Third Coast Astronomical Society will be held on the UT Austin campus May 8-10, in ACES 2.402
(map).
The conference highlights astronomical research of the Gulf Coast region. Speakers from
Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida will hold five sessions: Active Galactic Nuclei,
Gamma Ray Bursts, Observations of Compact Objects, Supernovae, and Accretion, Jets, & White Dwarfs.
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Third Coast Astronomical Society-Second Meeting
Public Lecture--The Warped side of the Universe: From the Big
Bang to Black Holes
29 April 2008
Popular, prolific physicist Kip Thorne, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, will deliver the lecture, "The
Warped Side of the Universe: From the Big Bang to Black Holes," Friday, May 2 at 3:00 PM in WEL 2.224
(map).
Known for accessible and
entertaining explanations of the exotic implications of relativistic astrophysics, Thorne's accomplishments have also been woven
into popular culture in ways that audiences often find familiar. The lecture is sponsored by the Dean's Scholars Honors Program.
OnCampus Calendar: Famous Physicist Kip Thorne...
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