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Undergraduate Program In the News
2008
Astronomy Undergraduate Award Winners Among Top UT Science Talent
13 May 2008
Kyle Penner and Sarah Miller have been selected as two of 18 Dean's Honored Graduates across the College of Natural Sciences
for 2007-2008. Dean's Honored Graduates are selected from the top 1% of the graduating class, for academic excellence and outstanding
contributions outside the classroom. Sarah Miller was also selected in 2008 as one of 32 Rhodes Scholars from the United States from
a field of 764 applicants.
2007
Astronomy Undergraduate Selected as Rhodes Scholar
20 November 2007
Astronomy undergraduate Sarah Miller has been selected as one of 32 Rhodes Scholars from the United States for 2008.
The winners were chosen from 764 applicants. The scholarship selects outstanding students,
on the basis of character, academic achievement and leadership potential, to study at Oxford University for up to three years.
Previous Rhodes Scholars include Edwin Hubble and U.S. Supreme Court Justice
David Souter. Sarah is a Dean's
Scholar pursuing Honors degrees in Astronomy and Physics.
Astronomy Undergraduates Win Awards Across the University
4 May 2007
The Department of Astronomy has awarded Alexander Fry, Sarah Miller and Ross Falcon
the Karl G. Henize endowed scholarship for academic excellence, the Board of Visitors scholarship for overall performance and
the Outstanding Senior award for overall performance, respectively. Sarah Miller and Kyle Penner were awarded best oral presentation at the
College of Natural Sciences research forum, by a panel of non-astronomy faculty and industry scientists. Kyle Penner has also won
the R.W. and Kathleen Lindsey Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship from the University of Texas.
Q&A with Astronomer Shardha Jogee: Cuttting Edge Galaxy
Surveys and Education Outreach (PDF)
Insight - Newsletter of the College of Natural Sciences
Spring 2007
The last few years have been exciting ones for Shardha Jogee, an assistant professor of astronomy and one of the
investigators on several of the largest and deepest surveys of galaxies conducted to date using NASA's Hubble
Space Telescope. Her research has demonstrated, among other things, that "barred" galaxies (like the Milky Way) have been
around for billions of years longer than was previously thought. Jogee, relying on science grants from both NASA and the
National Science Foundation, has also started an educational outreach program entitled "Building a Bridge to Texas High
School Science Teachers and Students," to entice high school students into the study of astronomy and astrophysics...
High School Education Outreach at the Houston Museum of Natural
Science in January!
27 January 2007
The University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences and Department of Astronomy join forces today with the Houston
Museum of Natural Science to deliver a program for High School Students in the Houston Area. The special event is designed to
match the rich resources of the University of Texas with students looking for opportunities in Science. A portion of the program
will survey some of the most exciting areas in Astronomy, "The Search for Extrasolar Planets, Structure and Evolution of
Galaxies, Dark Matter and Dark Energy."
2006
Department of Astronomy Award Winners: Kyle Penner,
Chad Gardner, Justin Lowrey and Douglas Steimle
2 May 2006
The Undergraduate Studies Executive Committee has announced the winners of four Department of Astronomy
Awards. The Karl G. Henize endowed scholarship, for excellent academic performance, goes to Kyle Penner. For excellent
overall performance, the Board of Visitors (BoV) scholarship is awarded to Chad Gardner. The Outstanding Senior Award,
recognizing outstanding overall performance, is awarded to Justin Lowrey. The Astronomy Freshman Prize for Excellence is awarded
to Douglas Steimle.
Astronomy Undergrads Use Research
Opportunities
13 April 2006
Four Astronomy Undergraduates recently presented research at the
College of Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Forum 2006. Liz Hill-Aiello, Ashley Davis, Ross Falcon
and Kyle Penner found opportunities with Astronomy Department researchers studying black holes, galaxy
mergers and the local interstellar medium. Undergraduate students are encouraged to explore the
opportunites and funding still available.
2005
College of Natural Sciences Recognizes Three Astronomy Undergraduates
with Research Awards
2 December 2005
Three Department of Astronomy Undergraduates have applied and won awards from the College of Natural Sciences
Undergraduate Research Program. Liz Hill-Aiello, Ashley Davis and Allen Kyle Lake each have received funding to support
projects on different aspects of the evolution of galaxies and black holes. They will work under the direction of Professors
Shardha Jogee and
Greg Shields. Their projects involve radio, optical, and X-ray data from ground-base telescopes and the space-based Hubble
Space Telescope.
New Awards Available to Undergraduate Astronomy Students
1 November 2005
Four new categories of awards have been established for undergraduate majors in Astronomy. The new funds will offset
travel expenses for undergraduates conducting research, reward the most outstanding High School applicant to the program,
and recognize undergraduate excellence in research. The new opportunities supplement existing awards available to 3rd, 4th
and final year students.
Falcon, Irwin, Vicenek, Ramirez Win
Astronomy Department Awards for '04-'05
3 June 2005
Three undergraduates and one graduate student have won awards from the Department of Astronomy for 2004-2005. Ross Falcon
was awarded the Karl G. Henize Memorial Scholarship, Sierra Irwin the Board of Visitors Undergraduate Scholarship,
and Chad Vicenek the Outstanding Senior Award. This year, all three awards carried a $500 prize. In a strong
field, Ivan Ramirez won the Board of Visitors Outstanding Second Year Research Defense, for "Oxygen Abundances in Nearby
Disk Stars." Advisors to Ramirez are Carlos Allende Prieto and David Lambert.
Astronomy Ceremony Honors Five Undergraduate Degree Recipients
16 May 2005
Five undergraduates were honored Friday, May 5 at a Department of Astronomy graduation ceremony. Two will receive the Bachelor of Arts, and three the
Bachelor of Science in Astronomy. The graduates are Christian Iverson Johnson, Karen Leigh Menezes, Diana Elizabeth Smith, Chad Joseph
Vicenik and Jocelly Marie Guie Wong. Astronomy faculty and students comprised a string quartet for the program, which included a recitation in Latin, and
remarks from Chair Don Winget, Undergraduate Advisor Karl Gebhardt, Undergraduate Studies Chair Greg Shields and Observatory
Director David Lambert.
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