Newsletters

Stay up to date on Astronomy department and campus news, announcements, and developments!

2023-2024 Winter Newsletter

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  • Astronomy in the News
  • A Dean in Motion: Dean Kahn Tours Chilean Facilities Vital to UC Berkeley Astronomy
  • A Message From the Chair
  • Research Fellows and Postdocs

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2022-2023 Winter Newsletter

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  • Astronomy in the News
  • News and Noteworthy
  • A Message From the Chair
  • New Faculty Highlight: Wenbin Liu
  • Research Fellows and Postdocs

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2021-22 Winter Newsletter

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Includes:

  • Stellar explosion in 1054 C.E. may have been a third flavor of supernova
  • How fast is the universe expanding? 
  • Undergraduate Research Opportunities
  • Astrophysics Roundtable
  • Berkeley Discover: Physics & Astronomy
  • Q&A with Raffaella Margutti

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2020 Newsletter

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Includes: 
  • Exoplanet Around Distant Star Resembles Our Reputed ‘Planet Nine’
  • 150 Years of Women at Berkeley
  • UC Berkeley Played Big Role in Reinhard Genzel’s Nobel Prize-winning Work
  • Berkeley Student Throws Cold Water on ‘Monster’ Black Hole Discovery
  • News & Noteworthy
  • Getting to know Astro!

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2019 Newsletter

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Read about the latest news in Astronomy at UC Berkeley!

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2018 Newsletter

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What's new in Astronomy? Catch up on breakthrough research developments, faculty and student achievements, and other exciting news in this year's departmental newsletter! 

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2017 Newsletter

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Includes:

  • Evening with the Stars
  • Remembering Harold Weaver
  • James Webb Space Telescope

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2016 Newsletter

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Includes:

  • Astronomy in the news
  • New faculty
  • Getting to Know…
  • Evening with the Stars and more!

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2014 Newsletter

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Includes:

  • Creation of BIDS
  • Imke de Pater’s work aboard NASA’s SOFIA aircraft
  • Mariska Kriek’s MOSFIRE Deep Evolution survey
  • Eugene Chiang receives Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award
  • How common are habitable planets?

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2013 Newsletter

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Includes:

  • Eliot Quataert named 2012 Simons Investigator
  • Alex Filippenko flies with Blue Angels
  • New Campbell Hall groundbreaking and updates
  • Geoff Marcy recieves grant to build Habitable World Spectrometer.

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2012 Newsletter

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 Includes:

  • Introduction to new faculty
  • Department's role in 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics
  • Marc Davis' Gruber Award 
  • Announcement of new Trumpler Award

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