News/Events

Kevin Bandura, assistant professor of computer science and electrical engineering, will use the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) to study the expansion of the universe.

The National Postdoc Appreciation Week is September 21-25, 2020.

Christine Ye, a junior at Eastlake High School in Sammamish, Washington shares her experience in the Pulsar Search Collaboratory (PSC).

The Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology has researchers presenting at the 13th International LISA Symposium virtually, on September 1-3, 2020.

The NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium is offering fellowships for undergraduate students who desire a career in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) related programs and are interested in working on a research project under the supervision of a faculty member who will act as their research advisor. These undergraduate affiliate fellowships are awarded by the applicant’s college or university. The amount awarded varies from each institution. Applicants for these fellowships must be full-time undergraduate students of US citizenship. Female and minority students are strongly encouraged to apply. Please contact your institution to inquire about the amount of these fellowships.

The West Virginia Science Public Outreach Team is a statewide program operated out of the Green Bank Observatory that recruits and trains undergraduate ambassadors to bring presentations about current West Virginia science to K-12 classrooms (and get PAID).

Malcolm LaRose, a graduate of WVU Astronomy and Physics,will be stepping into a new level research in graduate school at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in the School of Physics and Astronomy in Rochester, New York.

Often the mentee becomes the mentor while continuing research through the Pulsar Search Collaboratory (PSC). William Jarvis, currently a sophomore undergraduate student at University of Wisconsin-Madison, speaks on his experience through his various roles in the PSC.

WVU Department of Physics and Astronomy Postdoctoral Researcher, Dustin "Dusty" Madison, was named one of 13 Cottrell Fellows across the nation by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA). The award, which is also co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), of up to $75,000 for salary, benefits, and research-related expenses includes an expectation for continued pedagogical training for the postdocs in supportive environments.