The end of the academic year might seem like a strange time to begin a blog, but there is usually something interesting happening in Haverford’s astronomy program. So no time like the present!
One of the best things about astronomy at Haverford is our great students. During final exam week, I hosted a dinner party at my apartment for my astronomy research students and students in my classes. Armed with some photos from this festive event, I’m going to open up Astronoblog by celebrating the six seniors that just graduated with a degree in either Astronomy or Astrophysics.
Here I am with my three freshly graduated seniors: Alex Warres, Dylan Hatt, (me), and Gail Gutowski. I’m pretty sure Alex is going to be a teacher at an astronomy camp this summer. Dylan is soon heading to Max Planck Institute in Germany with a Fulbright fellowship to study astronomy. Gail is now at Haverford to write a paper on her thesis work and will then head to UT Austin for a geophysics research position.
Here is Scott Ogden (left) with his advisor Steve Boughn. Steve is another astronomy professor here. Unfortunately for us, Steve will be on sabbatical for the next year. Scott is heading off to earn a master’s degree in applied math at Stonybrook.
Last, but certaintly not least, are Tyler Evans and Nick Vechik. Missing between them is Bruce Partridge, their research advisor and my esteemed predecessor. Bruce had just flown in from a meeting in Paris so needed to retire from the party early. Nick worked with Bruce on both radio astronomy research and on astronomy education. He might continue some of his work over the summer. Tyler may also continue working with Bruce over the summer, and will then head to Swinburne University in Australia for a PhD program in astronomy.
After all of these student-advisor photo ops, the students suggested a group shot with Scott Shelley, the physics lab instructor who taught all of them in multiple lab classes:
Congratulations to all six of our seniors for their past accomplishments and bright future prospects!