Department of Astronomy, U.Va. Skip to main content Search form Search Department of Astronomy Academics UVA Bridge to the Doctorate Program in Astronomy Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Research Diversity Equity and Inclusion Instrumentation Laboratory Ph.D. Dissertations (1882-Present) Virginia Institute of Theoretical Astronomy Outreach Diversity Equity and Inclusion Observatory Public Night Program Friends of the McCormick Observatory Dark Skies, Bright Kids Leander McCormick Observatory Museum People Diversity Equity and Inclusion Faculty & Senior Research Staff Visiting Faculty Staff Research Associates Graduate Students Undergraduate Students Recently Left Near-Field Cosmology at Virginia Read More» Star Formation At Virginia Read More» Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) at Virginia Read More» Instrumentation Laboratory at Virginia Read More» Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics at Virginia Read More» Astrochemistry at Virginia Read More» World Class Facilities at Virginia Read More» Planetary Science at Virginia Read More» Like Peas in a Pod: UVA Astronomer's Survey of Young Stars Published   An international research group led by a postdoctoral fellow in the University of Virginia’s Department of Astronomy identified a rich organic chemistry in young disks surrounding 50 newly formed stars. Read more here.  Read more about Like Peas in a Pod: UVA Astronomer's Survey of Young Stars Published UVA Faculty and Student Research Feature APOGEE observations of the warp in the Milky Way done by Steve Majewski, Xinlun Cheng, and Borja Anguiano are feature in the Charlottesville newspaper: The Daily Progress. Read the article here: https://dailyprogress.com/news/watch-now-galactic-smack-may-have-caused-... Read more about UVA Faculty and Student Research Feature UVA Astronomers among first projects on JWST   Read more about UVA Astronomers among first projects on JWST Dr. Kelsey Johnson President-Elect of AAS Professor Kelsey Johnson has been elected to serve as president to the American Astronomical Society. Dr. Johnson is currently a Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Director of the UVA Echols Scholars Program. Read more about Dr. Kelsey Johnson President-Elect of AAS Astronomer John Hawley Named AAS Fellow John Hawley, Hamilton and VITA Professor of Astronomy and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, was recently named as a Fellow of the American Astronomical Society.   John was cited “For pioneering work in computational astrophysics and its application to studies of accretion disks and jets.” More information here: https://aas.org/grants-and-prizes/aas-fellows Read more about Astronomer John Hawley Named AAS Fellow Professor Ilse Cleeves Wins Award for Research Professor Ilse Cleeves has recieved the Research Excellence Award by the University of Virginia Research Achievement Awards committee. Each year up to three researchers are selected across UVA for this honor through a nomination process and a rigorous review by a multi-disciplinary awards committee. This award recognizes faculty members who have generated sufficient volume of scholarship of high quality and are emerging in their fields as leaders and acknowledged as such by their peers. Read more about Professor Ilse Cleeves Wins Award for Research UVA Graduate, Dr. Jake Turner, detects possible exoplanet radio emission By monitoring the cosmos with a radio telescope array, an international team of scientists has detected radio bursts emanating from the constellation Boötes –  that could be the first radio emission collected from a planet beyond our solar system. Read more about UVA Graduate, Dr. Jake Turner, detects possible exoplanet radio emission Nitya Kallivayalil’s research featured in Quanta magazine Nitya Kallivayalil’s research was featured in a Quanta magazine article entitled “The New History of the Milky Way”, which explores the outsize influence of the Large Magellanic Cloud on our own galaxy.   https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-new-history-of-the-milky-way-20201215/   Image by Gilbert Vancell Read more about Nitya Kallivayalil’s research featured in Quanta magazine Mark Whittle awarded a Jefferson Scholars Foundation 2020 Award for Excellence in Teaching Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, in 2012 the Jefferson Scholars Foundation began recognizing University faculty who have demonstrated both excellence in teaching and exceeding care for their students. This award honors those teachers in our community who have gone the extra mile in fulfilling their vocation without regard for their own advancement. This year, Mark Whittle was nominated and has been designated as a 2020 recipient. Professor Whittle has been in the Astronomy department since 1986 and his research interests include active galaxies and cosmology. Read more about Mark Whittle awarded a Jefferson Scholars Foundation 2020 Award for Excellence in Teaching Astronomer Ilse Cleeves Recognized Among Women Leaders in ‘STEM2D’ Astronomy's Ilse Cleeves has won the prestigious Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award. The Johnson & Johnson program seeks to “fuel development of future female STEM2D leaders and feed the STEM2D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers.” More than 540 nominees from around the world were considered for this year’s awards. Read more about Astronomer Ilse Cleeves Recognized Among Women Leaders in ‘STEM2D’ Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next › last » News & Announcements Like Peas in a Pod: UVA Astronomer's Survey of Young Stars Published April 5, 2021   An international research group led by a postdoctoral fellow in the University of Virginia’s Department of Astronomy identified a rich organic chemistry in young disks surrounding 50... Read» UVA Faculty and Student Research Feature March 31, 2021 APOGEE observations of the warp in the Milky Way done by Steve Majewski, Xinlun Cheng, and Borja Anguiano are feature in the Charlottesville newspaper: The Daily Progress. Read the article here: ... Read» UVA Astronomers among first projects on JWST March 3, 2021   When the James Webb Space Telescope launches in October, it will be the world’s premier space science observatory. Its combination of high-resolution and infrared-detecting instruments is... Read» More News» Events Friday, April 9th Shunsako Horiuchi: TBD Start time: 1:00pm End time: 2:00pm Tuesday, April 13th Hiddo Algera (Leiden) Start time: 12:10pm End time: 1:00pm Astronomy on Tap -Cville Start time: 7:00pm End time: 9:00pm Thursday, April 15th Kirk Barrow: TBD Start time: 3:30pm End time: 4:30pm Friday, April 16th Canceled: McCormick Observatory Public Night Start time: 9:00pm End time: 11:00pm No Public Nights until further notice... Friday, April 23rd Karen Yang: TBD Start time: 11:00am End time: 12:00pm Tuesday, April 27th Kevin Shoemaker (Shoemaker Labs) Start time: 12:10pm End time: 1:00pm More Events» GET IN TOUCH Department of Astronomy P.O. Box 400325 530 McCormick Road Charlottesville, VA 22904-4325   434-924-7494   434-924-3104   Contact Us   Calendar Last modified: February 01 2021 02:54:12. © 2018 Maintained by UVA Arts & Sciences Digital Communications