CWRU President Barbara Snyder has named Dr. Paul Harding a winner of a CWRU Presidential Award for Distinguished Service for his work with the university’s Burrell Schmidt telescope, and for his mentoring and support of students.
In the latest episode of “The Cosmic Controversy Podcast”, science journalist Bruce Dorminey talks with CWRU Astronomy Professor and Chair Stacy McGaugh about the dark matter problem in astrophysics and cosmology.
This June, CWRU Astro graduate student Pengfei Li successfully defended his doctoral thesis “The Dark Matter Problem in Rotationally Supported Galaxies”, under the supervision of Professor Stacy McGaugh.
This spring, while visiting the Department of Astronomy at Columbia University, CWRU astronomy senior Chris Carr had a chance to meet noted astrophysicist and science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson.