Q&A: Penn State statistics graduate student Alina Kuvelkar
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Alina Kuvelkar, a doctoral student in statistics at Penn State, serves as a teaching assistant at the University’s 18th annual  Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers. Credit: Jordan Futrick, Penn State

Penn State doctoral student Alina Kuvelkar recently served as a teaching assistant for the 18th Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers.

Heard on Campus: NASA’s Nick Siegler at the Penn State SETI symposium
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Nick Siegler speaking at the second annual Penn State SETI Symposium

Nick Siegler, program manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, spoke at the second annual Penn State SETI Symposium.

AstroFest 2023 offers four evenings of astronomy activities and stargazing
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Observatory on the roof of Davey Lab

Penn State’s popular AstroFest program returns July 12 to July 15 during the 2023 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces its 2023 fellowship, scholarship winners
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Seven students from the Eberly College of Science received fellowships and scholarships from the  NASA Space Grant in 2023.

From the cosmos to the community, explore with OLLI this summer
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Image of galaxy NGC 6946

Penn State astronomer Kevin Luhman will teach a summer course with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI).

Randy McEntaffer named Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive Officer Fellow
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Randall McEntaffer

Randy McEntaffer has been selected as fellow of the Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive Officers program.

Testing a theory of supermassive black holes with 100 newly described 'blazars'
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illustration of black hole with jet shooting out from center

More than a hundred blazars—black holes systems with powerful jets— have been newly characterized by Penn State researchers.

Mostafá selected to receive 2023 Faculty Scholar Medal
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Miguel Mostafa

Penn State astrophysicist Miguel Mostafá has received a 2023 Faculty Scholar Medal.

Eberly College of Science honors three with Outstanding Science Alumni Award
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Outstanding Science Alumni with dean Tracy Langkilde

The Penn State Eberly College of Science has selected three alumni to be honored with the Outstanding Science Alumni Award for 2023.

Spotting the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded
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Williams smiling and crossing arms on rooftop observatory

Penn State research technologist Maia Williams helped describe the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded.

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