The First Semester as Faculty: Interview with Professor Jiayin Dong
I sat down with the newest astronomy professor at UIUC to ask about her first semester as a faculty member and how she made the transition to a permanent position.
A Grad Student Seat at the Faculty Hiring Table
Today’s authors, the Yale Astronomy Student Council, present a framework for involving graduate students into the faculty hiring process!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Smadar Naoz
Today we’ve got an interview with the awesome Professor Smadar Naoz at @UCLA, #AAS237 plenary speaker and Helen B. Warner prize winner! Read on about her journey in astronomy and her awesome work about dynamics.
Punch-Clock Astronomy
The astronomical community is all a-flutter over a letter scolding the grad population of a major research university’s astronomy department for not being quite up to scratch, guilty of sins as grave as leaving the office on weekends.