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- Jennifer Hanley, associate research professor in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, spoke in the ‘Astrochemistry in Planetary Science’ symposium at the American Chemical Society’s annual meeting.
- Amelia Ascione received the Nadine G. Barlow Award for best graduate student for her presentation at the Planetary Cratering Consortium in July. Nadine G. Barlow was a faculty member in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science for 18 years and served as department chair for the last several years, before her untimely death in 2020.
- Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science (DAPS) graduate research assistant Anastasia Morgan co-authored the paper titled “The size and mass distribution of cold classical TNOs for 5 < H < 13” with DAPS chair David Trilling and research professor Will Grundy.
- David Trilling, chair in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, co-authored a paper titled “Long-baseline ATLAS photometry of the seven main-belt asteroid targets of the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt.”
- Mark Loeffler, professor in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science (DAPS); Rebecca Carmack, postdoctoral scholar and DAPS professor Stephen Tegler co-authored the paper titled “A Possible Complication of Using the 4.14 μm band to Assess D/H Ratios on Icy Bodies.”
- Will Grundy, research professor in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, co-authored the paper titled “The Dense, Rocky Core of Haumea Revealed by Satellite Dynamics.”
- Cristina Thomas, associate professor in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, co-authored the paper titled “Tracing the main belt origins of S-complex near-Earth objects: From space mission targets to meteorite sources.”
- Soccer goalkeeper Lexi Saveski was named the Big Sky Co-Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season, after the team’s 2-0 stretch last weekend.
- Alexander Shenkin, assistant research professor for the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, was featured in the 2026 Edition of Research.com’s Ranking of the Rising Stars of Science.