TAURUS Symposium

On August 10th we hosted the third annual TAURUS Scholars' Symposium! The 2018 class of TAURUS Scholars presented their research to the entire department before departing back to their home universities.  It was a fun but tearful day saying goodbye to this group.  There were lots of adventures had over the course of the summer!  The scholars all gave phenomenal talks.  Check out their titles and some pictures from the celebrations.

Steve Anusie — “Mini-MUSCLES"

Howard University

Mentored by Cyndi Froning

Oscar Cantua — “The Old, The Red, and the Dusty"

University of Texas at San Antonio

Mentored by Jorge Zavala

Gerlinder Difo Cheri — “The Search for Disintegrating Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs"

University of the Virgin Islands

Mentored by Andrew Vanderburg

Analis Lawrence — “Through Thick, Thin and Halo: Galactic Kinematics of Exoplanet Host Stars with Gaia"

Florida International University / University of Florida

Mentored by Brendan Bowler

Jordyn Mascareñas-Wells — “Spotting Young Stars in the Age of Precision Distance Measurements"

University of Oregon

Mentored by Aaron Rizzuto

Gabriella Sanchez — “Using high-ionization lines in low-mass galaxies to calibrate a new metallicity diagnostic"

University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Mentored by Justin Spilker

We wish our scholars the best of luck in the upcoming semester, and we're excited to see y'all again soon at AAS 2019 in Seattle!