This year's setup for TAURUS scholars is a bit different than in years past, where we've had small TAURUS offices for students set up on the 17th floor with individual laptops. As last year's cohort can remember, construction was taking place **all summer long** in the area that previously housed the astronomy department library. It was being transformed into the undergraduate astronomy computer lab space, pictured here. It's such a fantastic space to work and teach in!
And because this year is the first time two different, simultaneous summer programs are operating -- TAURUS and an NSF/DOD-funded REU -- we have so many incredible students here all at once, we really need a space like this lab so that everyone can work together and help each other out.
Like last year, Jackie Champagne, with the help of Sam Factor, Sydney Sherman, and other grad students, kicked off the summer of seminars with a four-part python workshop (that's still running!). From reading in data files, to plotting them up, and fitting a Gaussian to an emission line, students will be well-equipped to tackle the rest of their summer research with these fundamental skills in-hand. Thanks for a great kick-off everyone!
And because this year is the first time two different, simultaneous summer programs are operating -- TAURUS and an NSF/DOD-funded REU -- we have so many incredible students here all at once, we really need a space like this lab so that everyone can work together and help each other out.
Like last year, Jackie Champagne, with the help of Sam Factor, Sydney Sherman, and other grad students, kicked off the summer of seminars with a four-part python workshop (that's still running!). From reading in data files, to plotting them up, and fitting a Gaussian to an emission line, students will be well-equipped to tackle the rest of their summer research with these fundamental skills in-hand. Thanks for a great kick-off everyone!
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