This is long overdue, but so happy to share with you some of the pictures from the final research symposium of the 2019 TAURUS Scholars, and for the first year also UT Astronomy's REU program participants! It was so incredible having so many scholars in town over the summer, working hard on research, preparing their research notes for publication and making beautiful posters as rough drafts for the winter AAS meeting which will be in Honolulu this year!Because our group was so big, and we wanted to hold one joint TAURUS+REU end-of-summer extravaganza, we opted for poster presentations rather than talks as we have done in years past. Each scholar introduced themselves in a short poster "pop" presentation and a poster session was held immediately afterward. We had such a good turn-out and such wonderful conversations about everyone's scientific achievements! Overall, the format worked really well and led to more interaction, so we'll be sure to use this model going forward.
After the poster session, we had some big group shots out on the roof of the 13th floor. They look great, even though it was one of the HOTTEST days of the year, but that's how we roll here in Texas. :)
Can't wait to see everyone soon in Honolulu! Let's keep in touch!
