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- Feb 2026: Wesleyan Argus covers Van Vleck Observatory Outreach Efforts
- Jan 2026: ARKS Day! Release of the first 10 papers from the ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures
- Jan 2026: Chawla, Grajales, and Kilian present posters at 247th AAS Meeting
- Jan 2026: Paper on HD166191 is published; Hughes and Kittling are coauthors
- Nov 2025: Grajales, Chawla selected for NASA CT Space Grant travel awards
- Aug 2025: Hughes is PI of RCSA SEED award
- Jul 2025: Hughes is collaborative PI of NSF AST RUI grant
- Jun 2025: Kilian selected for NASA CT Space Grant undergraduate research grant
- Jun 2025: Hughes's AAS plenary talk highlighted on Astrobites
- May 2025: Lee is co-recipient of Wesleyan Astronomy Littell Prize
- Nov 2024: Mansell awarded NASA CT Space Grant graduate fellowship; Sarosi and Mansell awarded student travel grants
- Jun 2024: Hughes is PI of a NASA CT Space Grant award
- May 2024: Kittling is co-recipient of Wesleyan Astronomy Littell Prize
- Apr 2024: Hughes interviewed about solar eclipse on WNPR
- Nov 2023: VVO outreach upgrades highlighted in Inclusion in STEM newsletter
- Oct 2023: Paper on RZ Psc accepted for publication; Authors include Hughes, Kittling
- Oct 2023: Mansell presents research at KNAC symposium
- Aug 2023: Hughes is PI of two A-ranked ALMA programs in Cycle 10
- Jun 2023: Hughes is PI of NSF AST RUI grant
- May 2023: Fehr is co-recipient of Wesleyan Astronomy Littell Prize
- May 2023: Hughes awarded Wesleyan’s Binswanger Prize for teaching
- Mar 2023: Fehr, Lewis, Nederlander, and Vizgan awarded NSF GRFPs
- Dec 2022: Lewis awarded NASA CT Space Grant Student Travel Grant, Rumsfeld awarded Undergraduate scholarship
- Oct 2022: Paper on ALMA observations of HD 106906 accepted for publication in ApJ! Authors include Fehr, Hughes, Marino, Ackelsberg, Kittling
- Sep 2022: Hughes awarded funding from Brinson Foundation to hire prize postdoctoral fellow
- Sep 2022: Fehr profiled in the Argus
- Sep 2022: WesWAVES blog highlights history of WesWIS
- July 2022: Hughes is co-PI on ARKS large program, ALMA Cycle 9
- July 2022: Wesleyan hosts the Northeast Star and Planet Formation Conference
- July 2022: Paper on collisional cascade in AU Mic accepted for publication in ApJ! Authors include Vizgan, Hughes, Carter
- June 2022: Vizgan’s Fulbright year profiled in Wesleyan and the World blog
- May 2022: PPVII chapter including debris disk review posted on arXiv. Authors include Hughes; acknowledgments include Readling, Kittling
- Mar 2022: Fehr is awarded a Goldwater Scholarship
- Dec 2021: Fehr, Lewis, Nederlander awarded NASA CT Space Grant Student Travel Grants
- Jul 2021: Klusmeyer’s paper on search for molecules in 49 Ceti accepted for publication in ApJ! Authors include Klusmeyer, Hughes
- May 2021: Vizgan awarded Fulbright fellowship to study abroad in Denmark
- May 2021: Vizgan awarded Wesleyan Astronomy Littell Prize
- May 2021: Fehr, Lewis, Rumsfeld awarded CT Space Grant Undergraduate Research Fellowships. Nederlander and Grajales awarded CT Space Grant Undergraduate Scholarships.
- Jan 2021: Paper on the gapped debris disk around HD 206893 accepted for publication in ApJ! Authors include Nederlander, Hughes, Fehr
- Apr 2020: Vizgan awarded Chambliss Medal for REU work in Copenhagen
- May 2019: Hughes is promoted to associate professor with tenure
- Apr 2019: WesWIS is Wesleyan’s student organization of the year!
- Mar 2019: Paper on vertical structure of AU Mic accepted for publication in ApJ! Authors include Daley, Hughes, Carter, Flaherty, Lambros
- Jan 2019: Klusmeyer wins Chambliss Award for her AAS poster. Congratulations, Jessica!
- Nov 2018: Hughes forms a new small body and adds it to the Solar System. Occasional contact binary observed.
- May 2018: Marino is awarded NASA CT Space Grant Community College Transfer Scholarship
- Mar 2018: Paper on turbulence in TW Hya accepted for publication in ApJ! Authors include Flaherty, Hughes
- Feb 2018: Hughes selected as a 2018 Cottrell Scholar
- Feb 2018: Hughes releases Debris Disks: Structure, Composition, Variability, to appear in Annual Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Oct 2017: Powell is awarded CT Space Grant Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Undergraduate Scholarship, and Undergraduate Travel Fellowship. Daley and Lambros awarded Undergrad Travel Fellowships.
- Aug 2017: Flaherty is PI of two high-priority ALMA projects in Cycle 5; Hughes is PI of three high-priority ALMA projects in Cycle 5
- Jun 2017: Paper on 3-D turbulence constraints accepted for publication in ApJ! Authors include Flaherty, Hughes, Rose
- May 2017: Press release on gorgeous Fomalhaut image
- Apr 2017: Factor’s paper on d216-0939 accepted for publication in AJ!
- Mar 2017: Paper on 49 Ceti accepted for publication in ApJ! Authors include Hughes, Lieman-Sifry, Flaherty, Daley.
- Mar 2017: Hughes is interviewed on WBUR about female computers.
- Oct 2016: Space Nights and Pedagogy Seminar featured on ENGAGE blog
- Aug 2016: Press release on Lieman-Sifry’s paper on gas in debris disks
- Aug 2016: Flaherty and Hughes are PIs of 2 top-priority ALMA Cycle 4 programs
- Jun 2016: Lieman-Sifry’s paper on debris disks in Sco-Cen accepted for publication in ApJ!
- Mar 2016: Press release on gorgeous ALMA TW Hya image
- Feb 2016: Hughes forms a new small body and adds it to the Solar System
- Feb 2016: Flaherty presents at AAAS meeting
- Jan 2016: Flaherty’s paper on HD 141569 accepted for publication in ApJ!
- Jan 2016: Hughes & Othon host CUWiP conference at Wesleyan
- Dec 2015: Astronomical Pedagogy seminar featured on ENGAGE blog
- Oct 2015: Flaherty’s first radio paper accepted for publication in ApJ!
- Oct 2015: Steele’s masters thesis paper accepted for publication in ApJ!
- Sep 2015: WesConnect and Argus articles about Hughes’ Bok Prize
- Sep 2015: Shanahan featured in APS article about Inclusive Astronomy
- Aug 2015: Othon and Hughes awarded grant from Petit Family Foundation to support the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics
- May 2015: Factor profiled in WesConnect
- May 2015: Lieman-Sifry is co-recipient of Littell Prize for excellence in astro
- Apr 2015: Factor, Lieman-Sifry, and Hughes profiled in the Argus
- Mar 2015: Daley awarded CT Space Grant Research Fellowship; Hughes is PI of Faculty Travel Grant and STEM Education Grant
- Feb 2015: Hughes awarded Harvard astronomy’s Bok Prize
- Dec 2014: Hughes discusses planet formation on WNPR
- Dec 2014: Press release on swarms of Plutos around HD 107146
- Nov 2014: Lieman-Sifry awarded scholarship for work on 49 Ceti
- Nov 2014: Factor awarded travel grant for work on Orion proplyd
- Oct 2014: Press release on magnetic fields in planet-forming disks
- May 2014: Steele awarded Littell prize for excellence in advanced astronomy classes
- Apr 2014: Hughes awarded NSF grant for research on planetary system formation
- Apr 2014: Flaherty is PI of an ALMA filler project for Cycle 2; Hughes is PI of a “highest-priority” ALMA project
- Mar 2014: Press release on gas in the beta Pictoris debris disk
- Mar 2014: Press release on “Death Stars” in the Orion Nebula
- Mar 2014: Encalada awarded a Goldwater Scholarship
- Jan 2014: Hughes presents results of 2013 CSWA demographics survey at AAS meeting
- Nov 2013: Encalada represents KNAC at CUR REU student symposium
- May 2013: Wesleyan radio telescope sees first light!
