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Awards season

February 26, 2010 By

Research Blogging Awards 2010 FinalistThe first few months of the year are traditionally awards season in the film industry, and in the blogging world it’s no different. I got back from a well-deserved and fabulous holiday a few days ago to discover I’m shortlisted for  a Research Blogging award in the category of Best Research Blog in Chemistry, Astronomy or Physics. Yay and thanks judges!

Well done also to all the other finalists and in particular also to Martin Robbins’ Lay Science blog, which is a contender for the Best Lay-Level Blog – I’ll take a teeny bit of credit for that too. Martin is also up for Best Blog Post, go check out the nominated post here.

All members of Research Blogging will be invited to vote for their favourites in early March and I certainly intend to cast votes for my favourite blogs. If you want to be able to vote and write about peer-reviewed research, go sign up! I’d definitely like to see some more astronomy blogs on the site.

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The White House Hearts Astronomy

October 9, 2009 By

This week the White House was the venue for the most high-profile Star Party of the year. To celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, the President played host to over a hundred school kids and amateur astronomers. He gave a lovely opening address about the importance of science in society, his desire to reinvigorate maths and science education in the US, and he encourages the youngsters present to let their sense fo wonder and passion drive them in their pursuit for discovery. The man can speak.

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Astronomers nab photography award

September 27, 2009 By

Two excellent ambassadors for astronomy have been awarded a prestigious Swedish award for their accomplishments in astrophotography. Carolyn Porco, planetary scientist at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and Babak Tafreshi, Iranian science journalist, photographer and IYA enthusiast, were awarded the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award for Medical, Technical and Scientific Photography, named after the renowned Swedish medical photographer.

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Because she’s worth it

March 11, 2009 By

Continuing the theme of women astronomers winning big prizes, one of this year’s L’Oréal-UNESCO awards for women in science was awarded to Brazilian astronomer Prof. Beatriz Barbuy. Barbuy is a professor at the University of Sao Paulo (site in Portuguese) and also currently the Vice-President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Her work in astronomy focuses on the study of chemical abundances in stars and stellar populations thoughout the history of the Universe. Barbuy is also the first astronomer to win this award in its 11-year history. 

Very nice!

A press release from the IAU here.

The official site from L’Oréal is here (web designers, meet usability, you need to talk). 

PS: Thank you L’Oréal for supporting these awards and for doing lots to encourage more women to take up science. I appreciate that. You could help even more by not trying to convince us (us = men and women) all the time that wrinkles and cellulite are bad. Also, stop making false scientific claims in your adverts (here, here).

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Faber wins 2009 Bower Prize

February 20, 2009 By

Sandra Faber, astronomy professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz, was announced on Wednesday as the winner of the 2009 Bower Award and Prize for Achievements in Science. The prize is presented to her by the Franklin Institute, whose awards programme is one of the oldest and richest in the US. The science prize itself dates back to 1990, and after Sir Martin Rees Sandy Faber is the second astronomer to win the prize.

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