2017 Spring Department News

On May 11, LPL had the pleasure of hosting the University of Arizona Press reception celebrating the release of Mars: Pristine Beauty of the Red Planet. With explanatory captions in 24 languages and a gallery of more than 200 images, this distinctive volume brings a timely and clear look

2016 was a record year for NEO discovery: CSS led the league with 930 discoveries.

by Margaret Landis

This semester’s fieldtrip, led by Joe Spitale, was to southwestern Utah, with major stops at Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks, to explore the geology of the Colorado Plateau, especially the series of sedimentary layers that form the Grand Staircase. The faulting, stratigraphy, and uplift all

The papers of Ewen Whitaker, who passed away last October (2016), have been added to the University of Arizona Libraries History of Science (Pioneers of Planetary Science) collection.

Congratulations to the OSIRIS-REx project, named Arizonan of the Year by the Arizona Republic newspaper (Phoenix). Take a moment to read about Arizona's appreciation for "the glittering constellation of scientists, engineers and others who made this happen." 

 

 

LPL faculty, students, and staff bring science to the community.

Congratulations to Glinda Davidson, the 2017 recipient of the LPL Outstanding Staff Award!

Andrea Banzatti joined LPL in October 2016 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with Associate Professor Ilaria Pascucci. Andrea is trying to unveil unknown parts of the story of planet formation from multi-wavelength observations of protoplanetary disks. By observing them at UV, optical, infrared, and millimeter wavelengths, and especially using

Francine Wetzel is an Administrative Associate who began her career at LPL in January 2017. She works with several groups located on the second floor of the Kuiper Building, including Space Watch, and the research groups of Walt Harris and Vishnu Reddy.   Thanks to her mother’s love of travel

OSIRIS-REx was the focus of hundreds of articles and interviews in 2017. Selected articles are listed here.