Congratulations to LPL's 2013 Galileo Circle Scholarship recipients: Corwin Atwood-Stone, Sky Beard, Davin Flateau, Sarah Morrison, Tom Schad, Peng Sun, and Michelle Thompson. Galileo Circle Scholarships are awarded to the University of Arizona's finest science students and represent the tremendous breadth of research interests in the College of Science.
Congratulations to PTYS graduate student Catherine Elder who was awarded a 2013 Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) Career Development Award in February.
The Department of Planetary Sciences/Lunar and Planetary Laboratory was pleased to name the following students as recipients of the 2013 College of ScienceGraduate Student Awards:
Outstanding Scholarship: Kathryn Volk
Outstanding Service and Outreach: Meghan Cassidy and Rob Zellem
Outstanding Teaching: Rob Zellem
Congratulations, Ali Bramson! Ali has been named the recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which comes with three years of funding and tuition support.
Ali is a first-year student working with Shane Byrne. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin (B.S. in Physics and Astronomy).
PTYS graduate student Patricio Becerra is the recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Fall 2012. Patricio earned the award for his work as a GTA for Professor Tamara Rogers' PTYS 170B1 course during the Spring 2012 semester.
Professor Peter Smith has announced his retirement from The University of Arizona and LPL. Peter began his career at LPL in 1978 as a research assistant/postdoc; he was named Professor in 2009. Peter's career is rich with highlights and milestones, including:
Dr. Shane Byrne has been notified by the UA Provost of his promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year.
Former longtime LPL staff member Tom Teska passed away on March 15, 2013. Tom was the Manager for Mike Drake's Microprobe Lab from the early 1970s until 1998, when he retired.
LPL often gets mentioned alongside our well known colleagues across Cherry Street in Steward Observatory. It’s not so often that we are mentioned alongside our other well known colleagues across University Boulevard who play in McKale Center, but we did manage to rate a mention in Sports Illustrated this year. Check it out!
