astronomy
2019-04-23T05:47:46.029Z
The 14th floor of Pupin Hall is a place not often visited by those who are not majoring in astronomy or astrophysics. Yet this past Friday, students and professors of all disciplines spent the late afternoon attending a space-themed event on the highest floor of the building.
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2018-03-23T04:35:24.428Z
David Helfand does not drink coffee for three reasons.
For Barnard physics majors, proportion of required classes at Columbia influences Barnard experience
2016-11-17T21:00:07Z
For Liza Cooper, BC '17 and one of eight seniors majoring in the physics and astronomy department, being an astrophysics major at Barnard "takes a village."
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2016-04-08T12:02:13Z
During my sophomore year, I had this notion in my head that I needed to find a summer job. This is Columbia, after all—if you didn't have an internship with Goldman Sachs, did you really even have a summer?
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2016-04-05T08:51:24Z
Kipping recently joined the Astronomy faculty at Columbia after working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Dr. Kipping has no reviews on CULPA as of yet, but they'll probably be stellar.
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2015-11-05T19:00:02Z
This summer, graduate students in the astronomy program connected with undergraduates in a new program aimed at creating a supportive community within the department for the younger students. Last Friday, the program met to kick off the fall term.
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2014-12-15T12:00:04Z
Following a two-year delay, Pupin Hall is undergoing a series of renovations to restore its exterior and to construct new lab space.
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2014-09-18T12:55:10Z
As I pored over my astronomy problem set this weekend, wrestling for the first time in years with unit conversions and significant figures, a thought sprang up in my head that many a past Columbian has also voiced about the Core: Why is this required? It isn't in my field, it isn't something I'm naturally good at, and I don't enjoy it. I promptly distracted myself with a glance at my watch, and then a glance at my iPhone to make sure my watch wasn't slightly off, then a quick refresh of my phone's Gmail just to make sure no earth-shattering messages had been sent to me in the seven minutes since I had last checked.
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