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Some of the images in these collections were created and copyrighted by Laurie Hatch. The photographs are made available through an agreement with the University of California Observatories and W.M. Keck Observatory. For more information on permission to use those images with the embedded copyright by Laurie Hatch, please click here.

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  • 2012 Grad Cohort
  • "The Big Bangers" - Astronomy Softball Team 2009
  • 2009 Franklin Institute Awards - Astronomer Sandra Faber, Center - Right. The Franklin Institute Awards are among the oldest and most prestigious science awards in the world.
  • Professor Connie Rockosi defends a viewpoint vigorously at "Morning Science Coffee" - A daily discussion of astronomy events and research attended by professors, postdocs and grad students.
  • Professor Connie Rockosi is one of the founders of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
  • Optician Dave Hilyard and the DEIMOS spectrograph camera optics.
  • President Obama congratulates Sandra Faber after awarding her the National Medal of Science. (Photo by Ryan K Morris/National Science & Technology Medals Foundation)
  • Chair Sandra Faber presents the "year in review" at our annual Fall Welcome Reception.
  • Fall Welcome Awards 2012.
  • New Grad Cohort 2012.
  • Fall 2013 Welcome Reception
  • UCSC astronomer Sandra Faber (center) received the 2012 Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal from William Gutsch (left), board president of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and ASP executive director James Manning (right). Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta.
  • Department Annual Ski Trip. Faculty, Postdocs, Grad students, family members and friends hit the slopes each year for a weekend at Dodge Ridge. 2010
  • Associate Professor Jonathan Fortney reception 2010: Fall Welcome Reception 2010
  • Evan Kirby and Karrie Gilbert - Graduate Students - Keck II - summit of Mauna Kea (2008)
  • Astrophysicist Mark Krumholz Studies star formation and galaxy formation. (Photo by Shmuel Thaler)
  • Grad students, Katie Morzinski and Mark Ammons aligning the beam in the Moore Adaptive Optics Lab.
  • UCSC Astronomer Greg Laughlin joined acclaimed composer Philip Glass to explore the music of the universe at the Rubin Art Museum in New York. 2010 (Image courtesy of Michael J Palma)
  • UCSC Astronomer Greg Laughlin joined acclaimed composer Philip Glass to explore the music of the universe at the Rubin Art Museum in New York. 2010 (Image courtesy of Michael J Palma)
  • Annual Graduate Student Observational Astronomy Workshop at Lick Observatory. 2009 (Image courtesty of L. Hatch © )
  • Fall 2013 Grad Cohort
  • Sandra Faber, University Professor and Astronomer Credit:Elena Zhukova (photomomentum.com)
  • aSummer 2010 - UCSC Science Internship Program (SIP) for high school students led by Professor Raja Guhathakurta
  • Groovy couches, big brains, and great camaraderie abound in Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz's supercomputer lab for undergrad
  • Transit of Venus public viewing hosted by Department of Astronomy, June 5, 2012 at UCSC Porter “Squiggle"
  • Transit of Venus Viewing Mark Mozena Jacob Arnold