Announcements

Virtual Involvement Fair

OSU Virtual Student Involvement Fair Sunday (August 23rd) from 4-7pm EDT!

Ohio State’s Student Involvement Fair is going virtual this semester! Visit online booths for different clubs, organizations, departments, and more this Sunday, August 23rd from 4-7pm EDT. Students can create a profile for the involvement fair at go.osu.edu/sif and find info on how to create their profile, how to navigate the fair, FAQs, and more. The fair is being hosted at osu.campusgroups.com and opens up on Sunday.

Astro Society will be there! Search for ‘Astronomical Society’ during the fair to find our booth. During the fair, we will be hosting a Zoom meeting for people to ask questions and have discussions with us! If you’d like to join, you can find the Zoom link at our booth or click here. If you’d like to join Astro Society on CampusGroups, visit osu.campusgroups.com/8744/club_signup

Space Science Mentorship Program

Sign-up for Space Science Mentorship Program with the Ohio State School for the Blind

OSU is partnering with the Ohio State School for the Blind (OSSB) for a virtual Space Science Mentorship Program with blind and visually impaired students (grade 8-12) from Ohio and across the country! This program will have OSU undergraduate and graduate student mentors providing OSSB students with insight on college life and assistance on citizen science projects. The mentorships will have weekly time dedication of approximately 3 hours (weekly meetings, mentee one-on-one, and answering email questions) and will start in September!

If you’re interested in joining the mentorship cohort, fill out this form by August 21st, 2020. If you have any questions, email Anna Voelker at voelker.30@osu.edu.

What to Look for in the Night Sky!

July 16th (Thursday) Meeting at 7pm EST!

We’re excited to announce our July 16th meeting – What to Look for in the Night Sky! Our executive board will cover astronomical terminology, Delta Aquarids/Perseids meteor showers, the Moon, planet observing, binocular observing, and deep sky observing. SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) will also be presenting info on the Mars 2020 rover, Perseverance! All presentations will be done via Zoom and recorded. It will be a great evening full of great info and discussion!

To join the meeting on Zoom, visit https://osu.zoom.us/j/98856249884.
The meeting password is 123456. We hope to see you there!

On another note…

Be sure to look out for Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE in the northwestern early evening sky this week, both with your naked eye and a pair of binoculars!

Weekly Astronomy Webinars

Weekly Astronomy Webinars:

Tune in every Thursday at 3pm ET for an episode of a new astronomy webinar! Called Making Space for All, this series will feature the work of underrepresented scientists and students in the astrophysics community. Join Anna Voelker (OSU’s Coordinator of Astronomy Outreach) as she conducts these public Q&A sessions and interviews.

The first episode will aired on zoom on April 2nd. It featured Dr. Ami Choi, who discussed dark matter. Use this link to join the webinar via zoom. Here’s the direct url: https://osu.zoom.us/j/770313187

The series is brought to you by OSU’s Department of Astronomy, CCAPP, and SciAccess. Check out the images below for more information.

SciAccess 2020: Info and Sign-Up

SciAccess 2020 will be happening online! Here is some official info:

🌟 ANNOUNCING THE 2020 SCIACCESS CONFERENCE! 🌟

 

The Ohio State Department of Astronomy, in partnership with NASA, CCAPP, and the SciAccess Initiative, is proud to announce that we will be hosting a free, virtual conference on Monday, June 29, 2020! This all-day event will be dedicated to promoting disability inclusion and equity in astronomy and the STEM fields.

 

It is taking place on the one-year anniversary of the inaugural SciAccess Conference, which was sponsored by The Ohio State University in 2019. This year, SciAccess is being hosted in connection with Making Space for All, a weekly webinar series that showcases underrepresented students and researchers in the astrophysics community. You can join live episodes of Making Space for All every Thursday at 3:00 PM ET using this Zoom link: http://go.osu.edu/makingspace. View the schedule of upcoming webinars here: https://astronomy.osu.edu/outreach/making-space 

 

Making Space for All and SciAccess 2020 are supported by The Ohio State University Department of Astronomy and the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics. They are free, open to the public, and feature ASL interpreting and CART captioning. Please feel free to share with your friends and colleagues. Questions? Email us at thesciaccessconference@gmail.com. 

 

TO REGISTER FOR SCIACCESS 2020, complete the following form: https://go.osu.edu/sciaccess2020

No Meetings (COVID-19)

We will not be holding any meetings while Ohio State has suspended in-person classes. For now, this includes the next two Thursdays (March 19 and March 26). We might resume regular meetings after that point if the university decides the situation has improved, although they are recommending the suspension of all non-essential on-campus gatherings through April 20.

Information on the outbreak is available from the Wexner Medical Center, the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization, and the Ohio Department of Health.

Stay safe!

New Executive Board Members

If you were not present at tonight’s meeting, the members of next year’s Executive Board have been duly elected. The members-elect are as follows:

 

President

Caitlin O’Brien

Vice Presidents

Simon Filbert

Payton Cassel

Treasurer

Hannah Parsons

Secretary

Austin Hill

 

Congratulations to the winners and a big thanks to everyone who ran!