Astronomy

Our unique program blends course work with research opportunities and provides students access to professional-quality telescopes, instrumentation and computers. Our students go on to the best graduate programs in the country, or to a variety of rewarding careers both in and out of the field of science.

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So Much to Celebrate!

Congratulations, Graduates! Wesleyan’s 193rd Commencement took place on Sunday, May 25, 205 and we congratulated another outstanding group of Astro students. We know they are going on to amazing futures and wish them all the best post-Wes. 2025 Thesis Writers: Louis Cedarbaum “Training a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Star Formation Activity From Simulated Galaxy ... Read more

Long time, no post

Our department has been very busy between Astro Events, conferences, and construction at VVO — here are some updates. Commencement We celebrated the Class of 2024: some went off to grad school, some stayed here for their BA/MA, and some went on to other adventures. Here are some of our favorite photos of the day, ... Read more
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