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★ govert schilling @govertschilling.nl · 1d

grateful to have received the david schramm award 2025 of the high energy astrophysics division (HEAD) of the american astronomical society (@aas.org), for my @skyandtelescope.bsky.social feature article 'catching cosmic neutrinos' (about the KM3NeT neutrino detector in the mediterranean sea) 🤗👍🏼⭐🏅🔭🧪

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 5h

Bowman also wrote an insightful piece on his stance today that’s worth reading: NPR's veteran Pentagon reporter warns new media policy stifles journalism

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 6h

Saw a talk recently by NPR correspondent Tom Bowman. He was upfront that right now his best sources weren’t in the pentagon but in Congress and the Romanian attaché and such. When the official sources are already so awful/ useless, it’s much easier to say no

NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from St Louis- lovely sunrise this morning! In town for the #HEAD22 meeting

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 2d

Omg love it!

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 4d

Oh how cool! Yeah the 100-level classes fill up FAST. I’m sure I’ll be doing more of them in the future tho if she can be patient. :)

We’ll have to have you out for a colloquium sometime! 🦆

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations to @kelbadry.bsky.social for becoming a McArthur genius!!! 🤩🥳

www.caltech.edu/about/news/k...

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Kareem El-Badry Named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow

www.caltech.edu

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 6d

As the job ad says, yes, a PhD is required. Radio astronomy training is preferred but not required.

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 6d

Also, if it's helpful to anyone working on their application, please note this skeet from yesterday. 😅

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, even crazier- last year for my postdoc ad a full half of the applications legit never made reference to anything my lab does and how my research would connect to theirs. You are literally in the top half of applicants for just TRYING to draw a connection in a sentence in the cover letter!

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 6d

Are you interested in working on astronomical transients/ radio astronomy, all while exploring the beautiful Pacific Northwest on your weekends? I'm hiring a postdoc! Come work for me!

aas.org/jobregister/...

Please get in touch if you have any questions!

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Postdoctoral Positions in Time-Domain Astronomy | American Astronomical Society

The department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Oregon invites applications for a postdoctoral scholar to work with Prof. Yvette Cendes in the field of time-domain astrophysics. This inc...

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 6d

PS- saw you're on the registrant list for HEAD next week? :) Let's hang out! I'm bringing my two PhD students and I think you'd be interested in their posters...

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah, and also, YMMV but I always dislike the ones asking to Zoom chat at this stage. I have a lot of stuff to do, and am not on the admissions committee, so feels like a waste of time for all. Emails asking stuff like "are you taking students?" or an actual question are of course welcome

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, even crazier- last year for my postdoc ad a full half of the applications legit never made reference to anything my lab does and how my research would connect to theirs. You are literally in the top half of applicants for just TRYING to draw a connection in a sentence in the cover letter!

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 7d

Apparently they've gotten in touch with him- www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Scientist learns he has won Nobel prize while on digital detox in US mountains

Fred Ramsdell’s wife switched on her phone and screamed – it was full of messages congratulating her husband

www.theguardian.com

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 7d

Confession- if prospective PhD students reach out to me and I don't think they actually know what I do, I don't answer.

TBF a lot seem to mix me up for the GW-focused ppl in our department. But yikes, not a great first impression to talk about your interests in my lab that my lab doesn't do. 🫠
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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 10d

There is something doubly hilarious about a tariff costume sold at Spirit Halloween that was undoubtedly not made in the USA and costs $60 because of tariffs

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 13d

Goddamn it. We lost a wonderful human today. 😭

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 15d

Ohio State just advised all staff and students not to attend the SACNAS (Society for the advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) annual meeting of 6000+ scientists -- which is in Columbus, OH this year! -- saying it may be exclusionary, even though it is open to all.

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 14d

Teaching “The Solar System” to 216 students this quarter! Let’s goooooo! 🚀🪐

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 16d

Here it is, your moment of zen

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 17d

It’s a lovely beach! Here’s the view in the opposite direction

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 17d

Came out to the coast for the weekend before classes start and this was soooo the right decision! 😍

Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Bandon OR

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 21d

I mean any food can be made triangular w cutlery before you eat it

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Mike Urbancic @urbancic.bsky.social · 21d

Quite a crowd gathered to listen to @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social talk about the origins of elements!

(And the crowd is still growing.)

dozens of people sitting and listening to a presentation by Sanjana Curtis in the upper room of Claim 52 Brewing, with more folks standing at the periphery.

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 22d

Brag moment- this round I actually had NASA contact my references, meaning I was in the top 0.5% of astronaut applicants and qualified as a “highly qualified candidate.” I feel that’s almost worth putting on my CV! 👩🏻‍🚀

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www.nasa.gov/news-release...

NASA Selects All-American 2025 Class of Astronaut Candidates - NASA

NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates were introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United

www.nasa.gov

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