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Don Winget Receives Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award 23 Aug 2013 | 12:23 am
The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System has chosen Dr. Don Winget from The University of Texas at Austin to receive a 2013 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, its highest teaching hono...
Alan Y. Chow Telescope Dedicated at McDonald Observatory's Frank N. Bash Visitors Center 30 Jul 2013 | 08:52 pm
FORT DAVIS — The new Alan Y. Chow Telescope was dedicated July 27 at McDonald Observatory during the semi-annual meeting of the University of Texas at Austin Astronomy Program’s Board of Visitors. R....
Join the Celebration! 26 Jul 2013 | 02:08 am
We're celebrating our 75th anniversary of great science and great outreach in 2013 and 2014. Please join in and make a gift to McDonald Observatory to help us continue to improve science education. G...
Northrop Grumman to Sponsor StarDate 17 Jul 2013 | 07:17 pm
AUSTIN — Northrop Grumman, a leading global security company and NASA’s partner building the James Webb Space Telescope, will become official sponsor of the nationally syndicated StarDate radio progra...
Mary Kay Hemenway Receives National Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Understanding of Astronomy 2 Jul 2013 | 06:54 pm
San Francisco — The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is bestowing its 2013 Klumpke-Roberts Award for outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy to Dr....
Discovering Pulsations in a Crystalized, Dying Star 19 Jun 2013 | 08:12 pm
Texas astronomers have used the 2.1-meter Otto Struve Telescope at McDonald Observatory to discover pulsations from the crystalized remnant of a burnt-out star. The finding will allow astronomers to s...
Texas Astronomers Discover Pulsations in Crystalized, Dying Star 19 Jun 2013 | 08:05 pm
AUSTIN — Astronomers from The University of Texas at Austin and colleagues have used the 2.1-meter Otto Struve Telescope at the university’s McDonald Observatory to discover pulsations from the crysta...
Science and Music Under the Stars Saturday in Marfa 30 May 2013 | 08:23 pm
Event: McDonald Observatory astronomer Matthew Shetrone and Artistic Director Keith Knopp of Yellow Barn offer insight into the science and art behind popular and classical music in an afternoon prese...
Paul Shapiro Elected to Chair the American Physical Society Division of Astrophysics 9 May 2013 | 07:58 pm
Paul R. Shapiro, the Frank N. Edmonds, Jr., Regents Professor in Astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin, has been elected to a four-year term to the Chair line of the Division of Astrophysics ...
Texas House, Senate Honor McDonald Observatory for 75 Years of Excellence 23 Apr 2013 | 07:15 pm
AUSTIN — Today, the Texas House of Representatives and Senate will honor The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory for 75 years of discovery. The observatory’s 75th anniversary is comin...
