Field Experiences

Source: https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/field-experiences Parent: https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/undergraduate-program

American Astronomical Society Annual Winter Meeting

Harvard Astronomy Undergraduates present posters at the annual AAS meeting in early January. Abstracts for the recent years are available here:

• Undergraduates at 2020 AAS Meeting, Honolulu, Hawai'i
• Undergraduates at 2019 AAS Meeting, Seattle, Washington
• Undergraduates at 2018 AAS Meeting, Washington, DC
• Undergraduates at 2017 AAS Meeting, Grapevine, Texas

Astrophysics Concentrator Field Trip

The astronomy department sponsors a faculty-led field trip each August for rising senior concentrators. The trip is intended to highlight an astronomical theme and motivate student growth and connections as they enter their senior year. Past trips have included Historical Astronomical Tours of England, observing the Great American Solar Eclipse, and trips to Hawaii, which included telescope observing on the summit of Mauna Kea, home to the world’s most powerful telescopes.

http://astrolab.fas.harvard.edu/fieldtrip.html

Astronomy 100 Trip

Each year undergraduate students enrolled in Astronomy 100 hone their practical astronomy knowledge by using the 48-inch and 60-inch telescopes at the Fred L. Whipple Observatory in Arizona.  This unique week-long trip during Spring Break includes a visit to the University of Arizona Mirror Lab, 3 nights of hands-on observing, nightly pot-luck dinners cooked by the students and teaching staff, and most importantly, an intimate view of how observational astronomers explore the cosmos.

http://astrolab.fas.harvard.edu/ay100.html

Undergraduate Links

• Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
• STAHR, Student Astronomers at Harvard-Radcliffe
• Harvard College Handbook, FAS summary of important deadlines in the undergraduate year
• Astrobites, Astrobites is a daily literature journal summarizing new astrophysical research posted to astroph. Astrobites is written by graduate students for undergraduates.
• Math Department Course Offerings
• Academic Resource Center, the ARC supports Harvard’s students in developing reading strategies, time management skills, and metacognitive approaches to learning
• Harvard Science Education Office
• AstroSoc - undergraduate concentrators club (email list: https://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/astrosociety)
• Astro email list - includes emails about the concentration, research opportunities, department events and activities
• Harvard Observing Project (HOP)