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The Department of Astronomy at the University of Florida is home to a vibrant community actively engaged in research, education, and outreach. Our faculty lead a wide range of research programs using world-class resources including an in-house design-through-fabrication instrumentation program, partner level access to the Gran Telescope Canarias, the HiPerGator-3 supercomputer, and more. Our undergraduate and graduate programs host around 100 students who are split between our Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, and Graduate Program. Our outreach program includes highly popular weekly public observing nights and annual Starry Night events which allow us to reach tens of thousands of community members.  

Recent News

  • Congratulations to Dr. Pitts!

    July 16, 2019

    Congratulations to Dr. Pitts!
    Dr. Rebecca Pitts successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled “On Dust, Carbon Monoxide, and Molecular Hydrogen in the Census of ...
  • Congratulations to Dr. Grieves!

    July 12, 2019

    Congratulations to Dr. Grieves!
    Dr. Nolan Grieves successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled “Characterizing Fundamental Properties of Stars and Investigating their Brown Dwarf and ...
  • Astronomy Grad Students Win Competitive Fellowship

    June 19, 2019

    Astronomy Grad Students Win Competitive Fellowship
      Graduate Students Qi Li and Yinan Zhao have been awarded graduate fellowships through the University of Florida Informatics Institute (UFII). ...
  • Congratulations to Dr. Dallilar

    June 18, 2019

    Congratulations to Dr. Dallilar
    Dr. Yigit Dallilar successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled “Infrared Instrumentation and Jet Formation in Black Hole Binaries“.  Dr. Dallilar will now ...
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