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9th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting

After a few years hiatus, the GCGM returns! The 9th Gulf Coast Gravity Meeting will be held at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS, on March 13 and 14, 2020. In keeping with its tradition, this will be an…

2018 APS Fellows

Congratulations to the 2018 APS Fellows, many of whom have contributed to gravitational physics! The nominations from the Division of Gravitational Physics were: Rana Adhikari, Lisa Barsotti, Stephen Fulling, Lawrence Kidder, and Andrew Strominger. Another 6 members of DGRAV were nominated by other…

2019 Einstein Prize awarded to Abhay Ashtekar

Congratulations to Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State), the recipient of the 2019 Einstein Prize. The Einstein prize is awarded by the APS to recognize outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics. Prof. Ashtekar is highly deserving of this award, as…

MRM28 Best Student Presentation Award

Congratulations to Maya Fishbach of the University of Chicago for winning the Best Student Presentation Award at this month’s 28th Midwest Relativity Meeting. Maya presented A standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant from GW170817 without the electromagnetic counterpart. See more about…

28th Midwest Relativity Meeting

The 28th Midwest Relativity Meeting will be held Friday and Saturday, 12-13 October 2018 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Each participant in the meetings may present a talk of approximately 10-15 minutes, depending on the total number of talks. We…

EGM21 Best Student Presentation Awards

Congratulations to Laura Johnson of Case Western Reserve University and Oliver Janssen of New York University for winning the Best Student Presentation Awards at this month’s 21st Eastern Gravity Meeting. Laura presented Partially Massless Decoupling Limit of Massive Gravity, and Oliver presented The…