The DGRAV elections have now been concluded. Thank you to all candidates who agreed to run in these elections, and congratulations to the newly elected Executive Committee members: Vice Chair: Gabriela Gonzalez Members-at-large: Henriette Elvang, Alessandra Corsi Student Representative: Alejandro…
Category: DGRAV Announcements
35th Jim Isenberg Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting
The 35th Jim Isenberg Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting will be held at Utah State University, Logan, Utah, on March 29 and 30, 2019. In the tradition of the Pacific Coast Gravity Meetings, students and postdocs are strongly encouraged to participate, and all…
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…
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…
Nominations for the Isaacson Award and APS Einstein Prize
Nominations for both the Einstein Prize and Isaacson Award are open, and the deadline for nominations is June 1, 2018. I encourage you to consider nominating outstanding colleagues for these honors. APS Einstein Prize The next APS Einstein Prize will be…
Pedro Marronetti’s NSF slides from April APS 2018
Pedro Marronetti (NSF) gave us an update during the DGRAV business meeting on what’s happening with gravity programs within the NSF. You can download Pedro’s 2018 slides here: Views NSF – APS April 2018.
DGRAV Election Results
The DGRAV elections have now been concluded. Thank you to all candidates who agreed to run in these elections, and congratulations to the newly elected Executive Committee members: Vice Chair: Nico Yunes Members-at-large: Jess McIver and Michael Lam Student Representative: Belinda Cheeseboro Additionally,…
21st Eastern Gravity Meeting
The 21st Eastern Gravity Meeting, hosted by Long Island University–Brooklyn, will be held Thursday, May 24 and Friday, May 25, 2018 in Brooklyn, NY. For further information, registration and abstract submission, see http://relativity.liu.edu/egm21/. This annual regional meeting is open to researchers of all…
Town Hall Meeting on “Gravitational Wave Theory and Simulations in the Era of Detections”
Dear Members of the Division of Gravitational Physics of the American Physical Society: Gravitational wave astronomy is finally a reality. As a community, we should strive to make the best of the wealth of data that will be collected in…