Please nominate your colleagues who have made significant contributions to our field to become APS Fellows through the Division of Gravitational Physics (DGRAV). Becoming an APS Fellow is a distinct honor signifying recognition by one’s professional peers. For information on…
Category: DGRAV Announcements
2017 Eastern Gravity Meeting
The 20th Eastern Gravity Meeting, hosted by the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, will be held Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 10, 2017 on Penn State’s University Park campus. For further information, registration and abstract submission, see the…
Workshop Announcement: eXtreme Matter Meets eXtreme Gravity
XGI Workshop First Announcement “eXtreme Matter meets eXtreme Gravity” August 17-19, Bozeman Montana The eXtreme Gravity Institute at Montana State University will hold a workshop to discuss methods for constraining the properties of Neutron Stars and the dense-matter equation of…
Nominations for APS Fellows through DGRAV
Dear DGRAV members, I am writing to encourage you to nominate colleagues who have made significant contributions to our field to become APS Fellows through the Division of Gravitational Physics (DGRAV). Becoming an APS Fellow is a distinct honor, as…
Pedro Marronetti’s NSF slides from April APS 2017
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 2017 slides here: Views NSF – APS Jan 2017.
Minutes from DGRAV Business Meeting, 2017 April APS conference
April American Physical Society Meeting in Washington, D.C. January 30, 2017 Call to order — The meeting began at 5:45PM local time. New officers — Peter Shawhan welcomed our division’s new officers, and thanked those whose terms were completed. New…
2016 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 officers: Representative to APS: Beverly Berger Vice Chair: Gary Horowitz Secretary/Treasurer: Geoffrey Lovelace Members-at-Large: Lisa…
2016 DGRAV election
The 2016 election for DGRAV committee members is now open. Members should have received an election email in your inbox with a link to the ballot. Besides the usual positions, there are two special items: approving the updated bylaws, and…
2016 APS Fellows
Congratulations to the 2016 APS Fellows, many of whom have contributed to gravitational physics! The nominations from the Division of Gravitational Physics were: Thomas W. Baumgarte, Jiří Bičák, Valery V. Frolov, Michael Landry, Eva Silverstein, Ulrich Sperhake, Robin T. Stebbins,…
2017 Einstein Prize awarded to Robert M. Wald
Congratulations to Robert M. Wald (U. Chicago), the recipient of the 2017 Einstein Prize. The Einstein prize is awarded by the APS to recognize outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics. Prof. Wald is highly deserving of this award,…