The 22nd Eastern Gravity Meeting, hosted by UMass Dartmouth, will be held May 31 (Friday) and June 1 (Saturday). The deadline for abstract submission and registration is May 20, 2019. Hotel rates will expire prior to May 20 (some as soon as May…
Pedro Marronetti’s NSF slides from April APS 2019
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 2019 slides here: Views NSF – APS April 2019.
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: Gabriela Gonzalez Members-at-large: Henriette Elvang, Alessandra Corsi Student Representative: Alejandro…
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…