End of the Summer Announcements

The XRISM launch date is now Sunday, August 27 at 9:30 JST (Saturday, August 26 at 20:30 EDT). You can watch the XRISM+SLIM launch in English here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TTTJ20iRbs This year Prof Corrales will be a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) in New York City. At CCA we will be building collaborations, working on XRISM data, and taking our exoplanet transit program to the next level! CONGRATULATIONS to Aleck Hernandez, who is starting a graduate program in Physics at Wayne State. We’ll miss you, Aleck! Stay in touch. CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Ioanna Psaradaki, who will be starting a new postdoctoral position at MIT on October 1. Ioanna is also a XRISM Guest Scientist, and we look forward to continued collaboration. There are many More Congratulations in order, including a DEI award for PhD candidate Mayura Balakrishnan and a successful large HST proposal, for which Dr. George King is Co-PI. Great job, everyone!