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Jesse Han Receives 2026 Trumpler Award

Jesse Han is the recipient of the 2026 Robert J. Trumpler Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the top thesis prize for astrophysics in North America.

Probing the Elements Produced by the First Stars

Imagine a universe devoid of all elements apart from hydrogen, helium, and lithium. That was the state of the Universe until the formation of the first stars, around a hundred million years after the Big Bang.

Congrats to GFC alum Yao-Yuan Mao on being named a Cottrell Scholar

Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) has named University of Utah’s Yao-Yuan Mao a recipient of a 2026 Cottrell Scholar Award.