New Research From ITC Postdoc Shmuel Bialy: Gigantic Cavity in Space Sheds New Light on How Stars Form

December 13, 2021

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Astrophysicists Reveal Largest-Ever Suite of Universe Simulations

December 10, 2021

Read the press release about Senior ITC Faculty Member Daniel Eisenstein's group research on N-body simulations.

Launch of 1400 Degrees Website

June 7, 2021

Today, we are excited to announce the launch of the ...

Ellen Price wins 2021 Eric R. Keto Prize for Graduate Students in Theoretical Astrophysics

May 11, 2021

Congratulations to Ellen Price for winning the 2021 Eric R. Keto Prize for Graduate Students in Theoretical Astrophysics...

Welcoming the Class of 2021 ITC Postdocs

May 10, 2021

It is my great pleasure to report that the following postdoctoral fellows will be joining the Institute for Theory & Computation (ITC) next year. The ITC hired three postdocs:

Diana Powell

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Former ITC Postdoc Cora Dvorkin Digs Into the History of the Cosmos

November 12, 2020

Former ITC Postdoc Cora Dvorkin, now Associate Professor of Physics at Harvard, is featured in today's Gazette. Read the article here.

Former ITC Postdoc Blakesley Burkhart wins 2020 Packard Fellowship!

October 15, 2020

Congratulations to Former ITC Postdoc Blakesley Burkhart for winning a 2020 Packard Fellowship!

https://www.packard.org/insights/news/packard-fellowships-in-science-and-engineering-announces-2020-class-of-fellows/

ITC Postdoc Fellowship Search Is Open

September 1, 2020

Applications are invited for Postdoctoral Research Positions in the Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC) at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. One of the primary objectives of the ITC is to integrate conceptual theory with computational modeling. We are, therefore, interested in candidates working in any field related to theoretical and/or numerical astrophysics. Successful candidates will have access to our new computing facilities and...

2020 Gruber Prize in Cosmology has been awarded to Harvard's Lars Hernquist and Volker Springel (MPI)

May 11, 2020

The 2020 Gruber Cosmology Prize recognizes Lars Hernquist, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and Volker Springel, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, for their defining contributions to cosmological simulations, a method that tests existing theories of, and inspires new investigations into, the formation of structures at every scale from stars to galaxies to the universe itself.

Press release: https://gruber.yale.edu/2020-gruber-cosmology-prize-press-release

Welcoming the Class of 2020 ITC Postdocs

May 11, 2020

It is my great pleasure to report that the following new postdocs will become ITC members in the 2020-2021 academic year:

Institute for Theory and Computation

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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