Cornell researchers receive prestigious fellowships

Jake Turner, a research associate at the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science working under Prof. Ray Jayawardhana, has been named a NASA Sagan Fellow. Read more . . .

Samantha Trumbo, a doctoral student at the California Institute of Technology, has been named a 51 Pegasi b Fellow, a program hosted by the Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. She will be working with members of the department this summer. Read more . . .

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