Astronomy Department attends Fall 2023 KNAC symposium

Every fall the Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC), a collection of astronomy departments from small colleges in the northeast (Colgate, Haverford, Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, Wesleyan, Wellsley, Williams, Vassar, and Middlebury) get together for an undergraduate research symposium. At the meeting students from across the consortium present research that they completed the previous summer.

 

This fall’s KNAC symposium was held at Wesleyan University on Oct 7th, and was attended by a number of students and faculty from Williams.

Williams faculty and students at the fall KNAC meeting.
Student and faculty attendees of the fall 2023 KNAC meeting. (First row, L to R): Thomas Huckans, Dr. Kevin Flaherty, Hector Mendoza, Prof. Anne Jaskot, Seohyeon Lee. (Second row, L to R): Neil Panth, Maile Ruiz, Elena Deegan-Krause, Oliver Jones, Berit Olsson, Tasan Smith-Gandy. Not Pictured: Aidan Tartarelli

 

Berit Olsson '24 presenting her research.
Berit Olsson ’24 presenting her research.

 

Hector Mendoza '24 presenting his research.
Hector Mendoza ’24 presenting his research.

 

Tasan Smith-Gandy '24 presenting his research.
Tasan Smith-Gandy ’24 presenting his research.

 

Neil Panth '26 presenting his poster pop-up.
Neil Panth ’26 presenting his poster pop-up.

 

Maile Ruiz '25 presenting her poster pop-up.
Maile Ruiz ’25 presenting her poster pop-up.