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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 6h

As the job ad says, yes, a PhD is required. Radio astronomy training is preferred but not required.

Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 9h

Also, if it's helpful to anyone working on their application, please note this skeet from yesterday. 😅

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, even crazier- last year for my postdoc ad a full half of the applications legit never made reference to anything my lab does and how my research would connect to theirs. You are literally in the top half of applicants for just TRYING to draw a connection in a sentence in the cover letter!

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 9h

Are you interested in working on astronomical transients/ radio astronomy, all while exploring the beautiful Pacific Northwest on your weekends? I'm hiring a postdoc! Come work for me!

aas.org/jobregister/...

Please get in touch if you have any questions!

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Postdoctoral Positions in Time-Domain Astronomy | American Astronomical Society

The department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Oregon invites applications for a postdoctoral scholar to work with Prof. Yvette Cendes in the field of time-domain astrophysics. This inc...

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 10h

PS- saw you're on the registrant list for HEAD next week? :) Let's hang out! I'm bringing my two PhD students and I think you'd be interested in their posters...

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, and also, YMMV but I always dislike the ones asking to Zoom chat at this stage. I have a lot of stuff to do, and am not on the admissions committee, so feels like a waste of time for all. Emails asking stuff like "are you taking students?" or an actual question are of course welcome

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, even crazier- last year for my postdoc ad a full half of the applications legit never made reference to anything my lab does and how my research would connect to theirs. You are literally in the top half of applicants for just TRYING to draw a connection in a sentence in the cover letter!

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently they've gotten in touch with him- www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Scientist learns he has won Nobel prize while on digital detox in US mountains

Fred Ramsdell’s wife switched on her phone and screamed – it was full of messages congratulating her husband

www.theguardian.com

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 1d

Confession- if prospective PhD students reach out to me and I don't think they actually know what I do, I don't answer.

TBF a lot seem to mix me up for the GW-focused ppl in our department. But yikes, not a great first impression to talk about your interests in my lab that my lab doesn't do. 🫠
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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 4d

There is something doubly hilarious about a tariff costume sold at Spirit Halloween that was undoubtedly not made in the USA and costs $60 because of tariffs

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 7d

Goddamn it. We lost a wonderful human today. 😭

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 9d

Ohio State just advised all staff and students not to attend the SACNAS (Society for the advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) annual meeting of 6000+ scientists -- which is in Columbus, OH this year! -- saying it may be exclusionary, even though it is open to all.

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 8d

Teaching “The Solar System” to 216 students this quarter! Let’s goooooo! 🚀🪐

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 11d

Here it is, your moment of zen

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 11d

It’s a lovely beach! Here’s the view in the opposite direction

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 11d

Came out to the coast for the weekend before classes start and this was soooo the right decision! 😍

Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Bandon OR

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 15d

I mean any food can be made triangular w cutlery before you eat it

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Mike Urbancic @urbancic.bsky.social · 16d

Quite a crowd gathered to listen to @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social talk about the origins of elements!

(And the crowd is still growing.)

dozens of people sitting and listening to a presentation by Sanjana Curtis in the upper room of Claim 52 Brewing, with more folks standing at the periphery.

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 16d

Brag moment- this round I actually had NASA contact my references, meaning I was in the top 0.5% of astronaut applicants and qualified as a “highly qualified candidate.” I feel that’s almost worth putting on my CV! 👩🏻‍🚀

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www.nasa.gov/news-release...

NASA Selects All-American 2025 Class of Astronaut Candidates - NASA

NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates were introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United

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sanjana! @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social · 17d

I will be including this image in my slides, fwiw

Rough outline of someone sitting at their computer with really bad posture

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 17d

Well now I can't miss it! 👀

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 17d

Hello, Eugene Oregon! Wanna listen to some FREE space talks by astronomers tomorrow? Come to the relaunched Universe on Tap to hear Ben Farr discuss black holes and @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social talk about the origin of elements- no prior knowledge assumed!

Claim 52 Brewing at 6pm, Sept 22

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 18d

Went to the Oregon vs Oregon State football game today! Please enjoy this video of a duck riding a motorcycle 🦆🏍️🏈

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 19d

The inaugural Oregon Astronomy Research Symposium is on Monday, and I paid a student into graphic design to make us a logo, and the UO print shop made us stickers for the participants.

Turned out better than I expected! 🤩

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 21d

Flew up to Seattle for 24 hours for a talk tonight at the Seattle Astronomical Society, and this has to be the most beautiful commuter flight in the country! Mt St Helens with Mt Rainier behind it

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 28d

Nerd moment- my not yet two year old saw me making histograms today and said “mountain!” 😂

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