Giants of the Universe: Congratulations to Francesco Valentino who has been awarded a large Sapere Aude grant from Independent Research Fund Denmark to join us here at DAWN, leading a project to investigate the most massive galaxies of the early Universe.
With the Sapere Aude grant, Francesco Valentino will additionally be able to hire two postdocs and one PhD student, to participate in his research group.
Why wait until the last minute to fill out your DG Templates 2023?
Individual DG Templates 2023 are in our Teams Group - Making it easy for you to update at anytime or online no matter where you are in the world!
- Link is here: Teams-Group DG Templates
OPPORTUNITIES & CALLS
| ♦ D-LOCKS Workshop, DAWN/DTU | 11-12 Jan, 2024 | Read more and sign up here |
| ♦ Webinar about postdoc funding (KU) | 25 Jan, 2024 | Read more and sign up here |
| ♦ Conference: The Physics and Impact of Astrophysical Dust: from Star Formation Through Cosmology, Aspen | 03-08 March, 2024 | Link is here |
| ♦ STScI’s Annual Spring Symposium | 15-19 April 2024 | Link is here |
| ♦ Science with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes VII: Stars, Gas & Dust in the Universe, Porto | 29 Apr - 02 May 2024 | Link is here |
| ♦ Conference: First Stars VII, CCA at the Flatiron Institute in New York | 20-24 May, 2024 | Link is here |
| ♦ ADAM 2024, Roskilde | 22-23 May, 2024 | Link TBD |
| ♦ Conference: "The physical processes shaping the stellar and gaseous histories of galaxies" - Pisa, Italy | 27-31 May 2024 | Link is here |
| ♦ The Line Intensity Mapping 2024 meeting, University of Illinois | 12-14 June 2024 | Link is here |
| ♦ Conference "Galaxy Groups in the era of eROSITA and Euclid: a multiwavelength view”, Sesto | 01-05 July 2024 | Link is here |
| ♦ IAU Symposium #391: The first chapters of our cosmic history with JWST, Cape Town | 06-09 August, 2024 | Read more here |
| ♦ AGN Feedback and Star Formation Across Cosmic Scales and Time, Italy | 02-06 Sept, 2024 | Read more here |
| ♦ VILLUM Experiment (preliminiary call) | 06 Mar 2024 | DTU link | UCPH link |
| ♦ The VILLUM Foundation: VILLUM Synergy Programme | 21 Feb 2024 | DTU link | UCPH link |
| ♦ The Carlsberg Foundation: Visiting Fellowships at University of Oxford | 01 Apr 2024 | DTU link | UCPH link |
| ♦ The Carlsberg Foundation: Internationalisation Fellowships | 01 Apr 2024 | DTU link | UCPH link |
Danish Traditions & Culture
New Years Eve: On New Year’s Eve, when the clock turns to 18:00, many Danes turn on the television to watch the Queen of Denmark give her yearly New Year’s speech to the Danish population. It is live-streamed from Amalienborg and has been a tradition for the monarch since 1941.
The famous “Kransekage” is a traditional dessert and a Danish invention from the 1700s. Like Champagne, it is one of the fixed elements for a Danish New Year’s Eve. It’s a towering cake made form layer-upon-layer of marzipan rings. The cake’s turret-like shape promises happiness and wealth for the coming year.
…4, 3, 2, 1 – JUMP! In Denmark it is a New Year’s tradition to climb up on chairs or the sofa and leap off them as the clock strikes midnight. Why do they do it? It is aimed to banish spirits from the previous year and bring good luck to new – symbolically shows you are ready to enter the new year ahead.
Happy New Year to all DAWNers and your loved ones.
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