Jennifer Rodriguez
@astrojennifer.bsky.social
Astronomy PhD Student at Ohio State 🌌
She/her/ella 🇨🇱
She/her/ella 🇨🇱
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Honored to receive the 2026 American Physical Society Edward A. Bouchet Award!
To see how the DEI ban in Ohio influences our university, please see the OSU announcement of the award (left) vs the actual APS citation for the award (right).
To see how the DEI ban in Ohio influences our university, please see the OSU announcement of the award (left) vs the actual APS citation for the award (right).
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Honored to receive the 2026 American Physical Society Edward A. Bouchet Award!
To see how the DEI ban in Ohio influences our university, please see the OSU announcement of the award (left) vs the actual APS citation for the award (right).
To see how the DEI ban in Ohio influences our university, please see the OSU announcement of the award (left) vs the actual APS citation for the award (right).
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For the record, I'm in hour 28 of air travel from SFO to Columbus, and I would take this any/every day(s) over Democrats agreeing to take away healthcare. What was the point of all this just to be complicit with the same terrible outcome?
Hello, today marks day 2 (hour 26). I left my LAX residency after 9 hours yesterday to adopt the nomadic life, traveling ever eastward. I now live in DFW Terminal A where the cost of living is far improved to LAX. As Ohio grows nearer, I contemplate: at what point do I drive home? XOXO, LAL
Hello, I am coming to you live from LAX where I have been for the last 6 hours. I have taken residency in Terminal 4. The cost of living here is steep -- I spent $40 on a breakfast sandwich, a yogurt, and coffee this morning. I hope to someday return to Ohio, but we'll see if it is today. XOXO, LAL
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
For the record, I'm in hour 28 of air travel from SFO to Columbus, and I would take this any/every day(s) over Democrats agreeing to take away healthcare. What was the point of all this just to be complicit with the same terrible outcome?
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This is the face of astronomy! Like this is one of my new favorite photos! We ate!!!! 💅🏾
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is the face of astronomy! Like this is one of my new favorite photos! We ate!!!! 💅🏾
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Excited to attend the @astrosociety.org gala tonight & receive the Nancy Grace Roman Award! I read about her life & career on my way here. Did you know she was responsible for making NASA data archives public so that everyone could benefit, not just PIs? Such an amazing impact on our field. 🔭
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Excited to attend the @astrosociety.org gala tonight & receive the Nancy Grace Roman Award! I read about her life & career on my way here. Did you know she was responsible for making NASA data archives public so that everyone could benefit, not just PIs? Such an amazing impact on our field. 🔭
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Had an amazing time at the first gathering for the 2030STEMxBWF Fellowship meeting at AMNH! So exiting for many things to come! Ll
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Had an amazing time at the first gathering for the 2030STEMxBWF Fellowship meeting at AMNH! So exiting for many things to come! Ll
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Had a great time at the @sacnas.bsky.social conference last week! Many Ohio State folks (see pic, including @astrojennifer.bsky.social, @denisemondragon.bsky.social, and me) attended despite restrictions. Congrats to @denisemondragon.bsky.social on winning best grad poster presentation!
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Had a great time at the @sacnas.bsky.social conference last week! Many Ohio State folks (see pic, including @astrojennifer.bsky.social, @denisemondragon.bsky.social, and me) attended despite restrictions. Congrats to @denisemondragon.bsky.social on winning best grad poster presentation!
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I gave a presentation at @sacnas.bsky.social on "archival astrophysics" in a session "Astronomy on the Cheap", showing tips on pursuing research using only archival data. Here are my slides, which include examples of different public archives & how to use them! 🔭 drive.google.com/file/d/1mw42...
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I gave a presentation at @sacnas.bsky.social on "archival astrophysics" in a session "Astronomy on the Cheap", showing tips on pursuing research using only archival data. Here are my slides, which include examples of different public archives & how to use them! 🔭 drive.google.com/file/d/1mw42...
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Day One of #NDiSTEM2025 delivered! ✨ Opening Ceremony, Expo, Posters, and STEM symposia brought the energy. Plus—marketplace, mentoring, and networking moments that connect our community. @aaberhe.com
#STEMCommunity #SACNAS #STEM #STEMWorkforce #STEMLeadership
#STEMCommunity #SACNAS #STEM #STEMWorkforce #STEMLeadership
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Day One of #NDiSTEM2025 delivered! ✨ Opening Ceremony, Expo, Posters, and STEM symposia brought the energy. Plus—marketplace, mentoring, and networking moments that connect our community. @aaberhe.com
#STEMCommunity #SACNAS #STEM #STEMWorkforce #STEMLeadership
#STEMCommunity #SACNAS #STEM #STEMWorkforce #STEMLeadership
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First day of SACNAS NDiSTEM 2025! 🧪👩🏻🔬 I’m so excited to enjoy a weekend filled with community and good science #NDiSTEM2025 w/ @astrojennifer.bsky.social
@sacnas.bsky.social
@sacnas.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
First day of SACNAS NDiSTEM 2025! 🧪👩🏻🔬 I’m so excited to enjoy a weekend filled with community and good science #NDiSTEM2025 w/ @astrojennifer.bsky.social
@sacnas.bsky.social
@sacnas.bsky.social
So excited for the first day of SACNAS #NDiSTEM2025 with @denisemondragon.bsky.social @sacnas.bsky.social 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
So excited for the first day of SACNAS #NDiSTEM2025 with @denisemondragon.bsky.social @sacnas.bsky.social 🧪
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Folks in my department fought to attend these meetings by showing our white colleagues are members and participants. OSU said it didn't matter because the meetings may still be exclusionary (even though they aren't). It is maddening and racist to limit attendance at affinity group conferences.
What’s especially wild (legally) about this is that NSBP, NSHP, and SACNAS have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, including white people. NSHP has had a white president, my SACNAS leadership institute class has several white members, and NSBP has a sizable white membership.
Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
October 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Folks in my department fought to attend these meetings by showing our white colleagues are members and participants. OSU said it didn't matter because the meetings may still be exclusionary (even though they aren't). It is maddening and racist to limit attendance at affinity group conferences.
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Are you someone who is interested in astronomy graduate school? This is a list of many/most departments and their expectations for admissions this year. Please feel free to spread it far and wide. If you are doing admissions and you'd like to update your entry, reach out as per the form!
US Astronomy Graduate Admissions, AY 2025-2026
docs.google.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Are you someone who is interested in astronomy graduate school? This is a list of many/most departments and their expectations for admissions this year. Please feel free to spread it far and wide. If you are doing admissions and you'd like to update your entry, reach out as per the form!
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OSU PhD student Sebastian Lopez led 2 papers on arXiv today, including one on the hot & warm gas in the NGC 1266 AGN-driven outflow! It uses Chandra data that Katey Alatalo and I proposed for as grad students; grad students can do great science together without advisors! 😀 arxiv.org/abs/2510.01321
October 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
OSU PhD student Sebastian Lopez led 2 papers on arXiv today, including one on the hot & warm gas in the NGC 1266 AGN-driven outflow! It uses Chandra data that Katey Alatalo and I proposed for as grad students; grad students can do great science together without advisors! 😀 arxiv.org/abs/2510.01321
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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.
September 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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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I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.
September 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.
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Considering that most acknowledgments are simply… acknowledgments and statement of fact (and not a call for action), this seems like absolute BS and suppression of speech and academic freedom, period
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Considering that most acknowledgments are simply… acknowledgments and statement of fact (and not a call for action), this seems like absolute BS and suppression of speech and academic freedom, period
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AAUP-OSU board member Richard Finlay Fletcher spoke to “Inside Higher Ed” about OSU’s ban on land acknowledgements - and its chilling effect on academic freedom. Link below.
September 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
AAUP-OSU board member Richard Finlay Fletcher spoke to “Inside Higher Ed” about OSU’s ban on land acknowledgements - and its chilling effect on academic freedom. Link below.
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OSU is using SB1 as reason to prohibit any decorations in campus dorms besides school spirit. 🤯https://www.thelantern.com/2025/08/dorm-floor-decoration-limited-to-ohio-state-spirit-themes-partially-due-to-senate-bill-1/
Dorm floor decoration limited to Ohio State spirit themes, partially due to Senate Bill 1
When students walk onto their dorm floor for the first time, the walls could be covered in pop culture references like Spongebob or favorite dogs that the resident advisor believes incoming students w...
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August 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
OSU is using SB1 as reason to prohibit any decorations in campus dorms besides school spirit. 🤯https://www.thelantern.com/2025/08/dorm-floor-decoration-limited-to-ohio-state-spirit-themes-partially-due-to-senate-bill-1/
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This will end the Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) program (schools with >25% Latino undergrads). For reference, current flagships that are HSIs include Arizona and Arizona State, 5 UCs (Irvine, Riverside, Merced, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz), Rutgers, U New Mexico & NM State, UT Austin & UT El Paso
Trump Aims to End Millions in Grants to Colleges With High Hispanic Populations
By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Gift link! wapo.st/4oTVanO (Yes, WaPo will ask for an email address.)
By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Gift link! wapo.st/4oTVanO (Yes, WaPo will ask for an email address.)
August 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This will end the Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) program (schools with >25% Latino undergrads). For reference, current flagships that are HSIs include Arizona and Arizona State, 5 UCs (Irvine, Riverside, Merced, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz), Rutgers, U New Mexico & NM State, UT Austin & UT El Paso
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Just in time to welcome students to campus…
President Carter & OSU admin continue the assault on free speech by banning the time honored tradition of chalking on campus. Whether governments or administrators, once they start rolling back free speech, they don’t stop.
fod.osu.edu/news/2025/08...
President Carter & OSU admin continue the assault on free speech by banning the time honored tradition of chalking on campus. Whether governments or administrators, once they start rolling back free speech, they don’t stop.
fod.osu.edu/news/2025/08...
Chalking Not Permitted on Campus | Facilities Operations and Development
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August 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Just in time to welcome students to campus…
President Carter & OSU admin continue the assault on free speech by banning the time honored tradition of chalking on campus. Whether governments or administrators, once they start rolling back free speech, they don’t stop.
fod.osu.edu/news/2025/08...
President Carter & OSU admin continue the assault on free speech by banning the time honored tradition of chalking on campus. Whether governments or administrators, once they start rolling back free speech, they don’t stop.
fod.osu.edu/news/2025/08...
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On August 3, we issued a statement in response to OSU President Ted Carter's interview with "Face the Nation" in late July.
The full statement is here: www.ohiostateaaup.org/uploads/1/3/...
See our webpage for more
www.ohiostateaaup.org
The full statement is here: www.ohiostateaaup.org/uploads/1/3/...
See our webpage for more
www.ohiostateaaup.org
August 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
On August 3, we issued a statement in response to OSU President Ted Carter's interview with "Face the Nation" in late July.
The full statement is here: www.ohiostateaaup.org/uploads/1/3/...
See our webpage for more
www.ohiostateaaup.org
The full statement is here: www.ohiostateaaup.org/uploads/1/3/...
See our webpage for more
www.ohiostateaaup.org
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OSU astronomy undergrad alum Trinity Webb and OSU astro PhD student @astrojennifer.bsky.social led this Chandra program showing diffuse X-rays coincident with very young stars identified with JWST! Here's this great work: ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024ApJ....
July 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
OSU astronomy undergrad alum Trinity Webb and OSU astro PhD student @astrojennifer.bsky.social led this Chandra program showing diffuse X-rays coincident with very young stars identified with JWST! Here's this great work: ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024ApJ....