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BHI Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications Are Open
Applications are invited for Postdoctoral Research Fellows in the Black Hole Initiative (BHI) at Harvard University and affiliated with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). The BHI is the first interdisciplinary research center worldwide to focus on the study of black holes. It is located within Harvard University at 20 Garden Street in Cambridge, MA and […]
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BHEX Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) Applications Are Open
Applications are invited for one or more Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in the Black Hole Initiative (BHI) at Harvard University. Fellows will pursue research on theory, simulations, instrumentation, or mission design and development related to the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) mission. BHEX is a proposed space-based observatory designed to enable transformational horizon-scale studies of black holes […]
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The 9th Annual BHI Conference
May 20 – 21, 2026Gutman Conference CenterCambridge, MA Speakers Ahmed Almheiri, New York University Abu DhabiDavid Wallace, University of PittsburghEleanor Knox, Kings College LondonElias Most, CaltechEttore Minguzzi, Università degli Studi di Pisa/University of PisaGautam Satishchandran, Princeton UniversityJames Weatherall, University of CaliforniaJanet Vertesi, Princeton UniversityJenann Ismael, Johns Hopkins UniversityJenny Greene, Princeton UniversityLeonard Susskind, Stanford UniversityMareki Honma, […]
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May 22, 2026: Bridging Scales Workshop
Bridging Scales in Black Hole Feedback Please join us on May 22 for Bridging Scales in Black Hole Feedback, a companion event to the BHI Conference, last held two years ago. May 22, 2026Phillips AuditoriumCambridge, MA
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Save the Date: Fifth Annual Meeting of the ngEHT History, Philosophy and Culture Working Group
ngEHT History, Philosophy and Culture Working Group May 19, 2026 BHI Conference Room, Cambridge, MA
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The CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) awards the prestigious JAE-Chairs grant to Sheperd Doeleman and Jose Gómez
Jose Gómez, researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA), Spain and Shep Doeleman recently received a grant from the main Spanish funding agency to work on the first next-generation Event Horizon Telescope (ngEHT) dish to be constructed on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The JAE Chair grants foster close collaboration between an internationally […]
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