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AAS - 2011

The Winter American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting is the largest meeting of professional astronomers in the world. NITARP educators attend an AAS first to meet their team, then they go home and work remotely for much of the year, and then attend an AAS to present their results.  At any given AAS, then, we could have two NITARP classes attending - those finishing up, and those getting started. Reload to see a different set of quotes.

The 2010 and 2011 NITARP teams attended the 2011 January AAS meeting in Seattle, WA. The 2010 class was presenting results and the 2011 class was starting up. Special feature article on AAS attendeesThere were nearly 60 NITARP-affiliated folks, about 2% of the attendees at the AAS meeting!! We presented 9 posters. Also see Luisa's blog entry about this.

 


Quotes

  • This was a trip I will never forget. I am very fortunate to have been a part of something so interesting and rewarding.
  • [the students] were unanimous in their support of the program.
  • [student:] It was a really valuable experience; I hope to continue with research.
  • I think it also was an invaluable experience for [my students] to see that it is "ok" to ask questions.
  • How cool for the kids see a poster right next to theirs being presented by three university professors on one side and a graduate student on the other.

AAS - 2011