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AAS - 2013

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.

We were out in force at the AAS 2013 meeting in Long Beach, CA! A record number of NITARP-affiliated people attended, including the 2012 class finishing up and the 2013 class getting going. The 80 or so NITARP-affiliated folks made up about 3% of the AAS attendees.

Special article on AAS attendees!  And don't miss Danielle Miller's blog!

Quotes

  • The whole AAS was not what I anticipated, I imagined it to be a lot smaller and more of just a poster presentation solely but it provided so many other opportunities that were really cool to experience.
  • My perception of astronomy has broadened into a realization that, behind research, there is problem-solving, collaboration, creativity, excitement, and curiosity.
  • One of the things I love about astronomy is the very fact that we are not laboratory-bound scientists. Our lab is the universe, a constantly changing petri dish in the sky, so to say, and if you aren't looking, you miss it! The way that we construct experiments is dependent on the universe's cooperation, if one could call it that!
  • You really do become co-learners with the students.
  • [The students] were smart, well spoken, honest, knowledgeable, and it's official, I can't wait to pick the students who will be working with me and [get them started].

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AAS - 2013