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AAS - 2020

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 2019 and 2020 NITARP teams attended the 2020 January AAS meeting in Honolulu, HI. The 2019 class was presenting results and the 2020 class was starting up. We had alumni raise money to come back as well. We sent about 50 people to the AAS and had a grand time. Please see the special article on NITARP at the AAS. All of the posters we presented are here:

2019 Teams:

NITARP Management:

Returning Alumni Teams:

Quotes

  • What I’m excited about is building my skillset and credibility as an authentic astronomer in research.
  • [student:] I don't know for sure what I want to do as a career yet but I am hoping to major in physics or astronomy in college. When I went into the NITARP program I didn't know what I wanted to study but I really enjoyed this experience and I find our research very interesting and I am hoping to learn more about physics and astronomy in the future.
  • It so amazing how much can be learned about the cosmos around us from the color, location and intensity of light, gravity waves and neutrinos… the multimessenger universe is unfolding before our eyes. I am so jazzed to be given the opportunity to participate as a researcher in some small part of this great adventure.
  • [student: The most interesting thing I learned was] The amount of work that astronomers put into research in relation to the small amount of time that they present it.
  • I do not think I can properly put into words what it meant to me for you to take the chance on me. I appreciate everything I have been given and will pay it forward to my future students. What an amazing experience!

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AAS - 2020