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I've been involved in many professional development activities and this is by far the best one I've ever done

Chelen Johnson

LLAMMa/Rebull

LLAMMa/Rebull

LLAMMa: Luisa, Laura, Alexandra, Milton -- looking for new YSOs in Ceph-C, using IR, optical, and X-rays.

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Our Participants Talk About NITARP

  • Miller

    I think most people carry misconceptions of scientists as a whole... but I also think most people don't even personally know an astronomer or scientist. The fact that I know and have worked with scientists is going to be helpful to share with students.

  • Laura

    [...]creativity has to be a underling personality trait for scientists

  • Screen_shot_2013-03-14_at_3.00.58_pm

    The "new" astronomy has become something we all knew was coming: handling huge chunks of data and learning how to mine this information from sets so large that it is simply mind boggling. The interesting thing is that many people are not aware of this, notably teachers in the trenches.