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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

  • I enjoyed working alongside my students in a way that felt very different from the typical classroom setting.
  • I am very impressed at the abilities of the [NITARP 2012 students] in handling the science.
  • I thought that was cool that you could be involved with astronomy and still be learning new things about it every day
  • The most interesting thing I did was to discuss the learning experience with the students who participated in last year's [team]. [..] They were proud of themselves and seemed to be waiting for more.
  • This experience made me develop a higher respect for astronomers and the intensive work they commit themselves to.

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AAS - 2013