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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 thought I understood the level of attention to detail needed for science, but I was wrong. It was very eye opening.
  • [student:] I presented our [poster] to them, we talked about my goals and plans for attending their institution in the impending school year, and then they offered me a research opportunity [at my upcoming university] over the summer! Everything just came together so perfectly. It was easily one of the best days of my life.
  • The NITARP experience is truly phenomenal, and our scientist was wonderful to work with -- never condescending and always very clear in his explanations. To get the chance to work with astronomers and researchers in the field, to do authentic research, and to attend conventions and be immersed in astronomy is absolutely amazing for a high school science teacher.
  • I had never considered the effect that public outreach could have on people, especially on young people like myself. I'm definitely more interested now in astronomy in general than in any other part of my schooling because I've never had an experience like this in any other field of study.
  • I've always thought that probably most astronomers were just normal people who had a passion for astronomy, and my experience confirmed that.

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AAS - 2013