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Stanford Astronomer Honored as Jansky Lecturer by AUI, NRAO

Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI), and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have awarded the 2018 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship to Professor Roger D. Blandford of Stanford University. The Jansky Lectureship is an honor established by the trustees of AUI to recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement of radio astronomy.

New Technology Offers to Broaden Vision for Radio Astronomy

To accelerate the pace of discovery and exploration of the cosmos, a multi-institution team of astronomers and engineers has developed a new and improved version of an unconventional radio-astronomy imaging system known as a Phased Array Feed (PAF). This remarkable instrument can survey vast swaths of the sky and generate multiple views of astronomical objects with unparalleled efficiency. This image shows the 19-element phased array feed developed by the NRAO CDL.

UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters land at the Very Large Array

As part of a training event, the U.S. Army’s C Company, 3rd Battalion,
501st Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, First Armored
Division, based at Fort Bliss, Texas, made a stop at the VLA on February
20, 2018.

Dr. Noroozian Honored with NASA Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics

Dr. Ir. Omid Noroozian, an associate scientist and senior research engineer with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Central Development Laboratory, was honored with NASA’s prestigious Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics. This fellowship program, awarded by NASA headquarters, began in 2001 and gives early career researchers the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to lead astrophysics flight instrumentation development projects and become principal investigators (PIs) of future astrophysics missions; to develop innovative technologies that have the potential to enable major scientific breakthroughs; and to foster new talent by putting early career instrument builders on a trajectory toward long-term positions.

ALMA Receives Award for Its Contribution to the Progress of Chile

The three winners of the ICARE 2017 Award. From left to right: Seiichi Sakamoto (Director of NAOJ Chile), Paulina Bocaz (AUI Chile Representative), Stuartt Corder (ALMA Acting Director), Sean Dougherty (ALMA Elected Director), Iván Arriagada (AMSA), and Juan Sutil (Empresas Sutil).

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