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AUI Announces 2024 Scholarship Recipients
May 20, 2024 at 1:26 pm | Announcement

Eighteen high school students receive award for academic achievement, community involvement and leadership skills Below are the recipients of…

The 2024 Jansky Fellows
2024 Jansky Fellows Awarded
April 30, 2024 at 1:59 pm | Announcement

As a part of its central mission to nurture and inspire the next generation of radio astronomers, the National…

(L-R): Randy Ramadhar Singh (UWI), Brian Kent (NRAO), Isa Mohammed (Caribbean Astronomy), Stephon Alexander (Brown University), Rose-Marie Belle Antoine (UWI), Shirin Haque (UWI), Sian Ramdass (UWI), Abuenameh Aiyejina (UWI), Roger Andrews (UWI), Christopher Harrison (Newcastle University)
NRAO Supports International Symposium for the Future of Science in the Caribbean
April 29, 2024 at 8:14 am | Announcement

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) participated in an international symposium to bring together scientists from around the world to the Caribbean, to explore the future of science and technology in the region, the abilities of its resident scientists, and those in diaspora.

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Associated Universities, Inc. and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory celebrate success of Chilean students in pursuit of STEM careers
April 4, 2024 at 10:43 am | Announcement

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) and Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) are proud to celebrate the remarkable achievements of two local students, Iris and Camila, as they embark on their journeys into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) careers.

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National Radio Astronomy Observatory Shines at New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge
March 11, 2024 at 2:51 pm | Announcement

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) marked its presence for the third consecutive year at the prestigious New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge

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NAC Student Researchers Receive Prestigious Chambliss Medals at AAS 243
February 19, 2024 at 10:00 am | Announcement

Two student researchers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s National Astronomy Consortium (NAC) program were each awarded the prestigious…

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ALMA Gets a New Heartbeat
February 6, 2024 at 7:18 pm | Announcement

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has just received a “heart transplant,” high in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. ALMA, the most complex astronomical observatory ever built on Earth, installed a new hydrogen maser. Funded by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), this upgrade marks an essential investment, setting a new standard in reliability for observations.

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First Recipient of Women in Engineering Fellowship Joins Staff of Central Development Laboratory
January 30, 2024 at 1:51 pm | Announcement

Following a generous grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Central Development Laboratory (CDL) at the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has selected their first recipient of the postdoctoral Women in Engineering fellowship, Priyanka Mondal. The Women in Engineering program increases opportunities for women to enter the field of radio astronomy through engineering pathways.

The U.S. National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array.
COSMIC: SETI Institute Unlocks Mysteries of the Universe with Breakthrough Technology at the Very Large Array
January 8, 2024 at 12:02 pm | Announcement

In a groundbreaking cosmic quest, the SETI Institute’s Commensal Open-Source Multimode Interferometer Cluster (COSMIC) at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is expanding the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). This cutting-edge technology is not a distinct telescope; it’s a detector. COSMIC searches for extraterrestrial signals and paves the way for future science using a copy of the raw data from the telescope’s observations.

The U.S. National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array.
NRAO in the press at AAS 243
January 8, 2024 at 9:22 am | Announcement

New scientific results from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the Very Large Array (VLA), and Green Bank Observatory…

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