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NSF NRAO-Mentored Students Win Awards at Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) was proud to support the Virginia Piedmont Regional…

NSF NRAO Selects New Mexico Firm to Design Next Generation Learning Center at the NSF Very Large Array

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) has selected New Mexico–based Modulus Architects & Land Use Planning, Inc. (MODULUS) as the architectural firm for the Next Generation Learning Center (ngLC), a new state-of-the-art STEM education facility planned for the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) site west of Socorro, New Mexico. The project is slated to be a facility that will expand educational opportunity and workforce development across New Mexico and beyond.

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