People and Events – Page 24 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

AUI and WVU Sign $1 Million Agreement with NRAO

Posted on August 23, 2013November 18, 2019

AUI and NRAO signed agreement with WVU to Use GBT

ALMA Inauguration

Posted on March 13, 2013March 28, 2017

ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, was officially inaugurated today in a ceremony that brought together representatives from the international astronomical community.

Final North American ALMA Antenna Delivered

Posted on November 20, 2012March 28, 2017

After an odyssey of design and construction stretching across more than a decade, North America has delivered the last of the 25, 12-meter-diameter dish antennas that comprise its share of antennas for the international ALMA telescope.

NRAO Scientist Named Editor of Respected Astronomy Journal

Posted on November 19, 2012March 23, 2017

Jeffrey Mangum, a scientist at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory headquarters in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been appointed Editor of the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

Famous Radio Telescope Officially Gets New Name

Posted on March 31, 2012March 28, 2017

Astronomers and officials from around the globe gathered on the high desert of New Mexico Saturday to officially bestow a new name on the world’s most famous radio telescope and to mark its transformation into a new and vastly more powerful tool for science.

Anthony Beasley Appointed Director of NRAO

Posted on February 24, 2012March 23, 2017

Anthony J Beasley has been appointed as the next Director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, according to Ethan J Schreier, President of Associated Universities, Inc.

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the U.S. National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.
	Founded in 1956, the NRAO provides state-of-the-art radio telescope facilities for use by the international scientific community. NRAO telescopes are open to all astronomers regardless of institutional or national affiliation. Observing time on NRAO telescopes is available on a competitive basis to qualified scientists after evaluation of research proposals on the basis of scientific merit, the capability of the instruments to do the work, and the availability of the telescope during the requested time. NRAO also provides both formal and informal programs in education and public outreach for teachers, students, the general public, and the media.
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