Office of Diversity & Inclusion

Current NINE Cohort

2021 NINE Cohort – Virtual

The 2021 NINE Cohort includes representatives from:

  • Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC)
  • Ecole Supérieure d’Infotronique d’Haïti (ESIH)

General Information

The 2020 NINE Program Manager is Anja Fourie (afourie@nrao.edu).

The Science and Technical Manager is Dr Brian Kent (bkent@nrao.edu).

The 2021 NINE project lead is Mauricio Rodríguez (mauricio.rodriguez.alas@gmail.com)

The Director of Diversity & Inclusion is Lyndele von Schill (lvonschi@nrao.edu).

Administrative support for the NINE program is provided by Isabella (Issi) Marsh (imarsh@nrao.edu).

ODI in the News

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

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) marked its presence for the third consecutive year at the prestigious New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge
Jesse Alexander WB2IFS, Ham Radio and the EMS Project Lead, and three learners from the Wave 1 cohort at the HamSCI.org citizen science conference
NRAO First Wave Completed 20 Weeks of Amateur Radio Learning Program for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ Learners
August 7, 2023 | Announcement

Following a grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), the National Science Foundation‘s (NSF’s) National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) launched a two-year project to engage BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ learners in learning about the electromagnetic spectrum and discovering the excitement of ham radio. The project, Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) with Amateur Radio, offered its first learner-facing training in January 2023.
AUI and the NRAO Announce the Recipients of the 2023 AUI Board of Trustees NAC Bridge Scholarship Award
July 5, 2023 | News Release

AUI and NRAO have announced the recipients of the 2023 AUI Board of Trustees NAC Bridge Scholarship Award, which recognizes the academic accomplishments of National Astronomy Consortium (NAC) alums and assists them in the transition from undergraduate to graduate programs.
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