Astro Scholars 2024 Schedule

Scholars will be assigned to one of five research groups. The group projects are:

(1) Studying the spiral galaxy M83 with the Hubble Space Telescope
with Dr. Svea Hernandez (STScI)
(2) Looking at the distribution of stellar mass and redshift of galaxies modeled with GALACTICUS with Dr. Mia Bovill (University of Maryland College Park)
(3) Optics, lenses, telescopes with Dr. Anand Sivaramakrishnan (STScI)
(4) TBD with Dr. Haojing Yan (University of Missouri)

Monday January 15

9:30 - 10:00 Meet for coffee and snack; handing out Covid tests and pre-paid parking passes for the week to students and staff
10:00 - 10:30 Welcome, overview of the program and schedule, info on the research groups and the talks on Friday, questions, what happens if you get sick or test positive for Covid, and introductions.
10:30 - 10:45 Give out rental laptops & badges
10:45 - 11:05 program evaluations with Bonnie
11:05 - 11:35 “Career Exploration: It’s All About You!” with Bonnie
11:35 - 11:45 10 minute break
11:45 - 12:45 astro activities with Frank: light & color and some spectra
12:45 - 2:00 lunch
2:00 - 2:15 Intro to our quirky laptops with Nadia
2:00 - 3:00 Intro to programming with Nadia
3:00 - 4:40 Break out into research groups and start research projects
4:40 - 5:00 program evaluations with Bonnie & photography waivers (not required)
5:15 shuttle to take luggage from Space Telescope to hotel

Tuesday January 16

9:30 - 10:00 coffee and snack
10:00 - 11:20 astro activities with Frank: communication in astronomy
10 minute break
11:30 - 12:30 computing with Nadia
12:30 - 1:30 lunch
1:30 - 1:45 group photo (if not raining)
1:30 - 4:50 research projects
4:50 - 5:00 program evaluations with Bonnie

WednesdaY January 17

9:30 - 10:00 coffee and snack
10:00 - 11:00 computing with Nadia
10 minute break
11:10 - 12:30 astro activities with Frank: lenses
12:30 - 1:30 lunch
1:30 - 2:00 “Career Exploration: Resources” with Bonnie
2:00 - 4:50 research projects
4:50 - 5:00 program evaluations with Bonnie

If weather cooperates: 7-9pm Telescope night! Please meet in the 2nd floor lobby area by the elevator at 7pm. Unfortunately, latecomers cannot be accommodated.

Thursday January 18

9:30 - 10:00 coffee and snack
10:00 - 11:20 astro activities with Frank: Hubble Deep Field
10 minute break
11:30 - 12:30 computing with Nadia
12:30 - 1:15 lunch
1:15 - 1:30 Group photo indoors by telescope on 2nd floor
1:30 - 3:50 research projects
3:50 - 4:00 program evaluations with Bonnie
4:00 - 5:00 Creating a CV with Kelly Part I: Using Latex
5:00+ work on presentations for tomorrow

Friday January 19

9:00 shuttle from hotel to Space Telescope
9:30 - 10:00 coffee and snack
10:00 - 11:00 Finish up presentations
11:00 - 12:30 presentations from each research group (10 minutes each + 5 minutes questions each)
12:30 - 1:30 pizza lunch
1:30 - 1:50 Group Photo
1:50 - 2:50 Creating a CV with Kelly Part II: The CV
2:50 - 3:00 return laptops
3:00 - 3:30 program evaluations with Bonnie
3:30 - 5:00 astro activity: mixed up solar system with Frank

Notes for administrator:
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