Category: Current Affairs
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We are so lucky to have a spiffy new telescope that has captured the public imagination over the summer! I used the first group of five images (one is really a spectrum, but for simplicity, I’ll refer to them all as images here!) to introduce the course to my Astro101 students this semester, and it…
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In this four-part series, Dr. Stacy Palen will discuss her own journey toward recognizing and addressing issues of equity in the Astro 101 classroom. We encourage this to be an open communication and discussion through the comment section below. To read the first post, follow the link here. Addressing Equity in Astronomy II: My Framework:…
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By Stacy Palen This set of nifty (free!) posters came through my inbox over the summer. We printed some of them to hang around the Physics Department, and the College of Science more generally. In addition to raising awareness of the contribution of women, they raise awareness of the contribution of other marginalized groups as…
Teaching Astronomy by Doing Astronomy 