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Committees

  • Committee assignments of UW-Madison Astronomy Department members.
  • AAS Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy (CSMA)


    • UW-MADISON ASTRONOMY OUTREACH
    (email outreach [at] astro.wisc.edu)

    A comprehensive list of all outreach activities run by UW-Madison Astronomy graduate students, post-docs, faculty, and staff.

    International Year of Astronomy:

    IYA

  • 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy. Here in Madison there are a number of activities planned through the UW-Madison Space Place Science Museum.

  • UW-Madison astronomy graduate student Laura Trouille has brought the NASA IYA project From Earth to the Universe (FETTU) to Madison. FETTU is an exhibit of 40 of the most beautiful astronomy images taken by astronomers from around the world.

    • Click here to see the website that was created as an astronomy enrichment tool in conjunction with the exhibit (also includes the exhibit schedule).




    Night Sky Shows

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  • Universe in the Park telescope Night sky show preceeded by half hour powerpoint talk at Wisconsin State Parks throughout the late Spring to early Fall.

  • Washburn/Rooftop Public Observing Nights
    1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the Month on the UW-Madison Campus

  • Pine Bluff Observatory Open Houses.
    Email chomiuk [at] astro.wisc.edu for more information.


    • Space Place Science Museum

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  • UW Space Place Science Museum

    • -Saturday Science Workshops
    -Star Gazing
    -Guest Presentations








    ASAP

    After-school Astronomy Enrichment Programs

  • After-school Astronomy Program at Space Place with Boys 'N Girls Club middle-schoolers.

  • After-school Astronomy Program at Union South with PEOPLE program middle-schoolers.

    • Outreach through Public Radio and TV

  • In Your Backyard Astronomy Radio Show by Graduate Student Ryan Keenan on WORT.

  • Bob Bless Public Access TV Fillers. Hopefully a link coming soon.

    • Mentoring

  • WOWSA: Women of Wisconsin Strengthening Astronomy

  • Expanding Your Horizons, middle-school girls visit UW-Madison for a day of events and activities in different STEM disciplines.
    - Online Detective Story created by UW graduate students in 2007.

  • UW-Madison Society of Physics Students
    The Nucleus: Online resources for physics and astronomy undergraduates, Blakesley Burkart, one of our graduate students, hosts a blog at this site.

    • Instructor Aid

  • GOAT, Guidance Online for Astronomy Teachers.

    • Outreach through Undergraduate Courses

  • Astronomy 103 (Intro to Astronomy for Non-Majors) Outreach Projects:
    -PEOPLE Party with the Stars
    -Radio show scripts
    -Space Place activity design