Yasmin Catricheo | ACEAP Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program

The Triad Starfest: open to anyone with an interest in astronomy.

by Yasmin Catricheo | Mar 9, 2020 | Ambassadors, Conference, Meetings

The Triad Starfest, *Tri*Star* for short, is a conference of astronomers of all types, from novice to professional, for a full day of presentations, displays, and observing. The event allows astronomy enthusiasts to share ideas, learn about a range of astronomical...

Chile: connecting to the cosmos.

by Yasmin Catricheo | Dec 10, 2019 | Adventures, Ambassadors

Our 2019 Ambassador, Carla Johns has written this interesting article published in the magazine “Reflector” by the Astronomical League (page 18). I invite you all to marvel at Carla’s adventure during her trip through the observatories in northern...

IDATA around the world.

by Yasmin Catricheo | Nov 26, 2019 | Uncategorized

IDATA is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and brings together blind and visually impaired (BVI) and sighted high school students and their teachers to create a fully accessible astronomy data request, retrieval and analysis software tool. Students...

Astronomy ambassadors to Chile: ALMA radio telescope

by Yasmin Catricheo | Sep 9, 2019 | Adventures, Ambassadors, Experience

Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? These questions are as old as humankind. The search for answers impels many quests, for example, the painter Gauguin’s voyage to Tahiti … and astronomers to the remote Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes....

Planetarium director attends Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program

by Yasmin Catricheo | Sep 5, 2019 | Adventures, Ambassadors

Amy Barraclough, the director of the Fredric and Jean Edelman Planetarium, represented Rowan University on the international stage this summer through the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program (ACEAP). Barraclough participated in a nine-day Chile expedition...