Podcaster: Rob Sparks
Title: The 2013 Kitt Peak and National Solar Observatory REU Program
Links: www.noao.edu ; http://www.ctio.noao.edu/; @NOAONorth
Description: The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program is a National Science Foundation program that recruits undergraduate science and math students to participate in summer research programs at various sites around the country. The National Optical Astronomy Observatory has run an REU program for many years. In this podcast, the 2013 REU students discuss their summer experiences at NOAO.
Bio: Rob Sparks is a science education specialist in the Education and Public Outreach (EPO) group at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and works on the Galileoscope project (www.galileoscope.org), providing design, dissemination and professional development. He blogs at halfastro.wordpress.com.
The REU students are:
Aida Behmard: Yale University
Kirsten Blancato: Wellesley College
Jeanine Chmielewski Michigan Technology University
Nicholas, Kutsop: Northern Arizona University
Rachel Nydegger: Utah State University
Rachel Smullen: University of Wyoming
Tyler Sinotte: University of Wisconsin-Madison
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