Podcaster: Rob Sparks
Title: The 2015 Kitt Peak REU Program
Organization: NOAO
Links: www.noao.edu ; @NOAONorth; http://www.gemini.edu/; https://www.facebook.com/GeminiObservatory;
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 2015 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.
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