Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Dec 2005
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American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #66.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.1261
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
The September 2005 issue of "Physics Today" highlighted the progress of developing space science programs at a number of minority institutions. South Carolina State University (SCSU), an Historically Black College/University, was one of the featured schools. Here we present an in-depth review of the astrophysics program at SCSU in the areas of faculty and student research, curriculum development and outreach. We include a discussion of such activities as our Undergraduate Research Institute in Astrophysics, a "pre-REU" summer internship program operating since 1998 in which a total of nearly 50 underrepresented minority students have participated. Successful partnerships with NASA research centers, KPNO, Lawrence Livermore National Lab and others are described as well as our outreach to the K-12 community including the NASA Explorer Schools.
Support for these programs includes funding from NASA/MUCERPI (NNG04GD62G), NASA/MU-SPIN (NNG04GC40A), NASA/URC (NCCW-0085) and the NASA Broker/Facilitator program SERCH (NCC 5-607)
Cash Jennifer Lynn
Payne J. E.
Payne L. L.
Smith Masson D.
Walter Donald Kim
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