ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN MARCH/APRIL 2014:
From the Board:
- Selection of the 2015 MTR Panel (March 10, 2014)
- President’s Report (March 18, 2014)
- Cassiopeia: Vernal Equinox Edition (March 24, 2014)
- Semi-Annual Reports from the CASCA Committees:
News and Announcements:
- Press Release: ‘Death Stars’ in Orion Blast Planets before They Even Form (March 13, 2014)
- Press Release: Council of Giants (March 14, 2014)
- CASCA’s 2014 Carlyle S. Beals Award presented to Dr. Harvey Richer (March 18, 2014)
- CASCA’s J.S. Plaskett Medal presented to Dr. Andrew Pon (March 19, 2014)
- CASCA’s Qilak Award Presented to Dr. Howard Trottier (March 24, 2014)
- CASCA’s Dunlap Award Presented to Dr. Matt Dobbs (March 25, 2014)
Instrument and Project Developments:
- ALMA Update (From Christine Wilson, March 24, 2014)
- TMT Update (From Ray Carlberg, April 11, 2014)
Job Postings:
- Course Development Work — Content Expert/Curriculum Developer, Thompson River University (Deadline March 25, 2014)
UPCOMING MEETINGS:
- Herschel On-Line Spectroscopy Data Processing Workshop: April 23-25 2014, On-Line
- Astronomical Polarimetry 2014: May 26-30 2014, Grenoble, France
- 2014 CASCA AGM: June 8-12 2014, Quebec City, QB
- 2010 LPR Mid Term Review Session: June 12 2014, Quebec City, QB
- Meeting Paris Clusters 2014: June 23-27 2014, Paris, France
- ISIMA 2014: Gravitational Dynamics: June 30 – August 8 2014, Toronto, ON
- TMT synergy with other facilities & capabilities in the post-2020 astronomical landscape: July 17-18 2014, Tucson, AZ
- Bright Emissaries: Be Stars as Messengers of Star-Disk Physics: August 10-13 2014, London, ON
- 2014 Dunlap Institute Astronomical Instrumentation Summer School: August 10-15 2014, Toronto, ON
- ADASS XXIV: October 5-9 2014, Calgary, AB
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
- CFHT 2014B call for proposals: Deadline 20 March 2014.
- Gemini 2014B call for proposals: Deadline 31 March 2014.
- Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic call for proposals: Deadline: 10 April 2014.
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