e-News: June/July 2014

ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN JUNE/JULY 2014:

From the Board:

• Cassiopeia: Summer Solstice Edition (June 24, 2014)
• President’s Report (June 18, 2014)
• (Past) President’s Report (June 18, 2014)
• Semi-Annual Reports from the CASCA Committees:
  • Computation and Data Committee (CDC)
  • Ground Based Astronomy Committee (GAC)
  • Long Range Plan Implementation Committee (LRPIC)
  • Awards Committee
  • Education and Public Outreach Committee (EPO)
  • Graduate Student Committee (GSC)
  • Heritage Committee

News and Announcements:

• Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto, announces new director, astronomer Prof. Bryan Gaensler (June 10, 2014)
• Dr. Sidney van den Bergh awarded the 2014 Gruber Cosmology Prize (June 10, 2014)

CASCA in the News:

• Next-Generation Thirty Meter Telescope Begins Construction in Hawaii (July 28, 2014)
• CFHT Uncovers Large Number of Dark Matter Peaks Using Gravitational Lensing (July 15, 2014)
• TMT Exhibits a Next-Generation Telescope Mirror Assembly in Canada (June 9, 2014)

Job Postings:

• Assistant Professor – Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto – 1401454 (posted July 22, 2014)

 

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

• Testing Gravity: 15-17 January 2015, Vancouver, B.C..
• 2015 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science: 19-25 January 2015, Vancouver, B.C..

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