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| | Women Supporting Women: A Legacy of USRA's Scholarship Alumnae | For nearly 25 years, USRA has been awarding undergraduate scholarships to recognize students with promising careers in science and engineering. Some alumni awardees have continued beyond their undergraduate degrees to capture professions with NASA, achieve faculty positions, become test flight engineers for the U.S. Air Force, and even establish their own companies, for example. Also notable to the legacy of USRA’s scholarship awards is that nearly 75% of the awardees since 2017 are women. In fact, 100% of the 2023 awardees were women. For women’s history month, let’s describe one story that demonstrates the infinite impact of supporting women at the outset of their careers in science and research.
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| | The FY 2023 Annual Report is Published | The FY 2023 USRA Annual Report has been published and is available for you to download from newsroom.usra.edu. Within the USRA Press Kit page, you’ll find archived annual reports from previous years as well. If you have questions, please reach out to Suraiya Farukhi, USRA Director, Communications.
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| | USRA's Annual Symposium: Space Nuclear Technology | On March 21, USRA and The Space Policy Institute at The George Washington University presented a symposium entitled “Space Nuclear Technology: Research and Development for Evolving Space Missions.” The keynote address was delivered by former NASA astronaut and Ad Astra Rocket Company founder, Franklin Chang-Díaz. Speakers and panelists discussed topics related to space nuclear technology including challenges presented by technology gaps, infrastructure and regulation. Several speakers emphasized leveraging partnerships between government agencies, including internationally, as well as building a workforce of space nuclear experts through partnerships with universities. The annual symposium was followed by USRA’s 55th annual meeting of the Council of Institutions on March 22 – more details will be described in the next edition of Discovery Newsletter.
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| | USRA Scientists and Engineers Part of Team that Won the 2024 Prestigious Rossi Award | The coveted Bruno Rossi Prize for 2024 was recently awarded to Martin Weisskopf, Paolo Soffitta, and the remarkable IXPE team “for their development of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer whose novel measurements advance our understanding of particle acceleration and emission from astrophysical shocks, black holes and neutron stars.”
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April 8 | | Solar Eclipse | |
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April 8 and 9 | Ramadan ends
Eid al Fitr
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April 8 - 11 | | Space Symposium | |
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April 20 | | Military Appreciation Day | |
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April 22 - 30 | | Passover | |
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April 22 | | Earth Day | |
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April 24 | | Administrative Professionals Day |
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