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| Once Upon a Time in Spain and on Two (Distinctly Different) Islands… | In FY 2020 USRA administered internship and postdoctoral fellowship programs which supported approximately 2,338 students and fellows. This programming provides unique and immersive opportunities that enhance learning and research within government laboratories and sometimes, it’s the start of a long-term career at USRA. In this “USRA Career Book” we talk with four individuals who began their stories with a USRA-administered internship or fellowship and continue their work with USRA today. Two of our stories start in Spain, one in England and one in Puerto Rico.
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| Making Our Way to Mars: A Celebration of the Perseverance Mission | In collaboration with LPI, USRA’s STEMaction Center supported an exciting series of interactive virtual workshops to celebrate the landing of Perseverance on Mars. Collectively, approximately 3,000 teachers, students, and families participated in this series of events held in January and February 2021 which were funded through a sponsorship with Lockheed Martin.
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| | How's Houston? | Due to a winter storm in Texas a few weeks ago, many of USRA’s staff in Houston were without power and water starting from Monday last week and lasting into Sunday. Depending on where people live, some were without power for a few hours while others were affected for several days. By Wednesday, many people did not have palatable running water due to lack of power, and they also may have had frozen and damaged pipes. Food and bottled water also became scarce around this time last week and are only just beginning to return to normal availability.
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| | Congratulations on your promotion! | USRA supports and encourages career progression of employees throughout their length of service. Promotions enable the organization to recognize and reward merit, competence and provide greater career opportunities and fulfillment to employees.
Please share your congratulations to this year’s recipients.
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| | How Do I Report an Ethics and Compliance Issue? | It is the responsibility of every USRA employee to comply with applicable laws, regulations and the USRA Ethics and Compliance Policy and to report their good faith belief of any violations of the foregoing. Employees may report either orally or in writing to: - their supervisor,
- another supervisor,
- the local Human Resources representative,
- the USRA Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at EthicsOfficer@usra.edu, or
- MySafeWorkplace on the internet at www.MySafeWorkplace.com. MySafeWorkplace adds an extra level of assurance that employee concerns will be kept anonymous.
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| | Passing of Abe Cheng, Member of USRA's SOFIA team | It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of our friend and colleague, Dr. Abe Cheng, of USRA. Abe passed away on Sunday, February 14, while he was on business supporting the deployment of SOFIA in Cologne, Germany.
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| | USRA's Erick Young Named Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society | USRA’s Dr. Erick Young is among the 232 astronomers and astrophysicists honored as Legacy Fellows of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The honor recognizes “contributions toward the society’s mission of enhancing and sharing humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe.”
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| | USRA Scientists Serving on Science Team for NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission and the Perseverance Rover | After six months, more than 300 million miles and seven precarious minutes, NASA’s Mars 2020 spacecraft and the Perseverance rover will have landed on Mars. And USRA scientists are part of a team supporting this ambitious endeavor.
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| | SOFIA Begins First Series of Science Flights from Germany | SOFIA will conduct its first-ever series of observations from Germany in February and March, 2021. Many of the observations seek to answer fundamental questions in astronomy, including how stars can transform galaxies and what is the origin of cosmic rays in the Milky Way galaxy.
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| Coming Soon |
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March | | National Women’s History Month | |
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2 March | | NPP next cycle | |
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1 March | | LPI Anniversary – President Johnson formally announced LPI | |
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8 March | | International Women’s Day | |
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12 March | | USRA Anniversary | |
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14 March | | World Pi Day | |
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15-19 March | | 52nd Lunar and Planetary Conference – Virtual | |
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26 March | | USRA Council of Institutions Annual Meeting – Virtual |
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