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ALMA Board appoints new Director

ALMA Board appoints new Director

After a competitive selection process that started in January 2017, the ALMA Board has appointed Dr. Sean Dougherty to lead the Observatory as the new ALMA Director for 5 years, starting by the end of the first quarter of 2018. Sean is currently the Director of the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Canada’s national radio astronomy...

Nine Astronomy Outreach Professionals Selected for Prestigious ACEAP Ambassador Program

A team of nine outreach and education professionals – eight from the United States and one from Chile – will undertake a 10-day expedition to key astronomy research sites in Chile as part of the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program (ACEAP). The program, now in its third year, is sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)....