Contributors need not be members of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science. Students who are members of the Academy may apply for waiver of the page charges if they do not have grant funds. Manuscripts that will be considered for publication include those dealing with the Southwest and those done by Academy members. Within a few years, astronomers will probably have measured the geometry and expansion rate of the Universe with extreme accuracy, says Jill Bechtold, University of Arizona associate professor of astronomy. Bechtold talked Monday, Jan. 22, about ideas and discoveries undreamed of in 1924, when Steward Observatory first invited the community to hear astronomers' talks and view the heavens with campus telescopes.
All talks are free and open to the public.
A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Arizona, she specializes in Optical and X-ray astronomy and is a foremost expert on the subject of quasars. Mr. Phente-Martinez is a graduate student in Plant Biology at Arizona State University. The funds may not be used for travel to scientific meetings, publication costs or any other activity not directly associated with the research. Graduate students receiving grants must agree to submit a report not to exceed 8 pages in length to the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science and will be considered for publication in the Journal. If the report is published, the Academy will waive page charges.