NSF Representatives and US Senate Staffers Visit AURA Facilities in Chile
U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee staffers, along with representatives from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and U.S. Embassy, visited the AURA/NOIRLab ...
Sharing “Deep Sky” in Hawai’i
For millennia, the night sky has inspired us to ponder profound questions: How did our Universe begin? Where do we ...
AURA Distributes Initial Funding of US $900,000 to Contribute to the Development of Astronomy in Chile
The fund is connected to the upcoming start of operations of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and will be administered ...
AURA Annual Meeting 2024
On a bright April morning in Tucson, Arizona, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy’s (AURA) Annual Meeting kicked ...
Jon S. Tuma new AURA VP of Human Resources
The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is pleased to announce that Jon Tuma will join the AURA ...
Statement on Maui Wildfires
AURA and the National Solar Observatory (NSO) are closely monitoring the harrowing, devastating wildfires which have severely impacted our local ...
Rubin Observatory : New Algorithm Developed for Rubin Ensnares its First Asteroid
A team from the University of Washington's DiRAC Institute has developed a new asteroid-discovery algorithm to use with future data from Rubin ...
NA-ROAD selects 10 Astronomy for Development Projects to Support Women and Girls in Astronomy
Today, the North American Regional Office of Astronomy for Development (NA-ROAD) announced the selection of ten astronomy for development projects ...
Open Letter to NSF Director
On June 26, 2023, AURA sent the following letter to Dr. Sethruaman Panchanathan, Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), reminding him ...
Heidi Hammel Awarded NASA Medal
NASA has awarded an Exceptional Public Service Medal to Dr. Heidi Hammel, AURA Vice President for Science, Interdisciplinary Scientist for ...
Lee Curtis
Chief of Staff Lee Curtis transitioned to Chief of Staff after 11 years as Senior Executive Assistant to the AURA ...
AURA seeks new Director for the Space Telescope Science Institute
The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is seeking a new Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute ...
