The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey

What is ALFALFA-U?

ALFALFA-U or the Undergraduate ALFALFA Team is a consortium of 14 institutions engaged in an NSF-sponsored program to promote undergraduate research within the ALFALFA project.

Member Institutions

Colgate U.	Georgia Southern U.	St. Lawrence U.	Union Coll.	Wesleyan U.
Cornell U.	Humboldt State U.	Siena Coll.	U. Puerto Rico	West Texas A&M
George Mason U.	Lafayette Coll.	Skidmore Coll.	U. Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Core Components of ALFALFA-U Program

Annual Undergraduate ALFALFA Team Workshop at Arecibo Observatory
Onsite Observing at Arecibo during ALFALFA Scheduled Time
Summer Research Program at Member Institutions
Computer Infrastructure to Support ALFALFA Data Processing

EVENTS

Date(s)	Location	Contact	Purpose	Web site/agenda
16 July 2008	Schenectady + Team Locations	Becky Koopmann	Undergraduate ALFALFA Team Summer 2008 Summer Research Progress Telecon and Mini-Conference at Union	Link
13-14 Jan 2008	Arecibo	Becky Koopmann	First NSF-Sponsored Undergraduate ALFALFA Consortium Workshop at Arecibo	Link

News articles about ALFALFA-U

St. Lawrence University article about Shawn Golley, Aileen O'Donoghue, and Jeff Miller at the Undergraduate ALFALFA Team Workshop
Union College article about Nathan Calabro and Becky Koopmann at the Undergraduate ALFALFA Team Workshop
Examiner.com story about George Mason student Lisa Horne
Georgia Southern University magazine article about Sarah Higdon and the Undergraduate ALFALFA team
Union College News article about Becky Koopmann and the Undergraduate ALFALFA team

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. AST-0724918, AST-0725267, and AST-0725380.
Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Last modified: Thu Jul 17 08:15:00 EDT 2007 by martha