Universe in the Park: An Outreach Program in the State of Wisconsin

该奖项将资助“公园里的宇宙”，这是一个在威斯康辛州州立公园系统中开展的外展项目。每个宇宙公园研讨会都以威斯康星大学本科生（或研究生）的学生对当前天文学主题或最近发现的介绍开始。然后，学生们用大口径便携式望远镜为公众主持一个观测会议。除了对公众参与者的广泛影响外，学生们还学习如何准备和向普通观众发表演讲，磨练他们对天空的知识，并了解最近的天文事件。该奖项将资助大约60个“公园里的宇宙”会议，并将吸引数千名观众。该程序的网页是：http://www.astro.wisc.edu/uitp/

This award will fund "Universe in the Park", an outreach program that is held throughout the State park system in Wisconsin. Each Universe in the Park workshop starts with a presentation on a current astronomical topic or a recent discovery by an undergraduate (or graduate) student form the University of Wisconsin. The students then lead an observing session for the public using large-aperture, but portable, telescopes. In addition to the broad impact on the public participants, the students learn how to prepare and make presentations to lay audiences, hone their knowledge of the sky, and keep current on recent astronomical events. This award will fund approximately 60 Universe in the Park sessions and will reach an audience of several thousand. The web page for the program is: http://www.astro.wisc.edu/uitp/