AstroCom NYC: A Partnership between Astronomers at CUNY, AMNH, and Columbia University

AstroCom NYC旨在通过极大地加强纽约市研究天文学家之间的伙伴关系，改善城市少数族裔学生获得天体物理研究机会的机会。合作伙伴是纽约城市大学(CUNY)的少数族裔服务机构，以及美国自然历史博物馆(AMNH)和哥伦比亚大学的天体物理研究部门。这一奖项将在整个纽约市建立一个实质性和可持续的合作伙伴关系，为纽约州立大学的本科生在整个学习过程中提供集中的、个性化的指导以及财政和学术支持，以及进一步与学生一起进行CUNY教师研究的资源和机会。AstroCom NYC的合作伙伴具有强大的工作关系、在指导不同背景的学生方面的专业知识以及纽约市城市人口中随时准备好的候选人池，因此是唯一有资格完成改善少数群体获得天体物理学研究的任务的合作伙伴。AstroCom NYC还将成为少数族裔人口众多和多样化的城市地区的典范，为此，合作伙伴将广泛公布成果并在国家会议上提交进展报告。对于学生，AstroCom NYC将为他们提供研究机会，并为他们做好准备，包括结构化和集中化的指导、个人关注、专门为此目的开发的严格的科学研究方法课程、围绕每周哥伦比亚大学座谈会的研讨会课程、奖学金和津贴，以及为实现最大效果而进行的定期评估。助学金将在一定程度上减轻纽约州立大学学生的家庭负担，这样他们就可以专注于学业成就。各种学生研究项目将构成AstroCom NYC的支柱。学生将参与有关星系性质和演化、附近和低质量恒星、演化恒星、数值模拟和建模以及从射电到伽马射线的观测天文学的项目。AstroCom NYC将促进CUNY教师的进一步研究，从而对他们的领域做出更多贡献，并加强项目合作伙伴之间的研究合作，同时吸引更多不同的学生学习天体物理学。

AstroCom NYC is designed to improve access by urban minority students to opportunities in astrophysical research by greatly enhancing partnerships between research astronomers in New York City. The partners are minority serving institutions of the City University of New York (CUNY), and the astrophysics research departments of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and Columbia University. This award will create a substantive and sustainable partnership spanning New York City to provide centralized, personalized mentoring as well as financial and academic support to CUNY undergraduates throughout their studies, plus the resources and opportunities to further CUNY faculty research with students.The partners of AstroCom NYC are uniquely qualified for the task of improving minority access to astrophysics research because of their strong working relationships, expertise in mentoring students with diverse backgrounds, and the ready pool of candidates from within the urban population of New York City. AstroCom NYC will also serve as a model to urban areas with large and diverse minority populations, and to this end the partners will widely publish results and present progress reports at national conferences. For the students, AstroCom NYC will provide - and prepare them for - research opportunities with structured and centralized mentoring, personal attention, a rigorous Methods of Scientific Research course developed specifically to this purpose, a seminar course around the weekly Columbia colloquia, scholarships and stipends, and regular assessment for maximum effectiveness. Stipends will in part alleviate the burdens at home typical for CUNY students so they may concentrate on their academic success.The various student research projects will form the backbone of AstroCom NYC. Students will participate in projects on galaxy properties and evolution, nearby and low mass stars, evolved stars, numerical simulations and modeling, and observational astronomy from the radio to gamma-rays. AstroCom NYC will facilitate further research by CUNY faculty, resulting in more contributions to their fields, and enhanced research collaborations among the program partners, while attracting more diverse students to astrophysics.