REU Site: The Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium

Keck东北天文学联合会（KNAC）由东北八所主要的本科院校组成，每个院校都有一个小型但活跃的天文学项目，将主办一个天文学的REU（本科生研究经验）项目。本科生主要来自东北地区的小型或不存在天文学专业的机构，每年夏天将在KNAC机构的一位天文学家的指导下进行研究体验。这些学生将加入一个丰富多样的学生群体，这些学生将留在自己的机构，并在财团成员之间交换学生。这种支持性的导师网络使学生在科学社区中有归属感，并大大增加了他们选择科学或技术职业的可能性。KNAC是一个以本科生为中心的区域性机构，其任务是促进成员机构和东北其他小型机构的学生进行天文学研究，这些机构的学生接触天文学研究的机会有限。每年夏天，所有成员机构的教师将与个别学生密切合作10周。在接下来的秋季学期，来自所有这些机构的学生和教师将参加联合本科生研究研讨会，他们的研究结果将发表在《论文集》上。KNAC是一个虚拟的天文部门。它的区域重点使它成为一个有吸引力的选择，学生可以呆在离家近的地方，参加秋季研讨会，并在夏季项目结束后继续培养与导师的关系。

The Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC), eight predominantly undergraduate institutions in the Northeast that each have a small but active astronomy program, will host an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) program in astronomy. Undergraduate students, drawn primarily from institutions in the Northeast with small or non-existent astronomy programs, will engage in a mentored research experience each summer with an astronomer at a KNAC institution. These students will join a rich and diverse cohort of students who remain at their own institution and students exchanged among consortium members. This supportive network of mentors gives students sense of belonging within the scientific community, and it greatly increases the likelihood that they will chose scientific or technical careers.KNAC is a regional consortium of undergraduate-focused institutions whose mission is to promote astronomical research for students at member institutions and at other small Northeast institutions where exposure to astronomical research is limited. Faculty at all member institutions will work closely with individual students for 10 weeks each summer. During the subsequent fall semester, students and faculty from all these institutions will participate in the joint Undergraduate Research Symposium, with their results published in the Proceedings volume. KNAC acts as a virtual astronomy department. Its regional focus makes it an attractive option for students who can stay close to home, participate in the Fall Symposium, and continue to cultivate the relationship with their mentor well after the summer program has ended.