REU Site: Undergraduate Research In Astrophysics at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

史密森天体物理天文台将继续其长期运行的夏季REU（本科生研究经验）计划。除了与哈佛/史密森天体物理中心（CfA）的科学家一起工作的为期10周的夏季研究实习外，学生还将参与许多专业发展活动，包括计算机教程，研究培训研讨会以及在所有职业阶段与天体物理学家的定向会议。学生还将参加小组讨论的研究，研究生院生活，招生，可用的奖学金，毕业后的职业机会的道德行为。自1994年以来，半数以上的实习生是女性，还有一小部分来自任职人数不足的群体，但人数在不断增加。在这个更新的项目中，将更加重视从代表性不足的群体以及天体物理学研究资源有限的大学中招收学生。每年夏天，10名学生将在CfA与他们的导师一起进行为期10周的前沿研究。CfA的科学家几乎涉及天体物理学的各个领域，并可以使用大量的现代科学仪器，因此学生有广泛的项目可供选择。学生的研究经验将通过前往冬季AAS会议，在那里每个实习生将提出一个海报完成。

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory will continue its long-running summer REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) program. In addition to a 10-week summer research internship working with scientists at the Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), students will engage in numerous professional development activities, including computer tutorials, research-training seminars, and directed meetings with astrophysicists at all career stages. Students will also attend group discussions on the ethical conduct of research, graduate school life, admissions, available fellowships, and career opportunities after graduation. Since 1994, over half of the interns have been female, and a small but increasing number from underrepresented groups. During this renewed program greater emphasis will be placed on recruiting students from underrepresented groups as well as from colleges with limited resources for astrophysical research.Each summer, ten students will spend ten weeks conducting leading-edge research with their mentors at CfA. Scientists at the CfA are involved in virtually every area of astrophysics and have access to a large number of modern scientific instruments, so students have a broad range of projects to choose from. The student research experience will be completed by a trip to the winter AAS meeting, where each intern will present a poster.