Increasing the Number of Underrepresented Minorities in Astronomy: Executive Summary (2009)
Norman, Dara, Agueros, Marcel, Anderson, Scott F., Baker, Andrew, ...
Promoting racial and ethnic diversity is critically important to the future success and growth of the field of astronomy. The raw ability, drive and interest required to excel in the field is...
Norman, Dara, Agueros, Marcel, Anderson, Scott F., Baker, Andrew, ...
If the ethnic makeup of the astronomy profession is to achieve parity with the general population within one generation (~30 years), the number of underrepresented minorities earning graduate degrees...
Norman, Dara, Agueros, Marcel, Anderson, Scott F., Baker, Andrew, ...
In order to attract, recruit and retain underrepresented minority students to pursue Astronomy and related fields, we must ensure that there continues to be a well qualified pool of graduate and...
Research Science and Education: The NSF's Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (2009)
Norman, Dara, Agueros, Marcel, Brown, Timothy M., Browning, Matthew, Chakrabarti, Sukanya, Cobb, Bethany, ...
The NSF's Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (AAPF) is exceptional among the available postdoctoral awards in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The fellowship is one of the few that allows...
X-Ray Observations of the Most Massive DLS Shear-Selected Galaxy Clusters (2004)
Hughes, John P., Dell'Antonio, Ian, Hennawi, Joseph, Margoniner, Vera, Molnar, Sandor, Norman, Dara, ...
We report on preliminary results of our X-ray survey of the most massive clusters currently identified from the Deep Lens Survey (DLS). The DLS cluster sample is selected based on weak lensing shear,...