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Tom Rice

@tomr-stargazer.bsky.social
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Astronomer & Educator. Staff member at the American Astronomical Society and Assistant Research Professor at George Washington University. Tweets mine.

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Tom Rice @tomr-stargazer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
AAS's Shapley Visiting Lectures Program is looking for prospective *lecturers* and *host sites* to join us! If you and/or your institution are enthusiastic about sharing astronomy with broad audiences, please consider applying. Learn more here: aas.org/posts/news/2... #astro #astroedu
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Call for Applications: 2027 Shapley Visiting Lectures Program
The AAS announces its call for applications for the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectures Program. We are seeking astronomers and host institutions to participate in 2027!
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IAU Office of Astronomy for Education @astro4edu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Save the Date: The next AstroEdu Conference will be held 24-26th of August 2027 in Leuven, Belgium. All astronomy education researchers, practitioners, teachers and educators and their friends and colleagues are invited to participate! 🔭 #astroedu More information: indico.fys.kuleuven.be/event/189/
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Astronomy Education Conference 2027
The Astronomy Education Conference is coming to Leuven, Belgium, in 2027! Continuing the conference series, we are bringing together the growing community of researchers and practitioners interested i...
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IAU Office of Astronomy for Education @astro4edu.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The IAU Symposium on Innovative Research and Techniques in Astronomy Communication will take place 2-6 November 2026 hybrid at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Mitaka, Tokyo and online. Registration and abstract submission are now open! 🔭 #astroedu iau-oao.nao.ac.jp/iaus409/
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AAS Press Office @press.aas.org · 12/03/2026
AAS: American Astronomical Society Announces 2026 Shapley Lecturers aas.org/press/aas-an...
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AAS Announces 2026 Shapley Lecturers | American Astronomical Society
The AAS has selected 21 astronomers who will form the 2026 cohort of AAS Shapley Visiting Lecturers. These lecturers will visit a number of schools and community institutions across the US to share th...
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IAU Office of Astronomy for Education @astro4edu.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📢 Save the date The IAU OAE Conference on Astronomy for Education will take place fully online 17-20 November this year. It will include a special science focus on radio astronomy in education and an education focus on inclusive astronomy 🔭 #astroedu astro4edu.org/workshops/ia...
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Iau Oae Conference On Astronomy For Education 2026
The IAU Office of Astronomy for Education is the IAU's office focussed on primary and secondary education.
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Tom Rice @tomr-stargazer.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Exciting update! check out our article on Universal Design in Astronomy, now published at the Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society (BAAS): baas.aas.org/pub/2025i013... #astrosci #astroedu #accessibility
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Applying the Principles of Universal Design to Make Astronomy More Accessible
Universal Design (UD) is an approach to accessibility from architecture. We can apply its concepts to academia and labs to make STEM more accessible. UD is critical for disabled folks, and we can expa...
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Tom Rice @tomr-stargazer.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
New paper! Amanda Quirk and I just released this article: "Applying the Principles of Universal Design to Make Astronomy More Accessible" on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2505.23498
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Applying the Principles of Universal Design to Make Astronomy More Accessible
Universal Design (UD), an approach to accessibility that was first conceptualized in architecture to make buildings physically accessible, has since been applied to curriculum design to make classroom...
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AAS Education @education.aas.org · 02/05/2025
Check out the new ✨Blog Post✨ highlighting our AAS Education Committee resource guides! Read this post and more at aas.org/education/blog Featured here are the Undergraduate and Graduate Resource Guides!
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Eliot Halley Vrijmoet @eliothalley.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Hey 🔭 astronomers, our AAS committee SGMA is taking applications for new members! We advise the AAS on the needs of LGBT+ astronomers. All career stages and identities welcome (yes, including allies!). Deadline is April 15 (1 week from yesterday). Application: forms.gle/VR9hafCMoKEu...
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AAS Education @education.aas.org · 07/03/2025
Join the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach tomorrow, 8 March, for #InternationalWomensDay. Dr. Rebecca Robinson will share her research on untangling magnetic field loops to solve one of the Sun’s biggest mysteries: Why is the corona hotter than its surface? ☀️✨ www.tickettailor.com/events/iauof...
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Tom Rice @tomr-stargazer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
For those who are not yet subscribed: please join the AAS Education biweekly email newsletter here: lists.aas.org/AASEducation... So many of you have amazing astronomy education, outreach, communication, and mentoring projects. I'd love to feature your work in the newsletter! #astronomy #astroedu
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List information - The AAS Education biweekly newsletter. Sign up to receive AAS Education updates, community-contributed astronomy education news, and Education Committee blog posts! - Simplelists
List information webpage for The AAS Education biweekly newsletter. Sign up to receive AAS Education updates, community-contributed astronomy education news, and Education Committee blog posts!
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Tom Rice @tomr-stargazer.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Hello astronomers! I'm thrilled to share my newest article, "Including Deaf and Signing Audiences in Solar Eclipse Outreach and Astronomy Education," which was just published in the Bulletin of the AAS. I'm thankful to my wonderful coauthors... baas.aas.org/pub/2024n9i0...
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Including Deaf and Signing Audiences in Solar Eclipse Outreach and Astronomy Education
A contribution to Celebrating the Wonder of Science in the Shadow II
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Tom Rice @tomr-stargazer.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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