NSBP is a global professional society uniting African American, Afro-Caribbean and African physicists and astronomers in their pursuit of understanding matter and energy, and using that to benefit mankind.
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Astronomy in South Africa is thriving
South Africa's achievements in astronomy can help the country overcome its shortage of maths, science and technology skills
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African Physicists to Launch African Physical Society
African physicists will gather in Dakar in January of a historic meeting where they will launch the African Physical Society. The African Association of Physics Students and the Optics of Photonics Society of Africa will be launched as well.
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NSBP Members Participate in SciFest Africa
NSBP members, Charles McGruder and Hakeem Oluseyi, are participating in SciFest Africa this week as special representatives of the United States. SciFest Africa is South Africa's national science festival.
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Astronomy can foster development
Strengthening astronomy in poor nations can help promote socio-economic development, says South African astronomer, Kevindran Govender.
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SA President approves new law to support astronomy research.
South Africa is vying to host the Square Kilometer Array, which would be the largest and most sensitive radio telescope ever. South Africa has aggressively developed its activities in astronomy, astrophysics and space science, including hosting the Southern African Large Telescope.
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Vanderbilt and University of Cape Town Astronomers Look for New Planets
Keivan Stassun, chair of NSBP's ASTRO section, leads a team of Vanderbilt and Fisk students working with South African colleagues on search for new planets.
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Building Astronomy Capacity in Africa. NSBP has been awarded a grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to fund students and faculty to participate in the NASSP program in South Africa.
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From NSBP Conference Proceedings:
Astrophysics in South Africa
South Africa operates a 10-m class optical telescope, the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), and is one of two countries short listed to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
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NSBP Participates in Sullivan Summit
Pre-summit S&T workshop brought together a select group of American scientists and science policymakers with their African counterparts to try to discuss new collaborations between the US and Africa.
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Developing an African Einstein
African University of Science and Technology along with a Nigerian node of the African Mathematical Institutes opens in Abuja as part of an ambitious plan to find the "next Einstein" in Africa.
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NSBP Members Teach Advanced Courses at NASSP
BNL physicist, Ketevi Assamagan, and FIT professor, Hakeem Oluseyi recently spent 5 weeks at the University of Cape Town teaching intensive courses and forging new research collaborations.
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USAID Announces $1M Grant to Support Higher Education in Africa
20 partnership-planning grants of $50,000 to plan long-term collaborations between African and U.S. institutions of higher education.
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