The upcoming ISINGLASS sounding rocket mission (February 2017, Poker Flat Rocket Range, Alaska) will sample multiple locations simultaneously in the auroral ionosphere to take gradient measurements of plasma parameters. Two identical rockets will be flown into two separate events (ie, quiet early evening arc vs dynamic rayed arc); each rocket has a large subpayload, and four small deployable payloads. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Kristina Lynch/Dartmouth College and you can read more at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~aurora/

The next Astronomy Foreign Study Program is set to start Winter 2017. The FSP is based in Cape Town and Sutherland, South Africa at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), one of the darkest observatories on Earth.

The Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement (ICE) is dedicated to fostering dialogue between the sciences and the humanities in academia and in the public sphere. Professor Marcelo Gleiser is director of the institute funded by the John Templeton Foundation.

Jonathan Vandermause (’16), a dual major in Physics and Mathematics and winner of the Gazzaniga Family Science Award this year, is a finalist for the LeRoy Apker Award from the American Physical Society, recognizing outstanding achievements in physics by undergraduate students. Jon’s presentation at the finals was recently featured on the APS News website. Click here to read the article.

The scientists of the BARREL team sent their last balloon soaring toward the stratosphere over Sweden on Aug. 30, 2016, capping off four years of launches to study how electrons "rain" into Earth’s atmosphere near the North and South poles.