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author Dage, Kristen C.
Strubbe, Linda
Taub, Rhianna
Khalyleh, Amna
Sudha, Malu
Panurach, Teresa
Aldhalemi, Muhammad Ridha
Bustani, Zainab
DeYonker, Dominic
Fawaz, Mariam Ismail
Harff, Hans J.
McBride, Timothy
Mason, Jesse
Preston, Anthony
Rinehart, Cortney
Vinson, Ethan
Wilson, Vanessa
Cackett, Edward M.
Clarkson, William I.
author_facet Dage, Kristen C.
Strubbe, Linda
Taub, Rhianna
Khalyleh, Amna
Sudha, Malu
Panurach, Teresa
Aldhalemi, Muhammad Ridha
Bustani, Zainab
DeYonker, Dominic
Fawaz, Mariam Ismail
Harff, Hans J.
McBride, Timothy
Mason, Jesse
Preston, Anthony
Rinehart, Cortney
Vinson, Ethan
Wilson, Vanessa
Cackett, Edward M.
Clarkson, William I.
contents Undergraduate research in STEM can be a transformative experience, especially for Community College students, many of whom come from under-represented backgrounds. However, undergraduate research at Community Colleges is relatively rare, due in part to their focus on teaching excellence. Research partnerships with four year colleges about exciting and accessible science topics, facilitated by researchers such as postdoctoral fellows, can be a powerful path forward. We describe our program, the Dead Stars Society (DSS), as a successful example of such a research partnership, focused on the topic of observational astronomy, specifically stellar science with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, and X-ray astronomy with Chandra, NICER and NuSTAR.
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spellingShingle Observational Astrophysics Research through Cross Institutional Research Partnerships
Dage, Kristen C.
Strubbe, Linda
Taub, Rhianna
Khalyleh, Amna
Sudha, Malu
Panurach, Teresa
Aldhalemi, Muhammad Ridha
Bustani, Zainab
DeYonker, Dominic
Fawaz, Mariam Ismail
Harff, Hans J.
McBride, Timothy
Mason, Jesse
Preston, Anthony
Rinehart, Cortney
Vinson, Ethan
Wilson, Vanessa
Cackett, Edward M.
Clarkson, William I.
Physics Education
Astrophysics of Galaxies
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Undergraduate research in STEM can be a transformative experience, especially for Community College students, many of whom come from under-represented backgrounds. However, undergraduate research at Community Colleges is relatively rare, due in part to their focus on teaching excellence. Research partnerships with four year colleges about exciting and accessible science topics, facilitated by researchers such as postdoctoral fellows, can be a powerful path forward. We describe our program, the Dead Stars Society (DSS), as a successful example of such a research partnership, focused on the topic of observational astronomy, specifically stellar science with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, and X-ray astronomy with Chandra, NICER and NuSTAR.
title Observational Astrophysics Research through Cross Institutional Research Partnerships
topic Physics Education
Astrophysics of Galaxies
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15743