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		<title>MRO to Chair Session at 2014 Aerospace Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 11, 2013 Ifan Payne and Michelle Creech-Eakman are co-chairs of the Imaging of Objects in Space session at the IEEE Aerospace Conference being held in Big Sky, Montana, March 1 &#8211; 7, 2014. Our session forms part of Track 5. Electro-Optics, Photonics, and Observation Systems (see below). The session is aimed at those in <a href='http://www.mro.nmt.edu/mro-to-chair-session-at-2014-aerospace-conference/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>May 14, 2013 &#8211; MRO Employee &amp; Student Graduate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, May 11, 2013 New Mexico Tech (NMT) held its 2013 Commencement ceremony at the NMT campus. MRO&#8217;s Optics Instrumentation Engineer, Alisa Shtromberg, received her Master&#8217;s in Physics with an emphasis in Instrumentation from NMT. A former Mechanical Engineering student, Stephen Jimenez, also received his Master&#8217;s in Materials Engineering. Alisa Shtromberg joined MRO in 2006 after graduation with a B.S. degree in <a href='http://www.mro.nmt.edu/may-14-2013-mro-employees-students-graduate/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>May 6, 2013 &#8211; MRO Graduate Research Students Receive Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 19:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 3rd, 2013, MRO&#8217;s graduate research students, Tyler McCracken and Alisa Shtromberg received the Marvin Wilkening Award which is presented by the New Mexico Tech Physics Department and is awarded on an annual basis. The Marvin Wilkening Award was established by the  New Mexico Tech alumnus, Larry Boucher (1968, B.S. in Physics; 1981, M.S. in Physics), in <a href='http://www.mro.nmt.edu/may-6-2013-mro-graduate-research-students-receive-awards/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>May 2, 2013 – MRO&#8217;s Research Assistant Heather Bloemhard Receives Grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 22:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Official Press Release from NMSU&#8217;s Patricia Hynes New Mexico Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowships and Undergraduate Scholarships On April 16, 2013, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium awarded 26 Fellowships and Scholarships to students across New Mexico totaling $210,000. Heather Bloemhard, of Gloucester, VA, and PhD student at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, <a href='http://www.mro.nmt.edu/may-2-2013-mros-research-assistant-heather-bloemhard-receives-grant/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>February 28, 2013 – MRO Staff Participate in Sarracino Middle School Math &amp; Science Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the evening of Thursday, February 28, 2013, Interferometer Support Scientist / E&#38;PO Coordinator Dr. Daniel Klinglesmith, Optics Instrumentation Engineer, Alisa Shtromberg, and Graduate Students Tyler McCracken and Heather Bloemhard participated in the Math &#38; Science Night event at Sarracino Middle School. Ms. Shtromberg, Ms. Bloemhard and Mr. McCracken set up three activities which included a Michelson interferometer <a href='http://www.mro.nmt.edu/february-28-2013-mro-staff-participate-in-sarracino-middle-school-math-science-night/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>February 22, 2013 &#8211; MRO Staff Present for Senator Martin Heinrich</title>
		<link>http://www.mro.nmt.edu/february-20-2013-mro-staff-present-for-senator-martin-heinrich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Martin Heinrich visited the campus of New Mexico Tech today. He was accompanied by three staffers and his engineering background was in evidence as he asked insightful questions about the science of the interferometer. New Mexico Tech President Dr. Daniel Lopez, Vice Presidents Dr. Peter Gerity and Dr. Van Romero as well as MRO&#8217;s Program <a href='http://www.mro.nmt.edu/february-20-2013-mro-staff-present-for-senator-martin-heinrich/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>October 22, 2012 &#8211; MRO High Altitude Astrophotography Winners Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It turned out to be an almost perfect night at 10,460 feet, site of the Magdalena Ridge Observatory for the MRO High Altitude Astrophotography Contest and star party. A group of about 40 enthusiasts convoyed up to Magdalena Ridge in time for a tour of the 2.4-meter Telescope and the Interferometer array and Beam Combining <a href='http://www.mro.nmt.edu/october-22-2012-mro-high-altitude-astrophotography-winners-announced/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>October 2, 2012 &#8211; Astronomers to Join Judging Panel</title>
		<link>http://www.mro.nmt.edu/october-2-2012-astronomers-to-join-judging-panel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annette Tombaugh-Sitze, along with her husband Bill Sitze will be joining the panel of judges for the High Altitude Astrophotography Contest at the Magdalena Ridge Observatory. Tombaugh-Sitze, a notable figure in the Astronomy community is the daughter of a world famous astronomer, Clyde Tombaugh. Tombaugh discovered the planet Pluto, (recently reclassified as a dwarf-planet). He <a href='http://www.mro.nmt.edu/october-2-2012-astronomers-to-join-judging-panel/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>August 2, 2012 &#8211; High Altitude Astrophotography Contest  At MRO October 10-12, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.mro.nmt.edu/august-2-2012-high-altitude-astrophotography-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO), New Horizons West, and Enchanted Skies Star Party (ESSP) are proud to announce an astrophotography contest, High Altitude Astrophotography Contest.  To enter the contest, the contestant must be present at Magdalena Ridge Observatory the dates of the event, take the pictures from the observatory site and submit images by 12:00pm on Friday October 12. Digital images are to <a href='http://www.mro.nmt.edu/august-2-2012-high-altitude-astrophotography-contest/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE 07/03/2012 Fire in Magdalena Contained at 90%; Stage II Fire Restrictions</title>
		<link>http://www.mro.nmt.edu/update-fire-in-magdalena-still-burning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From news release: Magdalena, NM. July 3, 2012 – Cibola National Forest and Grasslands Forest Supervisor Nancy Rose announced that the Magdalena Ranger District’s Magdalena Mountain area will begin Stage II fire restrictions effective Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. The Gallinas and Bear Mountain areas will stay in Stage I. The San Mateo and <a href='http://www.mro.nmt.edu/update-fire-in-magdalena-still-burning/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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