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Dorrit Hoffleit Named Two-Time Cambridge Who's Who Professional of the Year in Astronomy Education
New Haven, CT (PRWeb) November 29, 2006 -- TheDorrit Hoffleit, Ph.D., Senior Research Astronomer Emeritus of Yale University, was named Professional of the Year in Astronomy Education by Cambridge Who's Who for 2006-2007, the second year Hoffleit has been thus honored. Cambridge Who's Who selection committee hand picks these special Who's Who honorees based on accomplishments, academic achievement, leadership, and service.
Hoffleit, an authority on variable stars, astrometry, and the history of astronomy, began her career in 1929 as a research assistant at Harvard. She soon became an expert in determining the absolute brightness of stars. In 1943 she joined the Ballistic Research Lab at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, where she computed missile trajectories. In 1956, Hoffleit went to Yale to run its star cataloging program.
Hoffleit has authored numerous books, including The Bright Star Catalogue, on the 9,110 brightest stars in the sky, and Astronomy at Yale, 1701-1968. She has also produced hundreds of scholarly papers. Hoffleit, who is 99 years old, continues to write papers, review books and update The Bright Star Catalogue.
Hoffleit received her Ph.D. in Astronomy from Radcliffe College (1938). Her awards include the George van Biesbroeck Award for lifetime service to astronomy and the American Astronomical Society-Annenberg Prize for science education. She was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame, and Asteroid Dorritt was named after her. She was recently honored at Yale University at a symposium celebrating her Centennial Year, 2006-2007.
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Pacific Northwest College of Art Receives Green Light to Acquire New Building: Historic Federal Building at 511 NW Broadway Will Become a Center for A
Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), the fastest growing independent art college in the nation, today announced that the U.S. Department of Education and General Services Administration (GSA) have approved the College's application to acquire the Federal Building at 511 NW Broadway through the government's public benefit conveyance for educational purposes program. The 511 NW Broadway building will extend PNCA's campus from the Pearl District into Old Town, further integrating the College, its students, faculty and visiting artists into the heart of Portland's thriving art and design district.
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Martha Rodriguez Hoffman Promoted to Director of Education
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University of Texas Press Releases Lines in the Sand, Chronicling Recent Redistricting Case in Texas and Downfall of Tom DeLay
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In his New Column, "Why Your Old High School English Teacher is Your Best Prophylactic," Popular Consumer Advocate Brian Vaszily Tells Consu
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Academy of Art University Emerging Artist Adam Reeder Receives Prestigious Recognition in Two Esteemed Sculpture Invitationals
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Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation Offers College Scholarship Based on Jim Cramer's Most Recent Mad Money Book
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Green, Savits & Lenzo Law Firm Victorious Over Livingston Board Of Education
Green, Savits & Lenzo, LLC, a law firm based out of Morristown, NJ who specializes in employment law, is proud to announce that the Essex County Superior Court of New Jersey has recently handed down the decision to reinstate a jury verdict against the Township of Livingston Board of Education that was originally decided in March 2005.
Leading Career and Technical High School Selects SmartDraw for Technical Diagrams & Charts
SmartDraw.com today announced that Middle Bucks Institute of Technology-the regional leader in providing career development, advanced technical training, and pre-professional programs located in Jamison, Pennsylvania--has selected SmartDraw software over AutoCAD for technical diagrams and charts. SmartDraw is installed on more than 50 computers primarily within the manufacturing department to assist students with projects in engineering, welding and precision machining.
