CEDAR email: commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the collapse of the Arecibo telescope: Mon Dec 1, 9:30 AM PST, 12:30 PM EST

Brett Isham brettisham1 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 30 17:22:45 MST 2025


Collaborators, colleagues, and all interested:

Monday December 1 is the fifth anniversary of the collapse of the Arecibo
radar and radio telescope.

In commemoration, we have organized two short talks, followed by news and
discussion, via the Zoom link below:

- 12:30 PM Eastern (09:30 PST, 12:30 EST, 13:30 AST, 17:30 UTC): a talk by
Raquel Velho, Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, about her project on the social and
political history of the Arecibo Observatory.

- 1:00 PM Eastern (10:00 PST, 13:00 EST, 14:00 AST, 18:00 UTC): a talk by
Don Campbell, former director of Arecibo Observatory, and author of the
recently published book "The Arecibo Observatory: A History of Innovation
and Discovery".

- 1:30 PM Eastern (10:30 PST, 13:30 EST, 14:30 AST, 18:30 UTC): brief news
updates followed by discussions (in breakout rooms as desired).

Join Zoom Meeting
https://arizona.zoom.us/j/81959379009?pwd=gbSs8xOHuxR2eC4qA7FtVFhGeA8XtK.1
Meeting ID: 819 5937 9009
Password: 714905
Dial by your location
+1 602 753 0140 US (Phoenix)
Find your local number: https://arizona.zoom.us/u/kcZCwgwyhP

Please feel free to forward this message to anyone who might be
interested.  Apologies for the last-minute announcement, and for any
duplicate mailings.

Best regards,

The ASAP board

Brett Isham, Chair
Robert Frampton, Secretary
Monica Larson, Treasurer
Christiano Brum, Space and Atmospheric Science
Anne Virkki, Planetary Science
Anish Roshi, Astronomical Science
Allison Smith, Arecibo Legacy
Robert White, Agency Liaison

The Arecibo Science Advocacy Partnership (ASAP)
https://areciboscience.org/
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