GLAS gets UN recognition
Kate Meredith and GLAS Education were recently recognized by the United Nations with making significant contributions to sonification research as a space science tool. Kate is also noted as a project coordinator with the Space Telescope Science Institute in developing Astronify, a software designed to sonify astronomical data. Entitled “Sonification: A Tool for Research, Outreach […]
GLAS’s Dark Skies LENSS project draws attention of PBS
Detroit PBS recently visited GLAS Education to report on GLAS’s work on in monitoring light pollution in the Geneva Lake area as part of a wider story on citizen science.On March 7, Greg King, a Detroit PBS producer, and Bennett Spencer, a freelance videographer, interviewed GLAS director Kate Meredith and talked with Adam McCulloch, GLAS’s […]
GLAS workshop at Berry College focuses on STEM accessibility
Teachers need ways to make science, technology, engineering and math education accessible to students with vision, hearing and learning disabilities. On Feb. 16, Kate Meredith, GLAS Education president and director of education, conducted a half-day workshop at Berry College in Rome, Ga. to help meet that need. About 20 to 25 teachers, pre-service undergraduates and […]
Hands-On Optics
GLAS Education’s tactile telescope cannot be used to gather light. But as ateaching tool, it is quite enlightening. Imagine a telescope that’s been cut in half. Students don’t look through it, theylook into it — or feel inside it. The ingeniously viewable scope came out of aproject called Innovators Developing Accessible Tools for Astronomy (IDATA),which […]
The Sound of Light
GLAS director Kate Meredith and GLAS team member Ashley Wimer returned Dec. 17 from their trip to Leiden, the Netherlands, for The Audible Universe 2 conference at Leiden University’s Lorentz Center. About 30 researchers from around the world attended the conference from Dec. 12 to 16. The researchers are involved with sonification, the process of […]
Mental Health by Starlight
If you’re feeling stressed or depressed, look up at the night sky. It could be relaxing and a relief from the pressures of daily life. The International Astronomical Union’s Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) is researching a connection between astronomy and mental health. We are creatures of nature, and turning our interests to nature […]
GLAS’ 2022 Moonlight Fundraiser
“Oh, the moon has a face and it shines on the lake …” Warren Zevon About 80 GLAS Education supporters and friends boarded Lake Geneva Cruise Line’s Belle of the Lake for a three-hour Moonlight Cruise of Geneva Lake with guided tours of the night sky and constellations on Oct. 1. The cruise promoted GLAS […]
Chelsea Cook Helps GLAS with Accessibility Projects
Chelsea Cook holds the title of solution engineer in the state of Colorado’s Office of Information Technology. Now living in Denver, she’s worked on the state’s accessible website for the blind and visually impaired. Soon, she will be a liaison to the state’s various departments as they develop their own accessible websites. Chelsea said Colorado […]
NaviLens Video
Zach Meredith, a GLAS Education staff member, presented a 90-second video explaining GLAS Education’s efforts to make its office space user-friendly for the blind and visually impaired during a July 26 presentation. Zach did most of the filming and handled the editing and sound. Interns Daniel Feng and Alex Scerba also assisted with the video. […]
Midwest Space Grant Conference July 25-26th
GLAS Education director and CEO Kate Meredith and GLAS marketing director Katie Corbett led two workshops on making science accessible to everyone during the Midwest Regional Space Grant Consortium Conference at the Wingspread Retreat and Executive Conference Center in Racine on July 25-26. The Midwest consortium conference included consortium directors from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Indiana, […]
