URA Executive Director Marta Cehelsky to retire
After 10 years as executive director of Universities Research Association, Marta Cehelsky has announced her intent to step down in the latter part of this year.
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Four decades and millions of stars later, Sloan Digital Sky Survey co-founder retires
- astronomy
- astrophysics
- Dark Energy Survey
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- Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- University of Chicago
From The University of Chicago Physical Sciences, Feb. 8, 2021: Fermilab scientist Richard Kron is retiring from the University of Chicago. He co-founded the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, which created the most detailed 3-D maps of the universe and recorded the spectra for more than 3 million astronomical objects. His approach influenced the Dark Energy Survey, which created one of the most accurate dark matter maps of the universe and which Kron will continue to direct.