UC Berkeley News: Alex Filippenko Awarded The AAS 2022 Education Prize

Berkeley CA

04 February, 2022

5:28 AM

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Press release from UC Berkeley News: February 2, 2022 Professor Alex Filippenko has been awarded the American Astronomical Society's 2022 Education Prize "for his passionate and wildly popular teaching of non-science majors; his mentoring of hundreds of teaching assistants and undergraduate research students; his dedication to public education through lectures, TV documentaries, and video courses; his textbook and other popular writings; and his leadership in saving Lick Observatory, a prominent California observatory that faced defunding in 2014." The AAS Education Prize recognizes outstanding contributions to the education of the public, students, and/or the next generation of professional astronomers. Congratulations! Read More… This press release was produced by UC Berkeley News. The views expressed here are the author's own.