On Saturday, 6th May 2023, the Elementary Launch of CanSat Ghana commenced at the KNUST’s Engineering Department. CanSat Ghana is a foundation focused on helping Ghana develop its space sector through building experimental satellites (CanSats). A CanSat is a simulation of a real satellite, integrated within the volume and shape of a soft drinks can. […]
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The SciGirls project aims to improve, in the long term, the gender gap in science, and the current lack of girls in STEM, by empowering secondary school girls from rural areas and their female science teachers using astronomy and its multidisciplinarity. The team organised a capacity-building workshop for 30 participants from different regions of Ethiopia, […]
The IAU OAD has published its latest newsletter for the January to March 2023 period. Highlights in the newsletter: RAS OAD Mobility Grants: applications close 3 May Call for fellows, interns, volunteers to work with OAD (in-person, remote) OAD call for proposals 2023 to be launched at the end of April Other opportunities: teacher training […]
The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) is on a mission to use astronomy, its resources, skills, and people to make the world a better place, regardless of one’s background or cognitive abilities. Recently, the team, led by OAD Fellow Dominic Vertue, conducted interactive and exploratory astronomy sessions at three Community Mental Health and Psychiatry […]
In 2022, the OAD funded 17 projects run by multidisciplinary teams that addressed local and global challenges through astronomy-related innovations. On February 24, 2023, these projects presented the results of their activities during the past year, also sharing their achievements and challenges.