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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 32 October 2000
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E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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TOPICS:
1. Short News
2. Members in new positions
3. Additions to the web pages of Hel.A.S.
4. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
5. About this newsletter...
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1. SHORT NEWS
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Earlier this year, Dr. Demosthenes Kazanas (NASA/GSFC, USA), a
founding member of Hel.A.S., was elected as "corresponding member"
of the Academy of Athens. A ceremony during which Dr. Kazanas will
deliver his inaugural talk entitled:
"Past, present and future of Cosmology"
will take place at the Academy of Athens on October 24, 2000 at 19:00.
2. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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Dr. Dimitris Psaltis has recently moved as postdoctoral fellow to
the Center for Space Research of the Massachusetts Instute of
Technology (USA).
3. ADDITIONS TO THE WEB PAGES OF HEL.A.S.
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Two new links were added to the "Astronomy Jobs" web page of
Hel.A.S. One points to the Nature Job Archive, which offers an
interactive search academic positions in various disciplines
worldwide. The second points to ERGASIA, a weekly publication in
greek which includes annoucements of academic positions in Greece.
You may reach the jobs web page at:
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/jobs.html
or by selecting the relevant link at near the top of the "Astronomy
Resouces" web page.
4. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
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The following meetings will take place in Greece in the coming
months. Please check the corresponding web pages or contact the
organizers by e-mail for more information.
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"Similarities and Universality in Relativistic Flows", SURF 2000
Mykonos, October 1-5, 2000
http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/theory/surf
or contact
Dr. Markos Georganopoulos (markos@levi.mpi-hd.mpg.de)
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5. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was compiled and forwarded to all Hel.A.S. members,
who can be reached electronically, by Harry Varvoglis and Vassilis
Charmandaris.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be circulated around November
1st 2000. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
new openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or
comments before October 25, 2000. All correspondence concerning this
Newsletter should be addressed to:
elaset@astro.auth.gr
If you do not wish to receive future issues of this Newsletter or the
e-mail address to which it was sent is not your preferred one, please
let us know.
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