2012 Spring Department News

Congratulations to FY 2011 Arizona Space Grant Consortium Intern Michael Schaffner, who was chosen to display his Space Grant research at the April 24, 2012, Posters on the Hill event at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. The title of Michael's poster is "Water on the Moon: Remote

The Gehrels family has honored Professor Tom Gehrels with a campus garden bench in his name. The bench is located between the Kuiper Space Sciences building and the Flandrau Planetarium, and bears a plaque that commemorates his work on campus: "Honoring Tom Gehrels, UA Professor 1961-2011."

Information about the "Benches

Our colleague and friend Selina Johnson passed away in December. Selina was a member of LPL's administrative staff for many years. She started at LPL as an undergraduate student in 1981, and left as a Senior Program Coordinator in 2008. Selina was lively and vivacious and we remember her big