The annual NOAO Town Hall will be held on Tuesday, 6 January 2009, from 12:45 to 1:45, at the Long Beach AAS meeting. We

Figure 1. The first step in the formulation of Gemini's new Energy Policy is through the new "Green Blog" on Gemini's internal web site

Image Caption: Mariska Kriek works outside on Mauna Kea while in Hawaii for an observing run at Gemini. Astronomer Dr. Mariska Kriek has been

In a previous issue of Currents, readers were encouraged to respond to the online survey of the ALTAIR committee. The ALTAIR committee

We continue to work on improving Gemini's web pages. We have revised the pages in the Observing with Gemini section, and added pages in

R. Chris Smith has been selected as the next director of Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO). He will take up the directorship in November

In a previous issue of Currents, we summarized the recommendations of the ReSTAR (Renewing Small Telescopes for Astronomical Research) committee. The committee studied

Verne V. Smith, Todd Boroson, David Silva The two Gemini telescopes provide several unique and powerful capabilities to US observers, such as full-sky coverage