<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""><br class=""></span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Dear Colleagues,</span><br class=""><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Please save the date—</span></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lecture/Discussion: Thurs., 3rd March, 12 noon ET</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Title: </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><i class="">Fresh Beginnings at the Arecibo Observatory</i></span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Speaker: Dr. Anish Roshi, AO Radio Astronomy Head<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Abstract: </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Arecibo Observatory restarted radio astronomy observations in </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>January 2022 using the 12m telescope. Also a number of new exciting </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>projects have </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">been initiated in the past several months.</span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">These include </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>the development of a wideband </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">(2.3 to 14 GHz) front end for the 12m </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>telescope, real time Fast Radio Burst detection </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">with the 12m </span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">telescope, </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>and col</span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">laborative projects with the newly formed Center for Advanced </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Radio Science and Engineering (CARSE), University of Puerto Rico, </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mayaguez. I will briefly discuss these projects in this talk.</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Host: Dr. Nicole Lloyd-Ronning</span></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><i class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Please see the zoom link copied below.</i></b></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>This event is the part of a series of ASAP “lunchtime” talks/discussions </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">exploring </span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">issues </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">and </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">proposals pertinent to Arecibo’s future. Some of the early talks </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">will present </span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">material developed by working groups in </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">the recent NSF Workshop on </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Arecibo’s Future</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">—but now in more detail </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">and with greater opportunities for questions </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">and discussion. </span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Please see the </span><a href="http://areciboscience.org/" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">areciboscience.org</a><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"> website for recordings of previous </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">talks/discussions.</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>This is your opportunity to learn about and discuss proposals for </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">exciting new </span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">instruments for Arecibo. Please reserve the date. </span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Best regards and wishes,</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">ASAP Secretary</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; 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