Hel.A.S. Newsletter 32 - October 2000

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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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