* Astronomy

Berkeley Lab-founded Program Brings Astronomy to Africa

Susan Murabana majored in economics, but science is her true calling, or more specifically, science education and outreach. She loves nothing more than inspiring young people to engage in science and discover new concepts. So when she came across the educational program Global Hands-On Universe (GHOU) several years ago, she immediately knew she wanted to get involved.
GHOU was started in the early 1990s by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory astronomer Carl Pennypacker, who has now brought it to thousands of teachers in more than a dozen countries around the world. Susan Murabana leads the effort in Africa - already she has reached hundreds of schools in her native Kenya and is making progress in other African nations as well.
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