The University of California Observatories is expanding its youth education programs at Lick Observatory thanks to a $5.4 million grant that will fund research opportunities and renovations at the 134-year-old observatory atop Mount Hamilton east of San Jose.
The grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation will fund the observatory’s Scientific Teaching through Astronomy Research programs, which it calls STARs, with the goal of increasing the number and diversity of students inspired to seek careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, according to a news release from UC Santa Cruz.
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