Hamden Resident Awarded Grant From NASA Connecticut

HAMDEN, CT — Anthony Santini, a Wesleyan University student from Hamden, recently received an award from the NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (CTSGC). Thirty-nine students from 13 CTSGC academic affiliate institutions were honored in total.

NASA CTSGC is a federally mandated grant, internship, and scholarship program that is funded as a part of NASA Education. There are Space Grant Consortia in all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

Astronomy graduate student Anthony Santini '18 received a $1,000 Student Travel Grant, which covered travel expenses to attend the American Astronomical Society Meeting in Seattle, Wash., in January. There, he presented his BA/MA thesis research titled "Determining Fundamental Properties of Galaxies with X-ray Binary Correlations."

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