![]() ![]() you see a normal science show, but in different colors-all (the scientists are) Hispanic and African-Americans, male and female. We wanted to show faces different than the normal talking heads you see in astronomy, so we started showing them talking about their science and the kind of science that they do. Last year was the International Year of Astronomy, and we wanted to do something that could be shown during the year. Romeel knew I had ideas on outreach and on minority astronomers-our narrative is nonexistent. Whenever you get (a grant), they really want you to do something with education and public outreach. ![]() Romeel had a NASA grant, and another colleague, Xiaohui Fan (had) another grant both were tied to (the) Hubble (telescope). 8, in Room N210 of the Steward Observatory on the UA campus, 933 N. ![]() The film, which was first screened in California, will debut in Tucson at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. Hubble's Diverse Universe is about nine African-American and Hispanic astrophysicists and their work. Holbrook left an astronomy career in the mid-'90s, and the African-American scientist recently got a chance to bring her interests together in a documentary she made with UA associate astronomy professor Romeel Davé. ![]()
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