Dr. William Lee Alardín inaugurated Dr. Luis Alberto Zapata González as Director of the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) of the UNAM, Morelia Campus, for a second period corresponding to 2023-2027, following his appointment by UNAM’s Junta de Gobierno.

The Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) at UNAM, Campus Morelia, celebrates 20 years since its creation and invites the public to its Astronomy Fridays during the second semester of 2023. In this cycle, academics from IRyA share general public talks on various astronomical topics (in Spanish), and the public can also observe the sky with telescopes with the support of IRyA graduate students.

Dr. Luis Alberto Zapata González, Director of the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) at UNAM, Campus Morelia, delivered his 4th Activities Report, with the Rector of UNAM, Dr. Enrique Graue Wiechers and various academic authorities of UNAM in attendance.

With 37 students from Mexico and Latin America in attendance, the 13th edition of the Astrophysics Summer School (13 EVA) began this Monday, June 19, organized by the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA) at UNAM, Campus Morelia.

The ngVLA, led by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), will be the largest radio interferometer ever built in the northern hemisphere.