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2013 Akamai Observatory Career Exploration Looking for West Hawaii High School Students
May 20th, 2013 Education & Outreach

TMT, in partnership Akamai Workforce Initiative (AWI) and Hawaii Community College, encourages high school students to sign up for this summer's Akamai Observatory Career Exploration session, offered June 10th through June 21st at Kealakehe High School.

TMT Takes Step Towards Construction after Approval by the Board of Land and Natural Resources
April 13th, 2013 Engineering & Technology

Friday marked another important step forward for the future of astronomical discovery and economic opportunity on Hawaii Island. The Hawaiian Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) announced that it has granted a permit to the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project to build and operate the next-generation observatory near the summit of Mauna Kea.

Engaging the U.S. Astronomy Community - NSF Awards Partnership-Planning Grant to TMT
March 18th, 2013

Today the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a cooperative agreement to the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Observatory Corporation to explore a potential partnership between the organizations.

TMT Active In Hawaii Island Robotics Action
October 24th, 2012 Education & Outreach

http://www.tmt.org/news-center/tmt-active-hawaii-island-robotics-action

Astronomy in the Classroom
October 18th, 2012 Education & Outreach

http://www.tmt.org/news-center/astronomy-classroom

TMT's Jerry Nelson Honored with Franklin Institute Award
December 19th, 2011 TMT Partners News

If the success of the people behind the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project is any measure, this planned next-generation astronomical observatory looks set to accomplish a great deal. The latest accolade is the awarding of a 2012 Franklin Institute Award in electrical engineering to the TMT project scientist, Jerry Nelson. The winners were announced today by the Philadelphia-based Franklin Institute, which is one of the country's oldest and...

Caltech Named World's Top University in New Times Higher Education Global Ranking
November 7th, 2011 TMT Partners News

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has been rated the world's number one university in the 2011–2012 Times Higher Education global ranking of the top 200 universities, displacing Harvard University from the top spot for the first time in the survey's eight-year history. Caltech is a founding partner in the TMT project.

Inspiration Is The Ultimate Goal
October 20th, 2011 Community Engagement

A chance encounter and pitch from Holualoa PTO Treasurer Kari Kimura turned into a new laptop computer from the Thirty Meter Telescope for Holualoa Elementary School's First Robotics Program.

TMT Teams Up with Expanded USA Science & Engineering Festival for 2012 Event in Washington, D.C. to Inspire Next Generation of Innovators
October 4th, 2011 Education & Outreach

The world's largest celebration of science and engineering, the USA Science & Engineering Festival, has announced its return to Washington, D.C., April 28-29, 2012, and TMT will once again be a sponsor and exhibitor. Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, hosts of the Discovery Channel's hit TV series MythBusters, and Bill Nye the Science Guy are among the science superstars signed up to join the Festival Expo at the Walter E. Washington Convention...

TMT Teams Up with Expanded USA Science & Engineering Festival for 2012 Event in Washington, D.C. to Inspire Next Generation of Innovators
October 4th, 2011 Education & Outreach

The world's largest celebration of science and engineering, the USA Science & Engineering Festival, has announced its return to Washington, D.C., April 28-29, 2012, and TMT will once again be a sponsor and exhibitor. Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, hosts of the Discovery Channel's hit TV series MythBusters, and Bill Nye the Science Guy are among the science superstars signed up to join the Festival Expo at the Walter E. Washington Convention...

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