Particle News: UNAM Confirms Death of Julieta Fierro, Astronomer and Science Communicator, at 77

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UNAM announced on September 19 that Julieta Fierro, a physicist, astronomer and prominent public voice for science, has died at age 77.
Her family said she died without pain while writing her final book.
A career scholar at UNAM’s Instituto de Astronomía and professor in the Facultad de Ciencias, she focused her research on interstellar matter and the Solar System.
She reached broad audiences through more than 40 books, radio and TV programs, and interactive exhibitions, and she led Universum and UNAM’s science outreach.
Her recognitions included UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize, the Mario Molina medal, multiple honorary doctorates, Silla XXV in the a MexicanMexicana de la Lengua and SNI level III, with tributes from UNAM, President Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexico City’s Congress.