{"id":15,"date":"2018-04-17T00:11:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T00:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-optics-wp.pantheonsite.io\/oscoutreach\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-04-23T12:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T19:07:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wyant College of Optical Sciences (OSC) works to promote public enthusiasm of scientific research in optics by participating in outreach events throughout the community. This website is a centralized effort of groups within OSC including the Academic Programs outreach department and the student groups <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opticsforall\/\">Optics for All<\/a> (OFA) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/sock\/\">Student Optics Chapter<\/a> (SOC). Here you will find training for leading OSC outreach activities, resources for instructors, and hands-on activities for students.<\/p>\r\n<p>This website was created through an initiative of the Arizona Space Grant Consortium graduate fellowship program.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1983\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/04\/OSC-logo-blue-300x68.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/04\/OSC-logo-blue-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/04\/OSC-logo-blue-1024x232.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/04\/OSC-logo-blue-768x174.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/04\/OSC-logo-blue.png 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/> \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1982\" style=\"font-size: 0.95em;\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/04\/sock-logo-update2-color-300x129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/04\/sock-logo-update2-color-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/04\/sock-logo-update2-color.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1981\" style=\"font-size: 0.95em;\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/04\/Screen-Shot-2025-04-23-at-11.58.54-AM-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/04\/Screen-Shot-2025-04-23-at-11.58.54-AM-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/04\/Screen-Shot-2025-04-23-at-11.58.54-AM.png 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacegrant.arizona.edu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-115 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2018\/04\/Space-Grant-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1988,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/oscoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}