SPIDER Update: We have Lift off

On January 1st 2015, Princeton University research team successfully launched SPIDER, the telescope, over Antarctica.  The telescope will spend around 20 days above the continent studying the early universe.  

""At this early stage things are looking as good as we could hope," said William Jones, an assistant professor of physics at Princeton University, in an email from Antarctica. Jones is the leader of the multi-institution effort to launch the balloon-borne telescope."

Follow the SPIDER’s journey

Rob Ughetta graduated from Princeton University in 1989.

Malala Yousafzai shares World Children's Prize with Children in Gaza

On October, 29th 2014 Malala Yousafzai the young Pakistani girl was awarded the World Children’s Prize in Marienfred, Sweden.  She was recognized for her fight for children’s right to education as well as the rights of women in Pakistan.  Malala received about $50,000 for her fight and she has has announced all the money will be channelled through the United Nations to help rebuild about 65 schools in Gaza that were affected by the 50-day war the area saw.  

Malala is quoted as saying “without education, there will never be peace.”  Malala speaks out about the right to education for children all over the world.  Along with donating the money from the World Children’s Prize she has created The Malala Fund to also help make her dream possible.

Learn about The Malala Fund

Malala is a client of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Rob Ughetta’s firm

Charlotte Latin School

The Charlotte Latin School is a kindergarten through twelfth grade academic campus established in 1970 that serves around 1,400 students every year.  This school is independent, coeducational, non-sectarian, college preparatory, and fully accredited by the joint effort of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Southern Association of Independent Schools, and by the North Carolina Department of Public Instructions.  Charlotte Latin is also a member of the National, Southern, and North Carolina Associations of Independent Schools.  

Rob Ughetta’s children attend Charlotte Latin School, and he and his wife have also donated to the schools funding.