The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) is a NASA Small Explorer that observes galaxies in ultraviolet light. It was launched in April 2003 and continues to operate, providing the astronomical community with the first large ultraviolet sky surveys. Several imaging surveys of varying depths, as well as spectroscopic surveys, are conducted in two UV bands at 1350-1780 Å and 1770-2730 Å. By providing a wealth of data in a part of the spectrum that lacks large surveys, GALEX will yield data integral to the understanding of the formation and evolution of galaxies.

The GALEX Arecibo SDSS Survey (GASS) is an ongoing targeted survey at Arecibo, the world's largest single-dish radio telescope. It combines data from GALEX, SDSS, and measurements of neutral hydrogen gas content taken at Arecibo to determine star formation rates, gas fractions, and other physical parameters of some of the most massive galaxies. GASS targets galaxies that are in transition from the blue cloud of star-forming spirals to the red sequence of quiescent, old ellipticals in order to understand how and why galaxies shift from the blue cloud to the red sequence. GASS will produce the first statistically significant, homogeneous sample of this sparsely-studied population of massive transition galaxies, and thus will be instrumental in further shaping our understanding of star formation in galaxies and galactic evolution.

The Faint Intergalactic Redshifted Emission Balloon (FIREBall) is a balloon experiment devised to probe redshifted metal emission from the intergalactic medium. Designed and built in collaboration with Caltech and LAM (Laboratoire Astrophysique de Marseilles), FIREBall had its first flight in July 2007. Preparations for the second flight in May/June 2009 are currently underway.

The Spitzer-SDSS-GALEX Spectroscopic Survey (SSGSS) combines ultraviolet through infrared imaging and spectroscopy for 100 representative galaxies in the nearby universe. This collection of multiwavelength data will yield spectral energy distributions for each galaxy along with a host of derived physical parameters describing star formation, dust absorption and emission, and AGN activity. In addition to representing the galaxies in the SDSS main spectroscopic sample, our sample covers a range of stellar masses, colors, and dust attenuations, and includes galaxies in the blue cloud, red sequence, and green valley. Such a range of galaxies will better allow us to explore the global properties of SDSS galaxies.