Summary of Outreach Activities Completed in 2019

Feb 1, 7:00 - 9:00pm Chiara Mingarelli - Black Holes Don't Suck
Lecture Captain: Jorge Cortes
Lecture Volunteer: Michael Chen
Roof Captain: Jana Grcevich
Roof Volunteers (3): Harrison Cook, Jose Zorrilla
67 (counted in lecture)

Feb 15, 7:00 - 9:00pm John M. Brewer - The 100 Earths Project
Lecture Captain: Jana Grcevich
Lecture Volunteer: Michael Chen
Roof Captain:
Roof Volunteers (3):
3D Wall:
74 (counted in lecture)

Mar 1, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Rose Gibson - Light: Our Window to the Universe
Lecture Captain: Aaron Tran/Daniel DeFelippis
Lecture Volunteer: Michael Chen
Roof Captain:
Roof Volunteers:
3D Wall:
Attendance: >= 84 (4th floor entrance)

March 8th, 4:00pm - 6:00pm Harlem Children's Zone (Middle School class visit)
Volunteers: Aliya Babul

March 12, 6:00 - 8:00pm School Visit - Bank Street Elementary
Coordinator: Marcel Agüeros
Volunteers: Mihir, Nicole, Yasmin, Jana Grcevich
20 elementary school kids

March 15, 7:00 - 9:00pm Aliya Babul - Fast Radio Bursts: Alien Life Forms or Distant Neutron Stars
Lecture Captain: Jana Grcevich
50 people

March 18, 6:00 - 8:00pm Sophie Gerson
Volunteers (4): Jana Grcevich, Aliya Babul, Dan DeFillipis
25 Middle School Students

March 20, 6:00 - 8:00pm Sophie Gerson
Volunteers (4): Jana Grcevich, Dan DeFillipis
37 Middle School Students

March 12, 6:00 - 8:00pm School Visit - Bank Street Elementary
Coordinator: Marcel Agüeros
Volunteers: Mihir, Nicole, Yasmin, Jana Grcevich
20 students

March 29, 8:00 - 10:00pm Lisa Messeri - An Anthropologist at the Observatory: The Human Meaning of the Search for Another Earth
Lecture Captain:
Lecture Volunteer: Jana Grcevich
Roof Captain:
Roof Volunteers (3):
3D Wall:
73 people

April 5, 7:00 - 9:00pm Rooftop Variables
Volunteers (4): Marcel Agüeros, Jorge Cortes, Mihir Kulkarni

Apr 12, 2:00 - 3:00 Vanier College Montreal (~15 High school students)
Volunteers: Jana Grcevich
20 students

Apr 12, 8:00 - 10:00pm Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi - Enanas Marrones a 2x1/Two for One Brown Dwarf Deal (En Español/In Spanish)
Lecture Captain: Jorge Cortes
Lecture Volunteer: Jose Zorilla
Roof Captain:
Roof Volunteers (3):
3D Wall:
10 people

Apr 26, 8:00 - 10:00pm Lam Hui - Music of the Spheres
Lecture Captain: Jana Grcevich
Lecture Volunteer: Michael Chen, Navin Sridhar
Roof Captain:
Roof Volunteers (3): Luca Comisso
Post-Lecture Slideshow Presenters: Andy Tzanidakis, Betty Xiaoruo Hu, Marlee Smith

May 10, 8:00 - 10:00pm Seth Fletcher - Black Holes and Einstein's Shadow: The Event Horizon Telescope (Book Talk)
Lecture Captain: Jana Grcevich
Lecture Volunteer:
Roof Captain:
Roof Volunteers (3):
3D Wall:

May 24, 8:00 - 10:00pm Betsy Hernandez - topic: LIGO
Lecture Captain:
Lecture Volunteer:
Roof Captain:
Roof Volunteers (3): Daniel DeFelippis, Julia Gross
Post-Lecture Slideshow Presenters: Harrison Cook, Miguel Angel Santos Martinez

May 31, 8:00 - 10:00pm - David Helfand - The Grand Tour (in collaboration with Reunion Weekend)
Lecture Captain: Jana Grcevich
Lecture Volunteer:
Roof Captain:
Roof Volunteers (3): Aaron, Harrison, Jose, and Matthew
3D Wall:

June 9th, 1:00pm - 4:00pm CAA STEM fest @ Lerner Hall (kids)
Volunteers (4): Nicholas Koffler, Zhe Shi, Amanda Beck, Humaira Awal

June 11th, 9:30pm - 10:30pm Sidewalk Astronomy
Volunteers: Matthew Abruzzo, Daniel, Aaron, Adam 50 students

June 12th, 10am - 3pm Middle School Visit (Helen Dole)
Volunteers: Jana Grcevich, Tiffany Jansen 60 students

July 9th, 9:30pm - 10:30pm Sidewalk Astronomy
Volunteers (>3): Matthew Abruzzo, Aaron Tran, Dan DeFillipis 26 people

July 20th, 4pm - 8:30pm Apollo 11 Anniversary Event
Volunteers (>3):Jana Grcevich, Aaron Tran

July 27th 3pm RV Retreat @ Nevis Labs
CU Attendees: Jana Grcevich, Jose, Mihir, Jorge, Marcel Teacher Attendees: Justine, Scott, Palm, Jay, ?

August 7th, 9:30pm - 10:30pm Sidewalk Astronomy
Volunteers (>3):

October 4th, 8pm Jorge Cortes - Undead Worlds: Planets around White Dwarfs
Lecture Captain: Jana Grcevich
Lecture Volunteer: Lucy Lu, Chris Carr, Alexandra Baldelli, Michael Chen
Roof Captain:
Roof Volunteers (3): Yasmeen Asali, Tom Rice, Aaron Tran, Matthew Abruzzo, Navin Sridhar, Jorge Cortes 97 attendees

October 18th, 8pm Josh Tan - Life in the Universe
Lecture Captain: Chris Carr
Lecture Volunteer: Michael Chen, Shifra Mandel
Roof Captain:
Roof Volunteers (>3): Lucy, Remi Free, Tom Rice Yasmin Asali

October 25th, 5pm Rooftop Variables Kickoff Event
Teacher Attendees: Carl Finney, Jay Dubner, Justine, Dave
Volunteers (5):

November 1st, 8pm Mark Popinchalk - A Scientist Never Asks a Star its Age
Lecture Captain:
Lecture Volunteer: Michael Chen
Roof Captain: Mihir Kulkarni
Roof Volunteers (3): Lucy, Remi Free

November 5th, 7:30pm Sidewalk Astronomy
Volunteers (3): Tom Rice
(cloudy)

November 8th, 5:30pm Rooftop Variables Training Session
Volunteers (6): Jana Grcevich
(cancelled)

November 11th, 8:00am - 11:00am Transit of Mercury
Volunteers: Jana Grcevich, Joe Patterson, James Applegate, Yasmeen Asali, Betsy Hernandez, Danielle Rowland, Karen Perez, Alex Teachey, Anna Coerver, Adam Wheeler, Rayna Rampalli
Well over 100 people

November 15th, 7pm Jose Manuel Zorrilla Matilla - Spacetime Telescope
Lecture Captain: Lucy Lu
Lecture Volunteer: Michael Chen
Roof Captain: Karen Perez
Roof Volunteers (3): Yasmeen Asali, Remi Free, Tom Rice

November 23rd, TIME TBD Intrepid Museum Apollo 12 Teen Workshop (20-25 min)
Volunteers (2): Alex Teachey

December 6th, 7pm Moiya McTier, Nicole Melso, Alex Teachey - Shorts:Galactic Habitability, FIREBALL Balloon, and Exomoons - Spacetime Telescope
Lecture Captain: Jorge
Lecture Volunteer: Michael Chen
Roof Captain: Adam Wheeler
Roof Volunteers (3): Remi Free, Luke D'Cruz, Engineering students to be named

Friday, December 13th, 5:30-7:30PM RV Training Day
Volunteers (3): Jana Grcevich
Teachers: Dave Deutsch, Justine

Friday, December 20th, 7pm Lucy Lu
Lecture Captain: Jana Grcevich
Lecture Volunteer:
Roof Captain:
Roof Volunteers (3):