Astronomy Colloquium / Fall 2011

Talks are held in Pupin 1402, beginning at 4:00pm, and are followed by a wine and cheese reception in the 14th floor library.

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Date		Name		Institution		Title		Abstract		Host
September 21		Volker Bromm		University of Texas Austin		The First Stars and Galaxies		Abstract		Zoltan
September 28		Martin Still		NASA Ames		ASTROPHYSICS WITH KEPLER		Abstract		Jeno
October 5		Lam Hui		Columbia University		Equivalence principle and cosmic acceleration		Abstract		Zoltan
October 12		Feryal Ozel		University of Arizona		Neutron Star Radii and Masses		Abstract		Kristen
October 19		Marten van Kerkwijk		University of Toronto		White dwarf binaries, mergers, and explosions		Abstract		Marcel
October 26		Ruth Murray-Clay		CfA		Planet Formation at Wide Separations		Abstract		Kristen
November 2		Mike Eracleous		Penn State		The Quest for the Dynamical Signature of Close Supermassive Binary Black Holes		Abstract		Jeno
November 9		Mark Neyrinck		Johns Hopkins University		Understanding and Rejuvenating the Universe's Age Wrinkles for Cosmology		Abstract		Zoltan
November 16		Neal Katz		University of Massachusetts		The Birth of the Cool		Abstract		Kathryn
November 23						Thanksgiving: No Colloquium
November 30		Priya Natarajan		Yale		The formation of supermassive black holes		Abstract		Zoltan
December 9 FRIDAY		Amy Barger		Univ. of Wisconsin		Big Apple Colloquium at NYU		Abstract		Maryam Modjaz