Astronomy Colloquium / Spring 2012

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

Date		Name		Institution		Title		Abstract		Host
January 25		Beth Willman		Haverford		What is a Galaxy?		Abstract		Marcel
February 1		Phil Chang		CITA/Wisconsin-Milwaukee		The Physics and Cosmology of TeV Blazars		Abstract		Kristen
February 8		Janice lee		OCIW		Star Formation in Dwarf Galaxies		Abstract		Kathryn
February 17 3PM FRIDAY Pupin 428		Victoria Kaspi		McGill University		Unifying the Many Faces of Neutron Stars: The High Magnetic Field Connection (Big Apple Colloquium)		Abstract
February 22								Abstract
February 29		Martin Bureau		Oxford		TBA		Abstract		Jacqueline
March 7		Eliot Quataert		UC Berkeley		TBA		Abstract		Zoltan
March 14						SPRING BREAK
March 21		Virginia McSwain		Lehigh				Abstract		Marcel
March 28		Nicholas Law		Toronto				Abstract		Marcel
April 4		Jin Koda		Stony Brook				Abstract		Jacqueline
April 11		Stuart Shapiro		Univ. Illinois		TBA		Abstract		Zoltan
April 18		Monica Valluri		Michigan		Exploring the phase space structure and formation of the Milky Way halo with stellar orbits		Abstract		Kathryn
April 25		Andrea Ghez		UCLA		Bishop Lecture		Abstract
May 2		Graduating Students		Columbia University				Abstract