Public Outreach Lecture Series / Summer 2008

This is a lecture series put on for the benefit of the public. Each lecture lasts approximately 30 minutes and is accompanied by 1.5 hours of star-gazing on the roof if the weather cooperates. Talks are targeted at the astronomical-education level of a layperson (oftentimes children are in attendance). Talks typically meet in Pupin 301; directions will be provided around the observatory to the lecture on each given night. For more information, go to the Wiki Outreach webpage or the ​Public Outreach webpage.

If you're interested in giving an outreach lecture in a coming semester, please contact Cameron or Neil.

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Date		Speaker		Title		Start Time		Abstract
May 30		Duane Lee		Nuclear Star Clusters: The Nurseries of Supermassive Black Holes?		8:30PM		Abstract
June 13		Greg Bryan		Cosmic Catastrophes: 10 Astrophysical Events with Negative Consequences for Life on Earth		8:30PM		Abstract
June 27		Holly Larson		Jantar Mantar: How Indian Princes Looked at the Stars		8:30PM		Abstract
July 11		Robert Morehead		Eight is Enough: The Great Pluto Debate		8:30PM		Abstract
July 25		Josh Schroeder		Dark Energy: Mysteries at the Edge of the Universe		8:30PM		Abstract
August 8		Marcel Agueros		Scavenging for Dead Stars: Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs		8:00PM		Abstract
August 22		Kathryn Stanonik		Large Scale Structure in the Universe: Walls, Voids, Filaments and the End of Greatness		8:00PM		Abstract
September 5		Erika Hamden		Strange Shapes: A Look at Fractals, Polygons and Spirals in the Universe		8:00PM		Abstract