Department of Astronomy
Events and Lectures
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Join us for lecture series and seminars spearheaded by leading scientific minds, and attend events to strengthen your connection to the college.

Lion Shrine
Lunch Talk: Niel Brandt (Penn State)
Niel Brandt (Penn State)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 1/18 12:00 pm - Tue, 1/18 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
A Good Hard Look at Cosmic Supermassive Black-Hole Growth
Niel Brandt (Penn State)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 1/19 3:45 pm - Wed, 1/19 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Lunch Talk: Brenna Mockler (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Brenna Mockler (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 1/25 12:00 pm - Tue, 1/25 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
New Frontiers in Precision Eclipsing Binary Science with Space Telescopes
Dan Stevens (Penn State)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 1/26 3:45 pm - Wed, 1/26 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
TBA
David Martin (The Ohio State University)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 1/31 11:15 am - Mon, 1/31 12:30 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Lunch Talk: Ji Won Park (Stanford)
Ji Won Park (Stanford)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 2/01 12:00 pm - Tue, 2/01 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Placing High-Redshift Quasars in Perspective: a Gemini Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Survey
Ohad Shemmer (University of North Texas)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 2/02 3:45 pm - Wed, 2/02 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Witnessing the Assembly of Planetary Systems
Richard Teague (Center for Astrophysics-Harvard & Smithsonian)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 2/07 11:15 am - Mon, 2/07 12:30 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Career Lunch Talk: Joanna Bridge (Humana)
Joanna Bridge (Humana)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 2/08 12:00 pm - Tue, 2/08 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
What's the universe made of? A strong gravitational lensing perspective
Tommaso Treu (University of California, Los Angeles)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 2/09 3:45 pm - Wed, 2/09 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Observing the Evaporating Atmospheres of Exoplanets in Metastable Helium
Shreyas Vissapragada (California Institute of Technology)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 2/14 11:15 am - Mon, 2/14 12:15 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Lunch Talk: Brianna Zawadzki (Penn State)
Brianna Zawadzki (Penn State)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 2/15 12:00 pm - Tue, 2/15 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
TBD
Shelley Wright (University of California, San Diego)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 2/16 3:45 pm - Wed, 2/16 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
A Survey of Planet Engulfment Amongst Planet Host Systems
Aida Behmard (California Institute of Technology)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 2/21 11:15 am - Mon, 2/21 12:30 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Great Balls of FIRE: the Formation, Evolution, Destruction, and Gravitational Wave Production of Star Clusters in a Milky Way-Mass Galaxy
Carl Rodriguez (Carnegie Mellon University)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 2/23 3:45 pm - Wed, 2/23 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
The CAMELS project
Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro (Flatiron Institute)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 3/02 3:45 pm - Wed, 3/02 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Career Lunch Talk: Blair Porterfield (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Blair Porterfield (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 3/15 12:00 pm - Tue, 3/15 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Looking at the Sky with Artificially Intelligent Eyes
Gautham Narayan (University of Illinois)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 3/16 3:45 pm - Wed, 3/16 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics