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
Super-Earths to Super-Puffs: Studying the Atmospheres of Two Different Populations of Low-Mass Planets
Jessica Libby-Roberts (PSU)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 10/18 12:10 pm - Mon, 10/18 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Lunch Talk: Gayathri Raman & Yuexing Li
Gayathri Raman (Penn State) and Yuexing Li (Penn State)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 10/19 12:00 pm - Tue, 10/19 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
The latest low energy results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station - ***Note Time Change
Veronica Bindi (University of Hawaii)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 10/20 11:00 am - Wed, 10/20 12:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
TBD
Jeff Jennings (University of Cambridge)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 10/25 12:10 pm - Mon, 10/25 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Lunch Talk: Timothy Gleason
Timothy Gleason (Penn State)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 10/26 12:00 pm - Tue, 10/26 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
TBD
Enrique Vazquez Semadeni (Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics, National Autonomous University of Mexico)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 10/27 4:00 pm - Wed, 10/27 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Lunch Talk: Ji Won Park
Ji Won Park (Stanford)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 11/02 12:00 pm - Tue, 11/02 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
TBD
Kartik Sheth (White House Office of Science and Technology Policy)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 11/03 4:00 pm - Wed, 11/03 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Insights on Planet Formation from the (sub-)mm View of Protoplanetary Disks
Feng Long (Center for Astrophysics - Harvard)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 11/08 12:10 pm - Mon, 11/08 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Lunch Talk: Maya Debski
Maya Debski
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 11/09 12:00 pm - Tue, 11/09 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
TBD
Vishal Gajjar (University of California, Berkeley)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 11/10 4:00 pm - Wed, 11/10 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Detecting Biosignatures in the Atmospheres of Gas Dwarf Planets with the James Webb Space Telescope
Caprice Phillips (Ohio State University)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 11/15 12:10 pm - Mon, 11/15 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Lunch Talk: Intae Jung
Intae Jung (Goddard)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 11/16 12:00 pm - Tue, 11/16 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
TBD
Gibwa Musoke (University of Amsterdam)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 11/17 4:00 pm - Wed, 11/17 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Introducing the Pale-Blue Dot (PBDot) Space Telescope
Darren Williams (Penn State, Behrend)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 11/29 12:10 pm - Mon, 11/29 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Lunch Talk: Mariah MacDonald
Mariah MacDonald
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 11/30 12:00 pm - Tue, 11/30 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
TBD
Pieter van Dokkum (Yale University)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 12/01 4:00 pm - Wed, 12/01 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Lion Shrine
Lunch Talk: Gautam Nagaraj
Gautam Nagaraj (Penn State)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 12/07 12:00 pm - Tue, 12/07 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics