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.

John Mather
Hunting for Heavy Elements with Astrophysical Explosions
Jennifer Barnes (UC Santa Barbara Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 12/08 4:00 pm - Wed, 12/08 5:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 1
David Hughes
Frontiers of Science, 2022 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 1/15 11:00 am - Sat, 1/15 12:30 pm
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John Mather
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
John Mather
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
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2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 2
Jia Li
Frontiers of Science, 2022 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 1/22 11:00 am - Sat, 1/22 12:30 pm
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John Mather
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
John Mather
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
John Mather
Algorithms, Statistics, and Software for Exoplanet Detection and Characterization
Rodrigo Luger (Flatiron Institute)
Astronomy Special Seminar
Fri, 1/28 1:15 pm - Fri, 1/28 2:15 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 3
Ashley Villar
Frontiers of Science, 2022 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 1/29 11:00 am - Sat, 1/29 12:30 pm
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John Mather
Holes and Questions in Exoplanet Astrophysics
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
John Mather
Binary Evolution: a Multi-messenger, Multi-band Puzzle
Katelyn Breivik (Flatiron Institute)
Astronomy Special Seminar
Tue, 2/01 12:00 pm - Tue, 2/01 1:00 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
John Mather
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
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2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 4
Simplify Team, Students in the Penn State College of Medicine
Frontiers of Science, 2022 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 2/05 11:00 am - Sat, 2/05 12:30 pm
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John Mather
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
John Mather
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
John Mather
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
John Mather
Planets in a Bottle – From Titan to Exoplanets
Xinting Yu (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Astronomy Special Seminar
Fri, 2/11 1:15 pm - Fri, 2/11 2:15 pm
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 5
Jinchao Xu
Frontiers of Science, 2022 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 2/12 11:00 am - Sat, 2/12 12:30 pm
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