April 8, 2024 - Total Solar Eclipse Resources
Colloquia
- All Cornell community members should take personal responsibility and demonstrate COVID-19 etiquette.
- Hybrid participation: Zoom and in person (Rm 105 Space Sciences Building)
Date | Topic | Speaker | |||
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01/25/2024 | "Into the Dark: The Role of Dust in Shaping Galaxy Evolution" | Jed McKinney (UT Austin) | |||
02/01/2024 | "Cosmic Infrared Background: the good and the bad and the good" | Abhi Maniyar (Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology | |||
02/08/2024 | "The Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Structures" | Sedona Price (UPitt) | |||
02/15/2024 | "Uncovering the History of the Universe with 21 cm Cosmology" | Ruby Byrne (Caltech) | |||
02/22/2024 | "Carbon Dating the Ancient Cosmic Web with Line-intensity Mapping" | Dongwoo Chung (CITA) | |||
02/29/2024 | "Quest for the First Galaxies in the Universe" | Seiji Fujimoto (UTexas, Austin) | |||
03/07/2024 | Retention of Habitable Atmospheres in Planetary Systems | David Brain (Univ. of Colorado Boulder) | |||
03/14/2024 |
Multi-Messenger Astronomy and Understanding the Supernova Engine |
Christopher Fryer (Center for Nonlinear Studies) | |||
03/21/2024 | No Scheduled Colloquium | ||||
03/28/2024 | "The First Growing Black Holes as Revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope" | Professor Jenny Greene - Salpeter Lecture | |||
04/11/2024 | TBA | Xavier Siemens (Oregon State University) | |||
04/18/2024 | "Tracing Star Formation Across Scales: A Case Study in the Solar Neighborhood " | Catherine Zucker (Harvard University) | |||
04/25/2024 |
"Multiwavelength Variability in Young Stars and their Protoplanetary Disks" |
Catherine Espaillat (Boston University) | |||
05/02/2024 | TBA, DEI Colloquium | Dr. Padi Boyd, Director, NASA SMD Bridge Program | |||
Planetary Lunch
The Planetary Lunch Seminar Series (PLunch) is an informal seminar series with talks that are relevant to everybody with an interest in planetary science. Speakers include both members of the Cornell community and visitors. Talks are aimed to appeal to and presented by faculty members, research associates, and both graduate and undergraduate students from various academic departments. The seminars will be on the following Wednesdays listed below at 12:15 pm in the Terzian Conference Room (Rm 622 Space Sciences Bldg). To view via Zoom, please email Peiyu Wu (pw443@cornell.edu) for the link.
NOTE:
- In person attendance is restricted to Cornell students, staff and faculty.
- All Cornell community members should take personal responsibility and demonstrate COVID-19 etiquette.
Date
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Topic
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Speaker
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Jan 24, 2024 | "New Populations of Solar System Small Bodies and What They Tell Us" | Darryl Seligman (Cornell) |
Feb 7, 2024 | “Characterizing Magnetic Surface Features with Starspot Crossing Transits” | Leslie Hebb (Cornell/Hobart & William Smith Colleges) |
Special Tue Seminar Feb 13, 2024 |
"Laboratory tests for understanding of Ocean World dynamics and for future exploration" | Christine McCarthy (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University) |
Feb 21, 2024 | "The history of eruptions at Acala Fluctus, Io: Source of multiple outbursts" | Julie Rathbun (Cornell/PSI) |
Mar 6, 2024 | ||
Mar 20, 2024 | ||
Apr 3, 2024 | Spring Break - no lecture | |
Apr 17, 2024 | ||
May 1, 2024 | TBD | Elias Mansbach (MIT) |
Astrophysics Lunch
Astrophysics Lunch is a series of informal talks on topics related to theoretical astrophysics, gravitational physics, and cosmology. Speakers are free to present their own research or present papers that they find of particular interest. The audience consists of faculty members, research staff, as well as graduate and undergraduate students, so talks should be at a level accessible to most. Astrophysics Lunch is open to talks from all members of the Cornell community, as well as to visiting scientists. We will reschedule a local speaker in order to accommodate visitors.
Astrophysics Lunch will be held on the following Wednesdays during the Spring '24 semester at 12:15 PM. Please contact Larry Kidder (kidder@astro.cornell.edu) for further information.
NOTE:
- In person attendance is restricted to Cornell students, staff and faculty.
- All Cornell community members should take personal responsibility and demonstrate COVID-19 etiquette.
- In-person participation only in the Terzian Conference Room (Rm 622).
Date | Topic | Speaker |
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Jan 31, 2024 | ||
Feb 14, 2024 | "Progress towards a Hamiltonian description of the second-order self-force" |
Francisco Blanco (Cornell) |
Feb 28, 2024 | "Predominantly electric storage ring for lower than low energy nuclear physics" |
Richard Talman (Cornell) |
Mar 13, 2024 | TBA | Eric Coughlin (Syracuse) |
Mar 27, 2024 | "ELVES, Dwarfs, and Monsters" | Jenny Greene (Princeton) |
Apr 24, 2024 | TBA | Genevieve Schroeder (Northwestern) |
Galaxy and Cosmology Lunch
The Galaxy and Cosmology Lunch Series is held on the Tuesdays listed below, from 12:15 to 1:15 in the Terzian Conference Room (Rm 622 SSB) and via zoom. Please email Jill Tarbell (jtm14@cornell.edu) for zoom link.
NOTE:
- In person attendance is restricted to Cornell students, staff and faculty.
- All Cornell community members should take personal responsibility and demonstrate COVID-19 etiquette.
In general, the topics are related to galactic and extragalactic astronomy, and large-scale structure. The audience consists of faculty members, research staff, as well as graduate and undergraduate students. Galaxy Lunch is open to talks from all members of the Cornell Astronomy department, as well as to visiting scientists and speakers from different disciplines/departments.
Date | Topic | Speaker |
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Jan 23, 2024 |
Extreme conditions of the multiphase ISM in W2246-0526 |
Thomas Nikola |
Jan 30, 2024 | "Effects of Bursty Star Formation on [C II] Line Intensity Mapping of High-redshift Galaxies" | Rodrigo Freundt |
Feb 6, 2024 | "ALMA Observations of High-Z Candidates from JWST" | Abby Crites |
Feb 13, 2024 Special Planetary Talk |
"Laboratory tests for understanding of Ocean World dynamics and for future exploration" | Christine McCarthy (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University) |
Feb 20, 2024 | "The SRG/eROSITA All-Sky Survey: Cosmology Constraints from Cluster Abundances in the Western Galactic Hemisphere" | Zach Huber |
Feb 27, 2024 | February Break - no lecture | |
Mar 5, 2024 | "Confirmation and refutation of very luminous galaxies in the early universe" | Amit Vishwas |
Mar 12, 2024 | B-Exam (Special time: 1pm - 2pm) | Christopher Rooney |
Mar 19, 2024 | "Simons Observatory Detector, Readout and Small Aperture Telescope: From Lab to Sky" | Yuhan Wang (Princeton); Host: Mike Niemack |
Mar 26, 2024 | "Machine Learning and Cosmology" | Lawrence Lin |
Apr 2, 2024 | Spring Break - no lecture | |
Apr 9, 2024 | Victoria Butler | |
Apr 16, 2024 | TBD | Ben Vaughan |
Apr 23, 2024 | TBD | Betsey Adams (ASTRON) |
Apr 30, 2024 | Ben Keller | |
May 7, 2024 |
The Thomas Gold Lecture Series
On the occasion of the retirement of the world famous astrophysicist, Tommy Gold, the University established the Thomas Gold Lectureship in Astronomy to bring outstanding scientists to Cornell for brief visits.
Former Thomas Gold Lecturers:
- 1987-88: Peter Goldreich (Caltech)
- 1988-89 Joseph Taylor (Princeton)
- 1989-90 Martin Rees (University of Cambridge)
- 1990-91 Dennis Sciama (University of Oxford)
- 1991-92 Gordon Pettengill (MIT)
- 1992-93 Tony Hewish (University of Cambridge)
- 1993-94 Irwin Shapiro (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
- 1994-95 Wallace Sargent (Caltech)
- 1995-96 Lyman Spitzer (Princeton)
- 1996-97 Igor Novikov (Theoretical Astrophysics Center, Copenhagen)
- 1997-98 David Schramm (University of Chicago)
- 1998-99 Mal Ruderman (Columbia University)
- 1999-00 Bohdan Paczynski (Princeton)
- 2000-01 Clifford Will (Washington University)
- 2001-02 Frank Shu (UC Berkeley)
- 2002-03 Vera Rubin (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
- 2003-04 Charles Townes (UC Berkeley)
- 2004-05 Geoff Marcy (UC Berkeley)
- 2005-06 Roger Blandford (Stanford University)
- 2006-07 Andrew Lyne (University of Manchester)
- 2009-10 Don Brownlee (University of Washington)
- 2010-11 Rashid Sunyaev (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
- 2011-12 Maria Zuber (MIT)
- 2012-13 David Jewitt (UCLA)
- 2013-14 J. Richard Bond (University of Toronto)
- 2014-15 Reinhard Genzel (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics)
- 2015-16 Simon White (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
- 2016-17 Adam Burrows (Princeton)
- 2017-18 Renu Malhotra (U. Arizona)
- 2018-19 Bruce Draine (Princeton)
- 2021-22 Scott Tremaine (U. Toronto)
- 2022-23 Alessandro Morbidelli (Lagrange, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur)
- 2023-24: Victoria Kaspi (McGill University)
Upcoming lecturer: Lyman Page Jr. (Princeton) - Oct 31, 2024
The Salpeter Lecture Series
The Salpeter Lecture Series was established in 1998 to honor Professor Edwin E. Salpeter, one of the most important astrophysicists of the 20th century. Under the auspices of the lectureship, distinguished astronomers and astrophysicists are invited to visit Cornell for one to two weeks.
Former Salpeter Lecturers:
- 1999 Sterl Phinney (CalTech)
- 2000 Lars Bildsten (Univ. California-Berkeley)
- 2001 Dave Stevenson (CalTech)
- 2002 John Carlstrom (Univ. Chicago)
- 2003 Shri Kulkarni (CalTech)
- 2004 Andrea Ghez (UCLA)
- 2005 Victoria Kaspi (McGill)
- 2006 Avi Loeb (Harvard)
- 2007 Jonathan Lunine (Univ. of Arizona)
- 2008 Alexei Filippenko (Univ. California-Berkeley)
- 2009 Gilles Chabrier (ENS Lyon)
- 2010 David Spergel (Princeton University)
- 2011 Sara Seager (MIT)
- 2012 Elliot Quataert (UC Berkeley)
- 2013 Eve Ostriker (Princeton)
- 2014 Adam Showman (University of Arizona)
- 2015 Daniel Eisenstein (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
- 2016 Fiona A. Harrison (California Institute of Technology)
- 2017 Alyssa Goodman (Harvard)
- 2018 Fred Rasio (Northwestern)
- 2019 May Ruth Murray-Clay (UCSC)
- 2019 Nov Brian Metzger (Columbia University)
- 2022 Vicky Kalogera (Northwestern University)
- 2023 Matias Zaldarriaga, IAS Princeton
Upcoming speaker: Jenny Greene, Princeton (Mar 28, 2024)
The Yervant Terzian Lecture Series
On the occasion of Yervant Terzian's 70th birthday, the University established the Yervant Terzian Lectureship in Astronomy to bring outstanding scientists to Cornell for brief visits. The Lectureship was endowed by a generous gift from Friend of Astronomy Charles Mund, Jr.
Former Terzian Lecturers:
- 2010 Nobel Prize Winner, John C. Mather (NASA/GSFC)
- 2011 Mario Livio (Space Telescope Science Institute)
- 2012 Nobel Prize Winner, Michel Mayor (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
- 2013 Jay Pasachoff (Williams College)
- 2014 Bruce Balick (University of Washington)
- 2015 Ken Kellermann (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
- 2016 Nobel Prize Winner, Kip Thorne (California Institute of Technology)
- 2017 Shri Kulkarni (Director Caltech Optical Observatories) (Watch Dr Kulkarni's Lecture The Restless Universe (Palomar Transient Factory)
- 2018 Silvia Torres-Peimbert (National Autonomous University of Mexico)
- 2021 Shep Doeleman (Harvard University)
- 2022 Paul Davies (Arizona State University)
- 2023: Meenakshi Wadhwa (Arizona State)
The William E. and Elva F. Gordon Distinguished Lectureship
William E. Gordon, then professor of electrical engineering at Cornell, proposed the construction of the Arecibo telescope in 1958 to study the Earth's ionosphere via the incoherent scatter of powerful radio waves from the individual electrons in the ionospheric plasma. He also understood that the telescope would be able to make significant contributions to planetary science and the then relatively new field of radio astronomy. Gordon raised the funding for the telescope and organized its construction. Completed in 1963, the 305m (1000ft) diameter telescope and its powerful radar systems were continuously upgraded over the intervening years and were used to made major advances in the areas of ionospheric physics, radio astronomy and planetary science. Sadly, after fifty-seven years of ground-breaking contributions to astronomy, planetary science and ionospheric physics the telescope collapsed on December 1, 2020.
The Gordon Lectures are made possible by an endowment by Tom and Betty Talpey. Tom and Betty Talpey were one of the families that moved with the Gordon's to Arecibo in the summer of 1960 to supervise the telescope's construction and build the observing instrumentation.
Former Gordon Lecturers:
- 2002 Harold Ewen (University of Massachusetts)
- 2003 Tor Hagfors (Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy)
- 2005 Gordon Pettengill (MIT)
- 2006 Jocelyn Bell Burnell (University of Oxford)
- 2008 Lewis Duncan (Rollins College)
- 2009 Shri Kulkarni (Caltech)
- 2011 Joint Lecture & Arecibo Observatory Staff Event:
Donald Farley (Cornell University)
Miguel Feyjoo (Engineer)
Herbert Carlson (Utah State University)
Carl Heiles (UC Berkeley)
Donald B. Campbell (Cornell University) - 2013 Lara Waldrop (Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign) and Jean-Luc Margot (UCLA)
- 2015 Xavier Siemens (Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- 2018 Gregg Hallinan (Caltech)
- 2019 Amelie Saintonge (University College London)
- 2021 Maura McLaughlin (West Virginia University)
- 2022 Mark Devlin (University of Pennsylvania)
- 2023 Heino Falcke (Radboud University, Nijmegen)