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Colloquia

The Astronomy Department has regular, weekly colloquia during the fall and spring terms by distinguished scientists and scholars covering essentially all aspects of current astronomy, astrophysics, and space sciences - observations, theory, simulations, instrumentation, and history of astronomy. 

The colloquia are held every Thursday afternoon 4-5 pm in room 105 of the Space Sciences Building and are preceded at 3:30 pm by tea, coffee, and cookies. The public is welcome. 


 

Date Topic Speaker  
August 30, 2018 "Extraordinary upwelling and overturning in the midlatltide ionosphere." David Hysell, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University  
September 6, 2018

"The Gould's Belt Distances Survey (GOBELINS)  and a few other cools things VLBI can do for you"

 Laurent Loinard, National University of Mexico  
September 13 ,2018 "Icy Mars and Planetary Climates" Michael Mellon, Dept. of Astronomy, Cornell University  
September 20, 2018 "Imaging All the Sky All the Time in Search of Radio Exoplanets" Gordon Lecture:
Gregg Hallinan, Caltech		  
September 27, 2018 "Decrease in Hysteresis of Planetary Climate for Planets with Long Solar Days" Dorian Abbot, University of Chicago  
October 4, 2018

“The Josephine Lawrence Hopkins Foundation Colloquium”: "Pulsar Timing Arrays: The Next Window to Open on the Gravitational-Wave Universe"

 Chiara Mingarelli, Flatiron Fellow,  Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics  
October 11, 2018 "Fifty Years of Globular Cluster Dynamics" Salpeter Lecture:
Fred Rasio, Northwestern		  
October 18, 2018 "The Determination of the Primordial Abundance of Helium" Terzian Lecture:
Silvia Torres-Pembert,
Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México		  
October 25, 2018 “The Josephine Lawrence Hopkins Foundation Colloquium”:  "Rattle and Shine: Joint Detection of Gravitational Waves and Light from the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817" Edo Berger, Harvard University  
November 1, 2018 “The Josephine Lawrence Hopkins Foundation Colloquium”: "Gravitoturbulence and Magnetic Fields in Young Protostellar Disks" Henrik Latter, University of Cambridge  
November 8, 2018

“The Josephine Lawrence Hopkins Foundation Colloquium”:  "What's Next for Super-Earths?  Population Demographics To Probabilistic Planetary Physics"

 Angie Wolfgang, Penn State  
November 15, 2018 “The Rise of Dust: Completing our Census of Cosmic Star Formation" Alexandra Pope, University of Massachusetts Amherst  
November 29, 2018

"Origin of the Earth, Moon, and Martian Moons"

 Miki Nakajima, University of Rochester  
December 6, 2018 "So Long and Thanks for the Planets", (NASA's Kepler space telescope) Carl Sagan Lecture:
Natalie Batalha, UC Santa Cruz		  
January 24, 2019   TBA  
January 31, 2019   TBA  
February 7, 2019   TBA  
February 14, 2019   TBA  
February 21, 2019   TBA  
February 28, 2019   TBA  
March 7, 2019   TBA  
March 14, 2019   TBA  
March 21, 2019   Salpeter Lecture: Ruth Murray-Clay  
March 28, 2019   TBA  
April 11, 2019   TBA  
April 18, 2019   TBA  
April 25, 2019   Gold Lecture: Bruce Draine  
May 2, 2019   Gordon Lecture: Amelie Saintonge  

 

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 seminar is every Monday during the term at 12:30 pm in Space Sciences room 622.  Lunch and refreshments are not provided.

 

Date Topic Speaker
August 6, 2018 The OSSOS Survey for Trans-Neptunian Objects

Brett Gladman, Astronomy, Univ. of British Columbia
August 10, 2018

Exploring Martian Magmatism: Understanding Mars’ Interior Using Martian Meteorites

 Arya Udry, Geosciences, Univ. of Nevada
August 27, 2018 UV Surface Environments and Atmospheres of Earth-like Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs Thea Kozakis, Dept. of Astronomy, Cornell University
September 10, 2018 Orbital Instabilities of Moons of Extra-Solar Giant Planet Yu-Cian Hong, Dept. of Astronomy, Cornell University
October 15, 2018 The Pluto System Story Told by Resonances Thamiris De Santana
November 5, 2018 TBA  
November 12, 2018

TBA

 Dr. Natasha Batalha
November 19, 2018 TBA   
November 26, 2018 ASTERIA and AERO: Big Science from Tiny Satellites Dr. Mary Knapp
December 3, 2018 The Archaeology of Sardinia Dr. Phillip Nicholson
December 10, 2018 *** Winter Break ***  

 

 

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 is held every Wednesday during the academic year at 12:15 PM in Space Sciences 622.

Bring your own lunch.

Date Topic Speaker
September 19, 2018 Radio Transient Sky Gregg Hallinan, Caltech
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

Galaxy Lunch

The Galaxy Lunch Series is held every Friday during the academic year, at 12:20pm, in Space Sciences room 622. In general, there will be an hour-long talk/discussion on topics 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, so talks should be at a level accessible to most. 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.

Bring your own lunch.

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:

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:

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:

 

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