UW - Madison Astronomy Colloquium Schedule


Fall 2009

  Colloquia are held on Tuesdays in 3425 Sterling Hall at 3:45 pm, with refreshments served at 3:30 pm .

 

DATE

SPEAKER

INSTITUTE

TITLE

HOST NAME

9/8/09

Kirsten Howley

University of California-Santa Cruz

"NGC 205 and M32, Understanding Andromeda's Tidally Distorted Satellites"

 

Laura Chomiuk

9/15/09

Dr. T.J. Cox

Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

"Using Numerical Simulations to Study the Formation and Evolution of Galaxies"

Christy Tremonti

9/22/09

   

 

9/29/09

Mark Westmoquette

University College London

"Spatially-resolved studies of Super star cluster feedback in Starburst Galaxies"

 

John S. Gallagher

10/2/09 Special Talk

2:00 PM

Ned Wright UCLA- Physics and Astronomy Department "The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer" Richard Townsend

10/6/09

Robin Ciardullo Penn State

"Planetary Nebulae and the Structure and Kinematics of Galactic Disks"

 

Matt Bershady

10/13/09

Katelyn Allers

Bucknell University

"Infrared Studies of Young Brown Dwarfs"

 

Amy Barger/ Marsha Wolf

10/20/09

NO TALK  

 

10/22/09

2:00PM

THURSDAY

WHITFORD

LECTURER

 

David Spergel Princeton University

"WMAP and Beyond"

Richard Townsend

10/27/09

Todd Tripp University of Massachusetts "The Dark Lives of Galaxies: Investigating Their Seedy Baryonic Underbellies with Ultraviolet Spectroscopy" Robert Mathieu

11/3/09

Christy Tremonti

UW Astronomy Department

"Can Quasars Quench Star Formation? "

 

11/10/09

Professor Ira Wasserman

Cornell University, Astronomy Department

"What Sets the Maximum Spin Rate of Neutron Stars?"

Ellen Zweibel

11/17/09

Chris Reynolds

Maryland

"The Subtle Physics of Black Hole Accretion"

Sebastian Heinz

11/24/09

Dr. Greg Rudick

University of Kansas

The Evolution of Red Galaxies in Clusters Over Half of Cosmic Time

Christy Tremonti

12/1/09

Beth Willman

Haverford College

"The Invisibles: Revealing dark matter and the lower limit on galaxy formation"

Laura Chomiuk

12/8/09

Gloria Koenigsberger

National Autonomus University of Mexico

12/15/09

Bob Benjamin

UW-Whitewater

 

Richard Townsend

 

 

 

 

 

*Planning to attend ISM or Galaxies Lunch Wednesday at Noon.