Astronomy Colloquium: Bob Benjamin

4421 Sterling Hall
@ 3:30 pm

Speaker: Bob Benjamin Institution: UW-Madison/UW-Whitewater Title: Things you should know about the Milky Way Abstract: The last several years have seen truly remarkable advances in our understanding of the Milky Way Galaxy, from the identification …

Astronomy Colloquium: Ian McConachie

4421 Sterling Hall
@ 3:30 pm

Speaker: Ian McConachie Institution: UW-Madison Title: The Massive Ancient Galaxies At z>3 NEar-infrared Survey — Hunting Monster Galaxies in the Early Universe Abstract: One of the most important mysteries in the field of galaxy evolution is …

Astronomy Colloquium: Patrick Slane

4421 Sterling Hall
@ 3:30 pm

Speaker: Patrick Slane Institution: Harvard CfA Title: The X-ray Sky in High Definition: Twenty-five Years of Astrophysics with the Chandra X-ray Observatory Abstract: X-ray astronomy is a product of the space age. Possible only from viewing …

Astronomy Colloquium: Kate Meredith

4421 Sterling Hall
@ 3:30 pm

Building a Multidisciplinary Community: The Impact of Sonification World Chat in Astronomy Abstract: The Sonification World Chat (SWC), initiated in February 2020, addresses the growing need for collaboration and information sharing among diverse sonification projects …

Astronomy Colloquium: Nickolay Y. Gnedin

4421 Sterling Hall
@ 3:30 pm

Speaker: Nickolay Y. Gnedin Institution: University of Chicago Title: Cosmic Reionization: Settling the Last Frontier Abstract: In the last decade, the study of cosmic reionization progressed from an almost purely theoretical field to one led …