Barring university holidays, Astronomy colloquia occur every Thursday at 3:30pm in the Physics and Astronomy Auditorium (A102), with refreshments served at 3:20pm. Speakers are invited to meet with graduate students for a casual dinner afterwards, typically around 5pm. Graduate students may also nominate a colloquium speaker during the Spring quarter. Previous colloquia can be viewed on the speaker history spreadsheet.
Fall 2023 Series
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Oct. 5th | Alyson Brooks Rutgers University |
Darkness on the Edge of Town: Interpreting Newly Discovered Dwarf Galaxies |
| Oct. 12th | Aritra Ghosh UW |
Investigating Galaxy Morphology in Large Surveys Using Novel Machine Learning Frameworks |
| Oct. 19th | Christopher Moore Harvard University |
Probing Hot Plasma in the Atmosphere of a Cool Star with CubeSats, SmallSats, and Rockets |
| Oct. 26th | N/A | |
| Nov. 2rd | Smadar Naoz University of California, Los Angeles |
It's Raining Black Holes...Hallelujah! |
| Nov. 9th | Ramón Barthelemy University of Utah |
Queering Physics and Astronomy: History, Research, and Potential Solutions |
| Nov. 16th | Alison Coil University of California, San Diego |
The Connection Between Odd Radio Circles and Starburst Galaxies (virtual) |
| Nov. 23rd | Holiday | |
| Nov. 30th | Yakov Faerman UW |
CANCELLED |
| Dec. 7th | Kerstin Perez Columbia University |
In Search of Cosmic-Ray Antinuclei from Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment |