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Astronomy Colloquium

Spring Semester

Thursday, January 18th 2007
Speaker: Dr. Chao-Lin Kuo, California Institute of Technology. Dr.Kuo is a candidate for the Astrophysics faculty position.
Subject: CMB Beyond the Acoustic Peaks
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Thursday, January 25th 2007
Speaker: Dr. Vuk Mandic, California Inst. of Technology. Dr.Mandic is a candidate for the Astrophysics faculty position.
Subject: Searching for Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background with LIGO: Results and Implications
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, February 9th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. James Leger, University of Minnesota
Subject: Managing Diffraction and Polarization: New Tools for Optical Scientists
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Thursday, February 15th 2007
2:00 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 133 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Richard Schnee, Dr. Schnee is a candidate for the Astrophysics faculty position.
Subject: What’s the Matter in the Universe? Looking for Wimps with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, February 23rd 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Anil Seth, Harvard SAO
Subject: From the Inside Out: the Evolution of Late-Type Galaxy Nuclei & Disks
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, March 2nd 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Eric Hallman, CASA, Colorado
Subject: Simulating Large Area Galaxy Cluster Surveys
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, March 9th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 210 Physics
Subject: No Colloquium this week.
Friday, March 16th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 210 Physics
Spring Break: No Colloquium this week.
Friday, March 23rd 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Karen Leighly, Ohio State U, on sabbatical from the University of Oklahoma
Subject: Quasar Broad Line Region Emission and Kinetics
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, March 30th 2007
4:00 pm:
Subject: Come meet some prospective graduate students in the Astronomy Reading Room
Refreshments served.
Friday, April 6th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 210 Physics
Subject: No colloquium this week.
Friday, April 13th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Knut Olson, CTIO. NOAO
Subject: The Structure and Kinematics of the LMC.
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, April 20th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Sumner Starrfield, Arizona State University
Subject: The 2006 Oubturst of RS Oph - A Hot Flash on a Degenerate Dwarf
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, April 27th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 210 Physics
Subject: No Colloquium this week.
Friday, May 4th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 210 Physics
Speaker: Dr. Rogier Windhorst, Arizona State University
Subject: The James Webb Space Telescope: How can it measure First Light, Reionization, and Galaxy Assembly?
Refreshments served following the talk in the Astronomy Reading Room, 358 Physics
Friday, May 11th 2007
3:35 pm:
Astrophysics Colloquium in 210 Physics
This colloquium will resume in the fall.

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