UNLV Astronomy talks and seminars
Journal Club
Tuesdays at 11:45am in the Department Conference Room.
Astronomy Colloquium
Fridays at 3:45pm in the Department Conference Room.
Fall 2009
Oct 2: Prof. Josh Bloom (UC Berkeley) (host: Zhang)
Oct 9: Dr. Robert Preece (Univ. of Alabama) (host:Zhang)
Oct 16: Mr. Krzysztof Nalewajko (NCAC) (host: Proga)
Nov 6: Dr. Vivienne Wild (IAP) (host: Nagamine)
Nov 20: Dr. Andrew Fruchter (STScI) (host: Zhang)
Dec 4: Prof. Massimo Ricotti (Maryland) (host: Nagamine)
Spring 2010
Jan 22: Prof. Davide Lazzati (NC State) (host: Zhang)
Apr 16: Prof. Kin-Wang Ng (Academia Sinica) (host: Pang)
Public Lectures
Fall 2009:
Sep 9: Prof. George Rhee (UNLV)
Oct 22: Prof. Roger Blandford (Stanford Univ.)
“Black Holes: End of Time or a New Beginning”
7:30pm, BPB-102 [Slide]
Nov 18: Dr. Mario Livio (Space Telescope Science Institute)
“Hubble’s Top Scientific Discoveries”
7:30pm, Barrick Museum Auditorium
Spring 2009:
Feb 18: Prof. James Stone (Princeton Univ.)
“From Accreting Black Holes to Merging Galaxies: using computers to study astrophysics” [Slide]
Mar 18: Prof. Stephen Lepp (UNLV)
“Exploding Stars: The Secrets of Supernovae” [Slide]
Apr 15: Prof. Bing Zhang (UNLV)
“Gamma Ray Bursts: The Most Violent Explosions in the Universe”
Journal Club:
This semester, we will be focusing on student presentations on their research or selected papers from recent astro-ph postings.
Astronomy Colloquium is held as part of the Physics and Astronomy Forum Talks. Every semester, we try to invite distinguished speakers who work at the frontiers of astronomy & astrophysics.
