Events
Events
Department Talks and Public Lectures
- Department Colloquia - Held on Wednesdays at 4:05pm in ATL 2400
- PALS: Planetary Astronomy Lunchtime Series - Usually held on Mondays at 11:15am in ATL 1250
- BANG!: Better Astronomy for a New Generation Series - Usually held on Thursdays from 4-5pm in PSC 1136
- CTC: Center for Theory and Computation Seminars - Usually held on Wednesdays at 11:30 in PSC 1136
- HEAT: High-Energy and Transients - Usually held on Fridays at 2-3PM in PSC 1136
- Hot Papers on astro-ph (hp-astro-ph) - Meets most Tuesdays at 11:45am-12:15pm in PSC 1136; Open to all department members
Special Accommodations for individuals with disabilities can be made by calling 301-405-3001. We appreciate being notified at least one week in advance.
Apr 6
PALS: Briley Lewis, UCSB
Mon, Apr 6 2026
11:15am - 12:15pm
ATL 1250 & Zoom
New Tools for Debris Disk Imaging: Keck/NIRC2-Pol and GRaTer-JAX GPU Models
Apr 8
CTC Seminar: Yurina Nakazato, CCA, Flatiron Institute
Wed, Apr 8 2026
11:30am - 12:30pm
PSC 1136
Inner Structure and ISM of Early Galaxies from Cosmic Dawn to the EoR: Insights from FirstLight Simulations and JWST/ALMA
Apr 8
HEAT mtg: Megan Masterson, PhD student, MIT (special Wed session)
Wed, Apr 8 2026
2:00 - 3:00pm
PSC 1148
Transient Accretion onto Supermassive Black Holes
Apr 8
Dept Colloquium: John Chisholm, University of Texas
Wed, Apr 8 2026
4:05 - 5:00pm
ATL 2400
Little Red Dots as Globular Clusters in Formation
Apr 9
BANG! Series: Careers Beyond Academia and Research (panel)
Thu, Apr 9 2026
4:00 - 5:00pm
PSC 1136 & Zoom
Apr 10
HEAT mtg: Leo Singer, GSFC
Fri, Apr 10 2026
2:00 - 3:00pm
PSC 1136 & Zoom
Autonomous Surveys and Community ToOs on the UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX): Towards a Science Operations Center without Humans in the Loop
Apr 15
CTC Seminar: L. Y. Aaron Yung, STScI
Wed, Apr 15 2026
11:30am - 12:30pm
PSC 1136
Three years of searching for the most distant galaxies with JWST and what have we learned so far?
Apr 15
Dept Colloquium: Anna Voelker, SciAccess
Wed, Apr 15 2026
4:05 - 5:00pm
ATL 2400
SciAccess: Advancing Accessibility in Astronomy and Human Spaceflight
Apr 16
BANG! Series: Chris Reynolds, UMD Astronomy
Thu, Apr 16 2026
4:00 - 5:00pm
PSC 1136 & Zoom
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