Anyone in the University community is welcome at RAS meetings, which are held on Mondays at 8pm in Ryerson 358. If Ryerson is locked, enter through the south door of Eckhart and cross over to Ryerson on the second floor. There is observing after meetings if weather permits.
This schedule is subject to revision if the need arises; all changes will posted to the astro mailing list. Full abstracts of upcoming talks are also sent to this list a few days before hand.
RAS MEETING SCHEDULE SPRING 2007 | |||
Week | Date | Speaker | Title |
1st | 26 mar | NO MEETING | |
2nd | 2 apr | Melinda Morang [R] | Cathedrals Used as Solar Observatories [or] Sputnik |
3rd | 9 apr | Karl Norby [R] | History of Yerkes Observatory |
4th | 16 apr | Liz Hayes [F] | How to do Astronomy with a Geothermal Holding Pond |
5th | 23 apr | Steven LaRue [R] | Lyman Alpha Forest |
6rd | 30 apr | Ali Brizius [G] | Cosmic Microwave Background |
7th | 7 may | Katie de Boer [R] | 10 Astronomy-related slides |
8th | 14 may | Jojo Boyle [O] | Balloon Experiments |
9th | 21 may | Melinda Morang [R] | The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays |
10th | 28 mar | NO MEETING | |
FIN | 12 mar | NO MEETING |
[R] = RAS member, [U] = other undergrad, [F] = faculty/postdoc, [G] = grad student, [O] = other