Department of Astronomy
Events and Lectures
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Join us for lecture series and seminars spearheaded by leading scientific minds, and attend events to strengthen your connection to the college.

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The Search for Exo-Earths, and why K-dwarfs May Be Our Best Bet
Andrea Lin (Penn State)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 10/02 12:15 pm - Mon, 10/02 1:15 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Lunch Talk: Megan Delamer and Samuele Ronchini
Megan Delamer and Samuele Ronchini (Penn State)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 10/03 12:00 pm - Tue, 10/03 1:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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NANOGrav: The Dawn of Galaxy-scale Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Stephen Taylor (Vanderbilt University)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 10/04 3:45 pm - Wed, 10/04 5:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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How to measure Earth's Technosignature: Updates from the Moonbounce Project
Julia DeMarines (University of California, Berkeley)
PSETI Seminar
Thu, 10/05 12:00 pm - Thu, 10/05 1:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 432
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Revealing the Compositional Diversity and Demographics of Low-Mass Exoplanets
Romy Rodriguez Martinez (Harvard University)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 10/09 12:15 pm - Mon, 10/09 1:15 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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The Thermodynamics of Dyson Spheres
Jason Wright (Penn State)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 10/10 12:00 pm - Tue, 10/10 1:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
2022 Diversity in STEM Corporate Partners.
Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition 2023
Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Office of Science Engagement
Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition, Hispanic Heritage Month, Diversity in STEM program
Wed, 10/11 5:00 pm - Wed, 10/11 7:00 pm
Life Sciences Bridge
Student Events Eberly CollegeAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBiologyChemistryMathematicsPhysicsStatisticsOffice of Science EngagementOffice of Diversity and Inclusion
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The Thermodynamics of Dyson Spheres
Jason Wright (Penn State)
PSETI Seminar
Thu, 10/12 12:00 pm - Thu, 10/12 1:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 432
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A Linearized Approach to Radial Velocity Extraction
Sahar Shahaf (Weizmann Institute of Science)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 10/16 12:15 pm - Mon, 10/16 1:15 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Zero Metallicity with Zero CPU Hours: Masses of the First Stars on the Laptop
Donghui Jeong (Penn State)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 10/17 12:00 pm - Tue, 10/17 1:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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The Expanding Bubble in the Nessie Nebula: Absorption, Self-Absorption, and Triggered Star Formation
James (Jim) Jackson (Green Bank Observatory)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 10/18 3:45 pm - Wed, 10/18 5:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A Commensal Digital System on the VLA for Real-Time SETI
Chenoa Tremblay (VLA)
PSETI Seminar
Thu, 10/19 12:00 pm - Thu, 10/19 1:00 pm
Davey Laboratory
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Restless AGNs in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time
Niel Brandt (Penn State)
Astronomy Lunch Talk
Tue, 10/24 12:00 pm - Tue, 10/24 1:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Enabling the Penn State planetary community
Chris House (Penn State)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 10/25 3:45 pm - Wed, 10/25 5:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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The Influence of Elemental Abundances on Planet Formation and Structure
Kiersten Boley (The Ohio State University)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 10/30 12:15 pm - Mon, 10/30 1:15 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Detecting and Characterizing Small Exoplanets in Diverse Environments
Andrew Mayo (University of California, Berkeley)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 11/06 12:15 pm - Mon, 11/06 1:15 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A Tale of Two Surveys: Leveraging Keck/HIRES for a Holistic View of Exoplanetary Systems
Alex Polanski (University of Kansas)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 11/13 12:15 pm - Mon, 11/13 1:15 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Stellar abundances in the Milky Way and their implications for nucleosynthesis
Emily Griffith (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 11/15 3:45 pm - Wed, 11/15 5:00 pm
Davey Laboratory 538
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics