Past Events | Department of Astronomy

Wed, October 14, 2026

Astro: People & Paths

12:00 pm
Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom

A multi-wavelength composite image of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A

Tue, October 13, 2026

Time Domain Astronomy Group Meeting

12:00 pm
Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom

Tue, October 6, 2026

CCAPP Seminar: Nikolina Sarcevic

12:00 pm
Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom

A recorded frame from the HARPS spectrogrpah which is illuminated with the instrument laser frequency comb

Fri, October 2, 2026

Exoplanet Group Meeting - Maddalena Bugatti

11:30 am
Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom

Image with a person holding a book superimposed with physics related graphics in front

Thu, October 1, 2026

Astronomy Colloquium - Geraldine Cochran

3:00 pm
Hybrid: Chem & Biomolecular Eng & Chem (CBEC) - Room 130 and Zoom

Thu, October 1, 2026

2026 CCAPP Fellows Symposium

12:00 pm
Hybrid: PRB 1080 & Zoom

Wed, September 30, 2026

2026 CCAPP Fellows Symposium

12:00 pm
Hybrid: PRB 1080 & Zoom

Tue, September 29, 2026

CCAPP Seminar: Anna Sofia Uzsoy

12:00 pm
Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom

An artistist impression of a cold gaseous exoplanet

Fri, September 25, 2026

Exoplanet Group Meeting - Jiyuan Zhang

11:30 am
Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom

Artists rendering of two exoplanets around a red star

Thu, September 24, 2026

Astronomy Colloquium - Natasha Latouf

3:00 pm
Hybrid: Chem & Biomolecular Eng & Chem (CBEC) - Room 130 and Zoom

Wed, September 23, 2026

Astro: People & Paths

12:00 pm
Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom

Tue, September 22, 2026

Physics Colloquium - John Beacom

3:45 pm
1080 Physics Research Building

Tue, September 22, 2026

CCAPP Seminar: Josephine Baggen

12:00 pm
Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom

Simulated image of the center of the Milky Way using Roman

Thu, September 17, 2026

Astronomy Colloquium - Marc Pinsonneault

3:00 pm
Hybrid: Chem & Biomolecular Eng & Chem (CBEC) - Room 130 and Zoom

Tue, September 15, 2026

CCAPP Seminar: William Cerny

12:00 pm
Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom

The globular cluster Terzan 4 with brighter blue stars in the cluster burning hotter and red stars on the outskirts burn cooler..

Thu, September 10, 2026

Astronomy Colloquium - Lucy Lu

3:00 pm
Hybrid: Chem & Biomolecular Eng & Chem (CBEC) - Room 130 and Zoom

Tue, September 8, 2026

CCAPP Seminar: Mehr Un Nisa

11:30 am
Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom

Tue, September 1, 2026

CCAPP Seminar: Rachel Scrandis

12:00 pm
Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom

Artists image of the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope

Sun, August 30, 2026

Roman Space Telescope Launch Party

7:00 am
Online via Zoom

Thu, August 27, 2026

Astronomy Faculty Flash Talks

3:00 pm
Hybrid: Chem & Biomolecular Eng & Chem (CBEC) - Room 130 and Zoom

Thu, August 27, 2026

Introductions at AstroCoffee

10:30 am
Hybrid: McPherson Lab 4054 & Zoom

Fri, July 17, 2026

Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium - 2026

10:30 am
Hybrid: McPherson Lab 4054 & Zoom

Fri, June 26, 2026

Ph.D. Defense - Wynne Turner

11:10 am
Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom

Thu, June 11, 2026

Ph.D. Defense - Sebastian Lopez

11:30 am
Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom

Fri, June 5, 2026

Ph.D. Defense - Jack Roberts

1:00 pm
Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom

Conception of primordial black holes in front of a galaxy cluster

Fri, June 5, 2026

Ph.D. Defense - Emily Koivu

10:00 am
Hybrid: PRB 1080 and Zoom

Illustration of Kelt 20b a Hot Jupiter Extrasolar Planet

Thu, May 28, 2026

Ph.D. Defense - Connor Basinger

11:00 am
Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom

Graduates walking after getting their diplomas

Sat, May 9, 2026

Senior Send-off 2026

1:00 pm
PRB Atrium

Thu, May 7, 2026

Department Townhall

3:00 pm
Hybrid: Chem & Biomolecular Eng & Chem (CBEC) - Room 130 and Zoom

Mon, April 27, 2026

CCAPP Seminar: Alex Lague

12:00 pm
Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom

Person looking at Constellations in the Planetarium

Fri, April 24, 2026

See the stars with the Department of Astronomy - Planetarium Shows

7:00 pm
Smith Lab 5033 - Arne Slettebak Planetarium and Observation Deck

Fri, April 24, 2026

Exoplanet Group Meeting - Jessica Schonhut-Stasik

12:00 pm
Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom

Thu, April 23, 2026

See the stars with the Department of Astronomy - Star Party 2026

8:00 pm
Smith Lab 5033 - Arne Slettebak Planetarium and Observation Deck

A glowing blue/purple gaseous nebula seen against a black sky filled with stars

Thu, April 23, 2026

Astronomy Colloquium - Zeljko Ivezic

3:00 pm
Hybrid: Chem & Biomolecular Eng & Chem (CBEC) - Room 130 and Zoom

Artists drawing of a colorful brain set against a starry background

Thu, April 23, 2026

Neuroinclusion in Astronomy: Strategies for Building a Neuroinclusive Astronomy Department

12:00 pm
Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom

Tue, April 21, 2026

CCAPP Seminar: Sayan Saha

12:00 pm
Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom