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STEM Education Forum (Lunch Discussions)

Phillips 277

Anyone interested in open discussions about STEM education issues over lunch this semester is welcome to attend these informal weekly meetings. Bring your own lunch or just come and join the conversation! If you are interested but not available at … Read more

Astrophysics Journal Club

207 Phillips Hall 120 E. Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join us for a weekly discussion of recent papers from the Astro-ph archive. Paper topics cover the full range of astronomy and astrophysics, selected by participant votes. Sign up at www.benty-fields.com (search for UNC Astrophysics) to vote and receive updates … Read more

Colloquium Series: High-Redshift Galaxies and Quasars

207 Phillips Hall 120. E Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, United States

Abstract: This talk will present an overview of astronomical techniques for discovering and characterizing high-redshift galaxies and quasars with Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope.  After describing recent highlights on galaxies and quasars at redshifts (z > … Read more

STEM Education Forum (Lunch Discussions)

Phillips 277

Anyone interested in open discussions about STEM education issues over lunch this semester is welcome to attend these informal weekly meetings. Bring your own lunch or just come and join the conversation! If you are interested but not available at … Read more

Astrophysics Journal Club

207 Phillips Hall 120 E. Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join us for a weekly discussion of recent papers from the Astro-ph archive. Paper topics cover the full range of astronomy and astrophysics, selected by participant votes. Sign up at www.benty-fields.com (search for UNC Astrophysics) to vote and receive updates … Read more

Colloquium Series-The Exploration of the Pluto System and the Kuiper Belt

207 Phillips Hall 120 E. Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Speaker, S. Alan Stern, Southwest Research Institute Abstract: New Horizons is NASA’s mission to explore Pluto, its system of satellites, and the Kuiper Belt. The $1B New Frontiers mission launched in 2006 and, following a 2007 Jupiter Gravity Assist flyby … Read more