Weekly Colloquium
Most weeks during the semester, we host a scholar for a one-day visit. The visit culminates with a public talk on a topic of contemporary physics or astronomy. Students are welcome to these talks, and seniors are required to attend at least nine over the course of a year. Near the end of each semester, honors thesis students give public lectures on their work.
Our Astronomy program is part of the Five College Astronomy Department, which hosts its own colloquium series Thursdays at 3:45 pm at UMass.
- Contact our Academic Department Coordinator Jessica Monahan with any questions about colloquia, or being added to our mailing list.
Burcin Mutlu-Pakdil: The Smallest and Faintest Galaxies: Clues to the Nature of Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation
Tue, Sep 26, 2023
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Science Center, A011
"The smallest and faintest galaxies around the Milky Way are the most ancient, most metal-poor, and most dark-matter-dominate...
Andrés Plazas Malagón: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the LSSTCam: the largest digital camera in the world
Tue, Oct 3, 2023
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Science Center, A011
"The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, currently under construction on Cerro Pachón in Chile, will feature an 8.4-meter telescope, ...
Alex Sushkov
Tue, Oct 17, 2023
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Science Center, A011
Refreshments will begin at 3:30pm followed by the talk at 4:00pm.