Events


LECTURES AND PERFORMANCES

All events free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Download printable (pdf) schedule here.

Friday, Jan. 16
William R. Farrand Public Lecture
“The Future of NASA” | More Info
Tony England, Former astronaut and
Assoc. Dean of Engineering, U-M.
Rackham Amphitheatre, 7:30 pm

Astronomy of the 21st Century
Distinguished Speaker Series

Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
1800 Dow Chemistry Bldg.
Telescope viewing at Angell Hall
following lectures (weather permitting)

Jan. 23:
“Witnessing the Formation of Galaxies”
Charles C. Steidel (Caltech), Mohler Prize lecture

Feb. 6:
“A Revolution in Planetary Science”
Alan Stern, former NASA Associate Administrator

Feb. 20:
”Unveiling the Black Hole at
the Center of our Galaxy”

Andrea Ghez (UCLA), 2008 MacArthur Fellow

Mar. 13:
“Binary Pulsars and Relativistic Gravity”
Joseph H. Taylor (Princeton),
1993 Nobel Prize Winner

Apr. 3:
“The Future of our Universe”
Fred Adams (U-M), 1996 Warner Prize Winner

Eyes on the Universe Lecture Series | More Info

Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.
Exhibit Museum of Natural History

Jan. 28:
"Staring into Space: The Telescopes
of Modern Astronomy”

Mario Mateo (U-M Astronomy)

Feb. 18:
“Revealing the Universe from Space
Jon Miller (U-M Astronomy)

Mar. 18:
“Hot Places, A Michigan Story of
the Exploration of Mercury,”

Thomas Zurbuchen (U-M Space Sciences)

Hatcher Library Gallery Films | More info

Thursday, Jan. 29:

Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens
Hatcher Library Gallery, Room 100, 12:10 pm

Wednesday, Feb. 18

Queen of Outer Space
Hatcher Library Gallery, Room 100, 7:00 pm

M-Flicks Film Series

Friday, Jan. 30:
Alien/Aliens Double Feature

Friday, Mar. 6:
The Fifth Element

Friday, Mar. 20:
2001: A Space Odyssey

Friday, Jan. 30
"Expanding Hubble’s Vision"
| More Info
Mike Weiss, Hubble Space Telescope
Deputy Program Manager/Technical

- and -

"The James Webb Space Telescope" | More Info
Jonathan Gardner, Chief of the
Observational Cosmology Laboratory
at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Exhibit Museum, 7:30-9 pm

Thursday, Feb. 5
Penny Stamps Distinguished Visitor Series

“Science Communication
through Art and Technology”

José Francisco Salgado, PhD
Adler Planetarium
Michigan Theater, 5 p.m.

Saturday Morning Physics

Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.
170 Dennison | More info

Feb. 7:
“400 Years of Cosmic Discovery”
Timothy McKay (U-M Physics)

Feb. 14:

“How Earth Got its Water”
Ted Bergin (U-M Astronomy)

Mar. 7:

“Building Planets: when and how?”

Nuria Calvet (U-M Astronomy)

Mar. 14:
“Amateur Astronomy: From
Ann Arbor to the Universe”

University Lowbrow Astronomers

Mar. 21:
“Supermassive Black Holes
and the Evolution of Galaxies”

Douglas O. Richstone (U-M Astronomy)

Mar. 28:
“Black Holes along the Cosmic Time”

Marta Volonteri (U-M Astronomy)

Apr. 4:
“Milky Way Galaxy: Keeper of the Darkest
Secrets of the Universe”

Oleg Gnedin (U-M Astronomy)

Thursday, Feb. 12
Whitesell Memorial Lecture | More info
Politics and Astrology in the Galileo Affair
Michael Shank (Univ. of Wisconsin)
Hatcher Library Gallery at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 17
Josie Kearns Poetry Reading

U-M poet reads from her new work,
The Theory of Everything
Shaman Drum Bookshop
311-315 S. State St., 7-8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 3
Poetry Reading by Josie Kearns
Josie Kearns reads from her new book of physics-inspired poetry, "The Theory of Everything"
Slusser Gallery at 4 p.m. (1 p.m. Second Life time)

Pre-registration is required to attend in Second Life if you are not a member of the Wolverine Community. Information is available here.

Wednesday, Mar. 4
Program in the Environment Lecture
Secondhand Planet
Robert S. Chen (Center for International Earth
Science Information Network, Columbia University)
Exhibit Museum, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 10
The Henry Russel Lecture
Civil Space and the National Agenda
Lennard A. Fisk
(U-M Space Sciences)
Rackham Amphitheatre, 4 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 22
The Planets

Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Family
Concert, Michigan Theater, 4 p.m.
Tickets: $12/adults, $5/children.

Wednesday, Mar. 25 | More Info
Ford Motor Company Distinguished Lecture in Physics
Inflationary Cosmology: Is
Our Universe Part of a Multiverse?
Alan Guth (MIT)
1324 East Hall, 4:15 p.m.

The Life of Galileo | More Info
Theater production by Bertolt Brecht.
Residential College Auditorium, Mar. 26-28,
7:30 p.m.; Mar. 29, 2 p.m. $10/adults,
students with ID free.

Saturday, Mar. 28
The Life of Galileo
Panel Discussion
| More Info

This panel discussion will focus on the identity of Galileo the man, the scientist, and the character that Brecht created. The panel features Tim McKay (U-M Physics), Martin Walsh (the Residential College faculty member who plays Galileo in this production, and a Brecht scholar), and Fred Peters (the Residental College faculty member who teaches a course on Galileo in the philosophy program in the RC).

Residential College Aud., 2 p.m.

Wednesday, April 1
Shapiro Library Spotlight Series | More info
Spotlight on Astronomy:
The U-M Galileo Manuscript

Peggy Daub, U-M Special Collections Library
Shapiro Undergraduate Library, Room B136 (basement), at 7 pm

Monday, April 6 | More Info
Poetry Reading by Members
of the U-M Community
Exhibit Museum of Natural History
6 pm (3 pm SLT)


Pre-registration is required to attend in Second Life if you are not a member of the Wolverine Community. Information is available here.

Tuesday, April 14
Yuri's Night: Celebration of the
first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin

Screening of film, "Orphans of Apollo", about MirCorp, the first private human spaceflight venture. Following pizza reception, SEDS member Pierre-Damien Vaujour discusses his work with the Google Lunar X PRIZE. Rackham Amphitheater, 7 - 10 PM.






















EXPERIENCE

Science Café Series | More Info

Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 pm
Presented by the Exhibit Museum of
Natural History at Conor O’Neill’s Pub,
318 S. Main St., Ann Arbor

Jan. 14:
Religion and Science

Feb. 11:
Astrobiology

Mar. 11:
Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe

Apr. 15:
Manned vs. Unmanned Space Exploration

Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads | More info
Annual community reading program and civic dialogue, this year featuring Seeing In The Dark: How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering The Wonders of The Universe, by Timothy Ferris.

Lecture by the author: Thurs. Jan. 29 at 7:30 pm.
Morris Lawrence Building, Washtenaw
Community College

Friday, February 6
Exhibition Tour on Second Life
See Calendar of Events for more information
12:00pm

Mar. 14 & 22, Apr. 11 & 19, May 23
Detroit Observatory Open Houses
| More info
Docent-led tours of the restored
1854 observatory, from 1-4 p.m.

Monday, March 16
Reading of Astronomers' Favorite Poems
Astronomers willing to read or who wish to suggest a poem should contact Shannon Murphy (aquilla@umich.edu) by 3/12.

845 Dennison at 4 p.m. (1 p.m. Second Life time)
Pre-registration is required to attend in Second Life if you are not a member of the Wolverine Community. Information is available here.

Friday, March 20
Astronomy Sites on Second Life: Spaceport Alpha
See Calendar of Events for more information
12:00 noon

Friday, April 3
Astronomy Sites on Second Life:
NASA's Explorer Island

See Calendar of Events for more information
12:00 noon

Sunday, Apr. 5
FestiFools Parade | More Info

Annual street festival of huge puppets and
April foolery; Main St. between William and
Washington at 4 pm

Monday, April 6
Astronomy Poetry by the U-M Community
Members of the U-M community (any campus, any status, you just need a uniqname) who have a poem they would like to read should contact Shannon Murphy (aquilla@umich.edu) by 4/2.

Exhibit Museum of Natural History at 6 p.m.
(3 p.m. in Second Life time)

Pre-registration is required to attend in Second Life if you are not a member of the Wolverine Community. Information is available here.

Saturday, Apr. 18
Solar System Walk
| More info
Presented by the Exhibit Museum
of Natural History. Pick up your passport
and tour the solar system on the U-M
Diag and Ingalls Mall
11 am – 3 pm

Exhibit Museum Planetarium Shows
New digital projection system.
Current shows include Hubble Vision, The Sky
Tonight
, and Black Holes.
Tickets: $4.75
See website for schedule:
www.lsa.umich.edu/exhibitmuseum


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Winter 2009 Theme Semester is co-sponsored by the Department of Astronomy
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