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Fall 2007 Galaxy Lunch Series

Topic for this semester: "Rebels: Galaxies that Break the Rules"

Look here for a list of suggested topics.

Fridays 12:15 p.m. in 622 Space Sciences 
Organizers: Martha Haynes, Sabrina Stierwalt & Ann Martin
Note: To join the galaxy lunch mailing list, contact Sabrina or Ann.

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Date

Speaker

Topic

Suggested Reading

Aug 31

Everyone

Who we are and what we do

Bring a transparency of a "rebellious" extragalactic object, or email a PPT slide to amartin at astro.cornell.edu.

Sept 7th

Shannon Gutenkunst

Galaxies with Pseudobulges: Rebel Galaxies that Break the Rules
PDF

Drory, N., and Fisher, D.B.

Sept 14th

Nancy Schaff

A Conversation About Education and Public Outreach: Benefits and Challenges

"The Engaged University"

Sept 21st

Duncan Farrah

Rebel Galaxies, Rebel Clusters, and Rebel Astronomers: "A Dark Core in Abell 520"
PPT

Sept 28th

Greg Sloan

Rebel Galaxies Next Door: Dust in Dwarfs and Irregulars in the Local Group

Oct 5th

Martha Haynes

Rebel Galaxies of ALFALFA

Oct 12th

Dave Jauncey (ATNF)

Looking at the Most Extreme AGN through the Inter-Stellar and Inter-Galactic Medium

Oct 19th

Steve Hailey-Dunsheath

A Population of Rebellious Wolf-Rayet Stars in IC 10
PDF

Massey and Holmes, 2002, ApJ, 580, L35

Oct 26th

Sabrina Stierwalt

The Evolution of Transition Dwarf Galaxies

Nov 2nd

Vianney LeBouteiller

Can We Find Life in IZw18?

Nov 9th

Ann Martin

Properties of Galaxies in Voids: Rebel Loners in SDSS

Patiri et al. 2006

Nov 16th

Sabrina and Ann

GALAXY JEOPARDY

Nov 23rd

Not any of us, because it's...

Thanksgiving Break

Happy T'day!

Nov 30th

Jim Houck

Fewer Than 28 Weird Galaxies

Last modified: Fri Aug 3 11:00 am EDT 2007 by sabrina