News and Events
PhD alumna Christina Williams (lead author)and professor Kate Whitaker (co-author), are part of team that discovered a massive "monster galaxy" 12.5 billion light-years away
The third annual colloquium jamboree is Thursday, Oct. 17, in room 1033. The department's four new postdocs will share their research.
Refreshments at 3:45 and talks at 4pm
Save the date for our fall Meet & Greet! You're invited to join us Friday, September 13, from 12-2pm in LGRT 1033, for some delicious pizza (including gluten free slices). Stop by to welcome our new faculty, staff, postdocs, and students.
Special Colloquia of Faculty Research on Thursday 9/12 in LGRT 1033
Refreshments at 3:45 and talks at 4pm
Butcher, Z., Dissertation Defense, "The Bivariate Luminosity - HI Distribution Function of Galaxies"
Please join us Wednesday, August 28, at 5:30PM for Zhon Butcher's Dissertation Defense, "The Bivariate Luminosity - HI Distribution Function of Galaxies" in LGRT 533. There will be a small reception in after the event.
12:00, Monday, August 19
Room 533, Lederle Graduate Reserch Tower
Signatures of strong-field gravity accretion: Relativistic~effects in spectra and polarization from black-hole accretion discs
Speaker: Dr. Cristina Chiappini, Astrophysics Institute Potsdam, Berlin (Germany)
Time: Friday July 26, 12:00 noon
Room: LGRT 533 (New Conference Room)
The public is invited to observe sunrise and sunset of the longest day of the year among the standing stones of the UMass Amherst Sunwheel on Friday June 21 at 5:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. UMass Amherst astronomer Stephen Schneider will explain the astronomical cause of the solstice at the hour-long gatherings and answer questions.
More info: www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/gatherings.html
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/380421392601595/
Please contact Janet Lathrop with any questions: 413/545-2989; jlathrop@umass.edu
