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Ralph B. Baldwin Professorship in Astronomy Inaugural Lecture
Hugh Aller will present the first lecure for the Ralph B. Baldwin endowed Professorship, titled "Extragalactic Superluminal Radio Jets," on Thusrday, May 1 2008 at 4:10 PM in the Founder's room of the Alumni Center. A reception will follow. For more information, please call (734) 615-6653. More information on this lecture and on Hugh Aller is available at http://www.ur.umich.edu/0708/Apr28_08/23.php
Also, see the recent news item concerning superluminal radio jets from blazars on our news page: http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/about/news.php#blazar
Lecture “Black Holes and the Evolution of Galaxies”
Douglas Richstone, Professor of Astronomy and Chair, Department of Astronomy will present the first Lawrence H. Aller Collegiate Professorship in Astronomy Lecture on Tuesday, March 18 2008 at 4:10 PM in the Alumni Cener Founders Room. The lecture and reception are open to the public. For more information please call 615-6449
Lecture Abstract: Supermassive black holes, once thought to be rare, are now seen to be ubiquitous in galaxy centers. The mass in the present-day population of black holes is consistent with the energy radiated by quasars during their lifetimes - these are the relics of quasars. At various times in the life of a galaxy its central black hole will dominate its central dynamics and radiation field, with poorly understood consequences for galactic evolution.
Fall 2007 Distinguished lecture series: Scales of the Universe
The department of Astronomy, Exhibit Museum of Natural History, and Student Astronomical Society (SAS) announce the Distinguished Lecture Series for fall 2007. Each Speaker will present a colloquium on Thursday (see below), and a public lecture on Friday. The public lectures will be offered on Friday nights at 7:30 p.m. in room 1800 Chem, and will be followed by observatory open house in Angell Hall. Scheduled speakers are: Sept 28, John Spencer (SWRI); Oct 5, Carl Heiles (Berkeley); Oct 19, Mario Mateo (UM); Nov 2, Niel Brandt (Penn State), and Nov 16, Michael Turner (Chicago).
Scales of the Universe examines what the universe is like on a variety of spatial scales ranging from the solar system to the entire cosmos itself. The lecturers will also focus on aspects of frontier research at each of the featured scales, giving a flavor of current astronomical studies in a variety of areas. The final lecture will feature the award of the U-M Astronomy Department's Orren C. Mohler Prize, for distinguished contributions to astronomy and astrophysics. The series will be offered this fall on Friday nights at 7:30 p.m. in room 1800 of the Dow Chemistry Building, 930 North University Avenue on the U-M central campus in Ann Arbor.
The full schedule, maps, parking information and more is available at http://astro.lsa.umich.edu/sas/scales
Details on the speakers and the lectures are available in this pdf.
This event has bee archived n Deep Blue, at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/57275/browse-title
