Speakers
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Peter Evans | Sep 26, 2023 |
Youth Protective Services
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DARK-NO MEETING | Oct 03, 2023 |
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Speaker TBD | Oct 10, 2023 |
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DARK-NO MEETING | Oct 17, 2023 |
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Speaker TBD | Oct 24, 2023 |
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DARK-NO MEETING | Oct 31, 2023 |
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Speaker TBD | Nov 07, 2023 |
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Dr. Karen Meech | Nov 07, 2023 |
Visitors from outside our solar system
Bio - Karen Meech Karen Meech is an astronomer/astrobiologist who investigates how habitable worlds form, exploring the bigger picture of whether there is life elsewhere. Her work has embraced the power of interdisciplinary science and she is combining geological field work, geochemistry, astronomical observations, theory and space mission concepts to address fundamental questions about how Earth got its water. She began her career in physics and astronomy, with an undergraduate degree in Space Physics from Rice University and a Ph.D. in planetary physics from MIT in 1987 studying comets, after which she joined the faculty at the University of Hawai’i. She has served as the Graduate program chair from 2018-2021, and was the Interim Director for the IfA in 2021. She has won many awards for her work, including most recently the Dannie Heineman prize from the American Astronomical Society. She was Co-Investigator on three comet missions: Deep Impact, EPOXI and Stardust-NeXT. She has been leading the development of a Discovery class ($0.5 billion) space mission to study icy material in the asteroid belt. She also lead the team to characterize the first interstellar object that was discovered passing through our solar system.
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DARK-NO MEETING | Nov 14, 2023 |
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Speaker TBD | Nov 21, 2023 |
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DARK-NO MEETING | Nov 28, 2023 |
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Speaker TBD | Dec 05, 2023 |
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DARK-NO MEETING | Dec 12, 2023 |
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Speaker TBD | Dec 19, 2023 |
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DARK-NO MEETING | Dec 26, 2023 |
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DARK-NO MEETING | Jan 02, 2024 |
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Speaker TBD | Jan 09, 2024 |
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DARK-NO MEETING | Jan 16, 2024 |
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Speaker TBD | Jan 23, 2024 |
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DARK-NO MEETING | Jan 30, 2024 |
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Speaker TBD | Feb 06, 2024 |
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DARK-NO MEETING | Feb 13, 2024 |
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Speaker TBD | Feb 20, 2024 |
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DARK-NO MEETING | Feb 27, 2024 |
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Speaker TBD | Mar 05, 2024 |
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DARK-NO MEETING | Mar 12, 2024 |
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