'Special Talks' Podcasts
2/18/19: Dr. Jenny Greene, Princeton Univ.
Marc Aaronson Memorial Lecture: Tiny but Powerful: The Search for Intermediate Mass Black Holes
2/17/18: Yancy Shirley: Associate Professor- 100th Anniversary Talk
Where do stars come from? Studying Star Formation in the Milky Way
2/17/18: Marcia Rieke: Regents' Professor of Astronomy- 100th Anniversary Talk
James Webb Space Telescope JWST: Looking Back to the Beginning of Time
2/17/18: Jared Males: Assistant Astronomer- 100th Anniversary Talk
Adaptive Optics: The Key to Finding Life Outside Our Solar System
2/17/18: George Rieke: Regents' Professor of Astronomy- 100th Anniversary Talk
Our Journey to the Mid-Infrared Instrument on James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
2/17/18: Kaitlin Kratter: Assistant Professor- 100th Anniversary Talk
Exotica from the Edge of our Solar System
2/17/18: Tom Fleming: Astronomer and Senior Lecturer- 100th Anniversary Talk
The Birth of Astronomy in Southern Arizona
2/16/18: Chris Impey: Associate Dean, College of Science, Distinguished Professor of Astronomy- 100th Anniversary Talk
A Century of Astronomy Innovation at Steward Observatory
4/03/17: Brian Schmidt, Australian National University, The State of the Universe in 2017
3/04/16: Steward Observatory March 2016 Internal Symposium
3/02/16: Blitzer Lecture & Award Ceremony 2016
8/21/15: Steward Observatory August 2015 Internal Symposium
4/23/15: Adam Block's Astrophotography Lecture at the Center for Creative Photography
2/20/15: Steward Observatory February 2015 Internal Symposium
12/16/14: Beth Willman, Haverford
Triumphs and Tribulations of Near-field Cosmology with Wide-Field Surveys: A Biased Perspective
04/24/14: Graduating Astronomy Major Research Symposium
Undergrad Research Colloquium
2/28/2014: Aaronson Lecturer: Alice Shapley, UCLA
Decoding the Contents of Distant Galaxies
2/20/2014: Vatican Observatory Seminar
Rev. Jose’ G. Funes, S.J. - Director, Vatican Observatory
Dr. Buell T. Jannuzi - Director, Steward Observatory
Rev. Jean-Baptiste Kikwaya, S.J. - Vatican Observatory
Br. Guy Consolmagno - Vatican Observatory
11/16/2012: Aaronson Lecturer: Dr. Pieter van Dokkum, Yale University
The Rise of Galaxies
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