2001 LECTURE SCHEDULE

January 16:
Dr. Peter Strittmatter, Director of Steward Observatory
Overview of the Astronomy Department, New Projects

January 23:
Dr. Tom Fleming, Steward Observatory
Stellar X-ray Astronomy

January 30:
Dr. Caty Pilachowski, NOAO
Heavy Metal from Ancient Superstars

February 6:
Dr. Huan Lin, Steward Observatory
Redshift Surveys and the Galaxy Luminosity Function

February 13:
Dr. Mark Wagner, LBT
Stellar Mass Black Holes, including new results from the MMT and Chandra

February 20:
Dr. Ann Zabludoff, Steward Observatory
Galaxy Evolution in the Nearby Universe

February 27:
Dr. Rob Kennicutt, Steward Observatory
The Astrophysical Journal; The Hubble Constant

March 6:
Dr. Chris Impey, Steward Observatory
Quasars and Quasar absorption lines

March 13: Spring Break, no class.

March 20:
Ms. Jennifer Scott, Steward Observatory
Quasar Absorption Lines

March 27:
Dr. Dan Eisenstein, Steward Observatory
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey

April 3:
Dr. Mark Giampapa, Deputy Director, National Solar Observatory
Solar and Stellar Activity

April 10:
Dr. Adam Burrows, Astronomy Department
Theoretical Astrophysics

April 17:
Dr. John Hill, Director, LBT
Tour of the Mirror Lab (Meet there, directions to be handed out)

April 24:
Dr. John Bieging, Steward Observatory
Radio Observations of the Stars

May 1:
Dr. Mike Meyer, Steward Observatory
Star and Planet Formation