Latest Past Events

“It became all space”: Physics & Poetry in Dialogue

Mudd Hall (Room 26)

Share space with a Nobel Laureate and Poet Laureate! Join First-Year Seminars for a conversation between Nobel Laureate in Astrophysics Adam Riess & UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion about their shared impulse to understand the universe and our place within it. The event will be introduced by Dean Christopher Celenza and moderated by Professor of Classics Karen ní Mheallaigh. Q&A to follow. […]

Infrared ‘Eyes’ on the Universe

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is set to launch in December, and will revolutionize our view of the Universe and our place within it. JWST is NASA’s most ambitious and complex space observatory to date, carrying a mirror that is several times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope and a suite of sophisticated instruments […]