MIT Physics Department Head, Edmund Bertschinger, and Director of the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research, Jackie Hewitt, cordially invite you to "An Astronomical Event."
This day-long symposium of lectures focusing on astrophysics and cosmology, will be held at MIT on Tuesday, October 9, 2012.
Program
Continental Breakfast
Kresge Lobby (W16)
8:00 – 9:00 am
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Kresge Auditorium (W16)
9:00 – 9:10 am
- Edmund Bertschinger, Professor and Department Head of Physics
- Jackie Hewitt, Director of the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research
Cosmology
Kresge Auditorium (W16)
9:10 – 10:00 am
- Anna Frebel, Assistant Professor of Physics
“The Oldest Stars in the Milky Way” - Rob Simcoe, Associate Professor of Physics
“Cosmic Dawn”
Break
Kresge Lobby (W16)
10:00 – 10:30 am
Inflation, LIGO, and Exoplanets
Kresge Auditorium (W16)
10:30 – 11:45 am
- Alan Guth, Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics
“Cosmology and the Arrow of Time” - Nergis Mavalvala, Curtis (1963) and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics
“Take a Walk on the Warped Side: Searching for Gravitational Waves” - Josh Winn, Associate Professor of Physics
“Strange New Worlds”
Break
11:45 am – 4:15 pm
Colloquium
4:15 – 5:15 pm in 10-250
- Walter Lewin, Professor of Physics, Emeritus
“The Pioneering Decade of X-ray Astronomy”
Reception
5:15 – 6:15 pm in Lobby 10
The Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research and the MIT Department of Physics present

An astronomical event
MIT Physics Department Head, Edmund Bertschinger, and Director of the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research, Jackie Hewitt, cordially invite you to "An Astronomical Event."
This day-long symposium of lectures focusing on astrophysics and cosmology, will be held at MIT on Tuesday, October 9, 2012.
Contact
If you have any questions, please email astronomical_event@mit.edu.