The Astronomy Colloquium is a highlighted event featuring a guest speaker each week during the semester.
Fall 2026 Schedule
Day and Time: Thursdays at 3:30 pm *unless otherwise specified
Location: Campbell Hall, Room 131 *unless otherwise specified
Colloquium Chair: Chung-Pei Ma
| Date | Speaker (Institution) | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/3 | Pradip Gatkine (UCLA) | Astronomical instruments on a chip: Getting ready for the next generation of telescopes | Wenbin Lu |
| 9/10 | Kaitlin Kratter (Arizona) | TBD | Michael Bottom |
| 9/17 | Alice Shapley (UCLA) | TBD | Dan Stark |
| 9/24 | Kyle Kremer (UCSD) | TBD | Dan Kasen |
| 10/1 | Andrew Mummery (IAS) | TBD | Raffaella Margutti |
| 10/8 | Mike Boylan-Kolchin (UT Austin) | TBD | Chung-Pei Ma |
| 10/15 | Brant Robertson (UCSC) | TBD | Chris McKee |
| 10/22 | Malena Rice (Yale) | TBD | Eugene Chiang |
| 10/29 | Anil Seth (Utah) | TBD | Dan Weisz |
| 11/05 | David Charbonneau (Harvard) | TBD | Courtney Dressing |
| 11/12 | Sarah Millholland (MIT) | TBD | Courtney Dressing |
| 11/19 | Jim Fuller (Caltech) | TBD | Alex Filippenko |
| 11/26 | Thanksgiving Week | HOLIDAY | HOLIDAY |
| 12/03 | Alyssa Goodman (Harvard) | TBD | Jessica Lu |