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Astronomy Colloquium Careers Panel

. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: PAA102. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, March 5, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Astronomy Faculty Meeting-Curriculum Committee Report

Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: C341. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Meetings. Target Audience: Faculty. Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

Astronomy Colloquium presentation Zeljko Ivezic

Title: After 20+ years, LSST is starting!   Abstract: , The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will be the most, comprehensive optical astronomical sky survey ever undertaken. It will deliver panoramic, images of the night sky every clear night for ten years, starting in a few weeks. The resulting, few tens of petabytes of imaging data, essentially a digital color movie of the night sky, will, include about 20 billion galaxies and a similar number of stars. This unprecedented dataset, will be used for investigations ranging from cataloging potentially dangerous near-Earth, asteroids to fundamental physics such as the characterization of dark matter and dark energy. I will describe scientific goals behind LSST, discuss a major role played by the University, of Washington in the development of this project, showcase its early data, and discuss how, you can prepare to partake in the rich scientific harvest to be enabled by the massive and, complex LSST dataset. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: PAA102. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, March 12, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Astronomy Faculty Meeting

Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: C341. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Meetings. Target Audience: Faculty. Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

State of the department

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics-Astronomy Auditorium (PAA). Campus room: PAA102. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, April 2, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

DiRAC Invited Speaker Francisco Antonio Villaescusa Navarro (Paco)

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics-Astronomy Building (PAB). Campus room: B305. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

Astronomy Faculty Meeting

Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: C341. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Meetings. Target Audience: Faculty. Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

Astronomy Colloquium presentation Jed McKinney

. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: PAA102. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, April 9, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Astronomy Faculty Meeting

Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: C341. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Meetings. Target Audience: Faculty. Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

Astronomy Colloquium presentation Howard Hui

. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: PAA102. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, April 23, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Astronomy Colloquium presentation Devontae Baxter

. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: PAA102. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, April 30, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Astronomy Faculty Meeting

Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: C341. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Meetings. Target Audience: Faculty. Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

Theodore Jacobsen Observatory Open House

Welcome Welcome to the web page of the public events program at the Theodor Jacobsen Observatory (TJO) of the University of Washington.  Come and join us for open houses where we offer a view through our 1895 telescope on clear dark nights. In addition, enjoy evening talks and other activities during your visit for people of all ages, from 6 to 100. Tickets are free. Programs normally take place at the observatory on the first and third Tuesday evenings of April through September, rain or shine.  The staff are entirely volunteers, including undergraduates from the “League of Astronomers” within the Astronomy Department as well as members of the Seattle Astronomical Society (under the auspices of the UW Astronomy Department). TJO Evening Public Events Sky viewing is the main event of the evening.  However, nightfall comes late. So doors open at 8 or 9 PM from April through September (see below for dates and times) while the sky is still light.  The first major event of the evening is a public talk by students… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Theodor Jacobsen Observatory (OBS). Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Information Sessions. Special Events. Event sponsors: Department of Astronomy. Target Audience: Public. Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM. For more info visit astro.washington.edu.

Astronomy Colloquium presentation Joe Murtagh

. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: PAA102. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, May 7, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Astronomy Qual Day

Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Friday, May 8, 2026.

Samantha Gilbert-Janizek Final Exam

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Theodor Jacobsen Observatory (OBS). Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Monday, May 11, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.

Astronomy Colloquium presentation Sarah Tuttle

. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: PAA102. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, May 14, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

DiRAC Invited Speaker Guillaume Mahler

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics-Astronomy Building (PAB). Campus room: B305. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

Astronomy Faculty Meeting

Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: C341. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Meetings. Target Audience: Faculty. Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

Theodore Jacobsen Observatory Open House

Welcome Welcome to the web page of the public events program at the Theodor Jacobsen Observatory (TJO) of the University of Washington.  Come and join us for open houses where we offer a view through our 1895 telescope on clear dark nights. In addition, enjoy evening talks and other activities during your visit for people of all ages, from 6 to 100. Tickets are free. Programs normally take place at the observatory on the first and third Tuesday evenings of April through September, rain or shine.  The staff are entirely volunteers, including undergraduates from the “League of Astronomers” within the Astronomy Department as well as members of the Seattle Astronomical Society (under the auspices of the UW Astronomy Department). TJO Evening Public Events Sky viewing is the main event of the evening.  However, nightfall comes late. So doors open at 8 or 9 PM from April through September (see below for dates and times) while the sky is still light.  The first major event of the evening is a public talk by students… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Theodor Jacobsen Observatory (OBS). Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Information Sessions. Special Events. Event sponsors: Department of Astronomy. Target Audience: Public. Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM. For more info visit astro.washington.edu.

Astronomy Colloquium presentation J. Xavier Prochaska

. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: PAA102. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, May 21, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Megan Gialluca Final Exam

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics-Astronomy Tower (PAT). Campus room: C520. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

Astronomy Colloquium presentation Caprice Phillips

. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: PAA102. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, May 28, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

DiRAC Invited Speaker Emily Cunningham

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics-Astronomy Building (PAB). Campus room: B305. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

Astronomy Faculty Meeting

Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: C341. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Meetings. Target Audience: Faculty. Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

Theodore Jacobsen Observatory Open House

Welcome Welcome to the web page of the public events program at the Theodor Jacobsen Observatory (TJO) of the University of Washington.  Come and join us for open houses where we offer a view through our 1895 telescope on clear dark nights. In addition, enjoy evening talks and other activities during your visit for people of all ages, from 6 to 100. Tickets are free. Programs normally take place at the observatory on the first and third Tuesday evenings of April through September, rain or shine.  The staff are entirely volunteers, including undergraduates from the “League of Astronomers” within the Astronomy Department as well as members of the Seattle Astronomical Society (under the auspices of the UW Astronomy Department). TJO Evening Public Events Sky viewing is the main event of the evening.  However, nightfall comes late. So doors open at 8 or 9 PM from April through September (see below for dates and times) while the sky is still light.  The first major event of the evening is a public talk by students… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Theodor Jacobsen Observatory (OBS). Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Information Sessions. Special Events. Event sponsors: Department of Astronomy. Target Audience: Public. Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM. For more info visit astro.washington.edu.

Astronomy Colloquium presentation Olivia Cooper

. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: PAA102. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, June 4, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.