Colloquium: Typically every Wednesday at 3:30
during the Fall/Spring semesters, Colloquium is set up to bring well
known, leading researchers from around the world into IfA every week.
Talks are usually 45-60 mins in length, plus question time. Cookies and
caffine are prooffered beforehand to encourage mingling with the speaker,
and the speaker is usually treated to lunch with a small number of grads
and dinner open to everyone. Students are strongly encouraged to attend
all colloquium, and meals they attend will be fully or partially
subsidized.
AstroCoffee: Every Friday at 10:30 AM during morning coffee during the Fall/Spring
semesters we have AstroCoffee. This is intended to be a very informal
10-15 min presentation by a member of the IfA to let the rest of the
Institute know what they are currently researching. This has been very
popular of late, and is a good way to find out what cool things are coming
out of IfA. Grads are encouraged to give talks (on any subject within
astronomy)...contact Nader Haghighipour if interested in giving one (Fall
is already booked, fyi).
GSPS: Every other Thursday at 12:30 we have GSPS (grad student-postdoc seminar)
in the Auditorium. This is intented to be a longer research talk (~30
mins) but in a supportive environment (i.e. no faculty) with the aim of
letting grads and post docs practice their speaking skills and get
constructive feedback. This is a good forum to give a practice talk for a
conference or the like. Contact Katelyn Allers if interested in giving
one. Bringing lunch to this is encouraged and acceptable.
Solar Lunch: Alternating Thursdays with GSPS are Solar Lunch talks. They tend to be 1
hour long, and involve lunch. I don't frequent these, so I'm not sure on
other details.
CSPF: The Center for Star and Planet Formation (CSPF) in the past has lunch time
talks on Wednesdays. This is intended to be a journal-club style meeting,
focusing mostly on extra-solar planets, dust disks, young stars, and
low-mass sub-stellar objects. These usually occur in the Moon Room and
the next one is 9/17.
FriED: Friday Extragalactic Discussion (FriED) is intended to be a short (30
min), informal talk to encourage discussion amongst extragalacticians.
Held in the Moon Room; occasioned by outside speakers; followed closely by
Friday beers.
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