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JuneMon 1 10:00 am Program Introduction (Alex Hayes, Nikole Lewis, Patricia Fernandez de Castro)Wed 3 2:00 pm Professional Skills Workshop I: Library research for finding scholarly information (Henrik Spoon,

Jill Powell)Thu 4 noon Science Lecture I: Ocean Worlds (Alex Hayes)Thu 5 2:00 pm Professional Skills Workshop II: Database Management for Astrophysics, Planetary and

Exoplanetary Research (Adam Brazier) Mon 8 10:00 am Astro Summer Undergrad Research Group meeting (Alex Hayes, Nikole Lewis)Wed 10 3:00 pm Leadership Alliance: Navigating Research in the Era of COVID-19 Thu 11 noon Professional Skills Workshop III: Python Workshop 1 (Dylan Cromer, Ishan Mishra, Eamonn

O’Shea)Fri 12 3:30 pm Astronomy Graduate Network (AGN) Seminar followed by TGIFMon 15 10:00 am Astro Summer Undergrad Research Group meeting (Alex Hayes, Nikole Lewis)Tue 16 11:00 am Professional Skills Workshop IV: Python Workshop 2 & 3 (Dylan Cromer, Ishan Mishra, Eamonn

O’Shea)Tue 16 3:00 am Leadership Alliance: Collaborative Research in a Digital EnvironmentThu 18 noon Science Lecture II: Gravitational Waves/Ligo (Saul Teukolsky)Fri 19 5:00 pm Cornellapalooza! (all REU programs)Mon 22 10:00 am Astro Summer Undergrad Research Group meeting (Alex Hayes, Nikole Lewis)Wed 24 3:00 pm Leadership Alliance: Research Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research (Volker Vogt)Thu 25 4:00 pm Science Lecture III: Exoplanets (Lisa Kaltenegger)Fri 26 noon Science Lecture IV: Astrophysics at the Extremes: Compact Objects (Dong Lai)Fri 26 3:30 pm AGN Seminar followed by TGIF/Game NightMon 29 11:00 am Astro Summer Undergrad Research Group meeting (Alex Hayes, Nikole Lewis)Mon 29 noon Science as a Career I: Applying to Graduate School (Martha Haynes)

Cornell UniversityDepartament of Astronomy

2020 REU program in

Astrophysics and Planetary Science

JulyWed 1 1:00 pm Science as a Career II: Science Scientific Ethics Discussion: Scientific Hero, Cheater or Buffon?

Case Studies in Data Selection (Moderated by Carl Franck)Thu 2 noon Science Workshop I: Gravitational Wave / Pulsars (Cordes, Chatterjee, Teukolsky, Boyle, Kidder)Thu 2 3:00 pm Leadership Alliance: Applying to Graduate School: Physical Science, Earth Sciences and

EngineeringFri 2 3:30 pm AGN Seminar followed by TGIFMon 6 11:00 am Professional Skills Workshop V: How to make a scientific poster / presentation Graduate

Students (tbd) Wed 8 3:00 pm Leadership Alliance: Funding Your EducationThu 9 noon Science Lecture V: Cosmology (Rachel Bean)Thu 9 2:00 pm Science as a Career II: Have You Considered Graduate Studies in Physics at Cornell?Tue 14 10:00 am? Science as a Career III: Career Options for Astronomers (Hayes, Lewis, Savransky, others?)Wed 15 3:00 pm Leadership Alliance: How to Tell Your Research Story in a Digital Age Thu 16 noon Science Lecture VI: Planetary Volcanism (Esteban Gazel)Fri 17 2:30 pm Science as a Career IV: Outreach as a Component of Your Careers (Patricia Fernandez de Castro,

Zoe Lerner)Tue 21 11:00 am Science Lecture VII: Future Large Telescopes / Orbital Observatories (TMT, JWST, WFIRST, etc.)

(NIkole Lewis)Wed 22 3:00 pm Leadership Alliance Workshop: How to Give a Lighting TalkThu 23 noon Professional Skills Workshop VI: Presentation Workshop (Hayes Group)Fri 24 noon Science as a Career V: Grad School Panel (Grad School)Fri 24 3:30 pm AGN Seminar followed by TGIFMon 27 10:00 AM Science Lectures VIII: Upcoming Planetary Exploration Missions (Mars 2020, Psyche, LUCY,

Clipper, JUICE, Dragonfly, etc.) (Alex Hayes)Wed 29 3:00 pm Leadership Alliance Workshop: How to Participate in a Virtual Conference

AugustThu 30 noon Poster Hack Session Graduate Students (Nikole Lewis)Thu 30 5:00 pm Cornell Farewellapalooza! (all REU programs)Mon 3 1:00 pm Program Review, Lessons Learned Complete Evaluation Forms (Alex Hayes, Nikole Lewis,

Patricia Fernandez de Castro)Thu 6 1:00 pm Poster Session and Final Presentations (Alex Hayes, Nikole Lewis, Patricia Fernandez de Castro)

Cornell UniversityDepartment of AstronomySummer 2019

June Tue 4 9:00 am Orientation (622 SSB)Wed 5 12:00 pm Exoplanets Lecture (Lisa Kaltenegger - 622 SSB)Thu 6 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Python Workshop (Paul Corlies - 622 SSB)Wed 12 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Ethics training: Responsible Conduct of Research (Auditorium Warren Hall - ground floor)Wed 12 2:00 pm Compact Objects: Astrophysics at the Extremes Lecture (Dong Lai - 301 SSB)Wed 12 6:00 pm Campus-wide REU Welcome Dinner (Clark Hall Atrium - registration required)Thu 13 9:00 am REU-focused seminar on Searching for Literature (219 Phillips Hall)Thu 13 10:30 am REU Research Group Meeting (301 SSB)Thu 13 12:00 pm The Rise and Fall of Hendrik Schön (Paul McEuen - 700 Clark Hall - registration required)Fri 14 9:00 am Library Research for Finding Scholarly Information (219 Phillips Hall - registration required)Tue 18 9:00 am REU Research Group Meeting (622 SSB)Wed 19 9:00 am Half-Day GitHub Workshop and Training (120 Physical Sciences Building)Tue 25 9:00 am REU Research Group Meeting (622 SSB)Tue 25-27 4-H Career Explorations (Outreach opportunity, Clark Hall)Thu 27 12:00 pm CCAT Lecture (Martha Haynes - 105 SSB)

July Fri 1 9:00 am - 12:30 pm GW/Pulsars Workshop (Jim Cordes, Shami Chatterjee, Saul Teukolsky, Mike Boyle, Larry Kidder - 622 SSB and

computer lab)Fri 1/2/3 8:00 pm Observatory visit (date tbd by weather, HBO)Tue 2 9:00 am REU Research Group Meeting (622 SSB)Tue 9 9:00 am REU Research Group Meeting (622 SSB)Sat 13 8:15 am Niagara Falls CCMR TripTue 16 9:00 am REU Research Group Meeting (622 SSB)Tue 23 9:00 am REU Research Group Meeting (622 SSB)Thu 25 12:00 pm Campus-wide discussion: Scientific Presentations (Melissa Hines - 226 Weill Hall - registration required) Fri 26 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Making a Scientific Poster Workshop (Jack Madden - 105 SSB)

August Thu 1 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Presentation Skills Workshop: Scientific Presentations (Alex Hayes and Henrik Spoon - 622 SSB)Tue 6 11:15 am - 4:00 pm Poster Session and Final Presentations (105 SSB) Thu 8 9:00 am Final Report Writing (622 SSB or Fuertes)Fri 9 9:00 am End of program (301 SSB)

Lectures and meetings one hour unless otherwise noted.

W3 Star-forming region. ESA/PACS & SPIRE consortia, A. Rivera-Ingraham & P.G. Martin, Univ. Toronto, HOBYS Key Programme (F. Motte)

Questions? Write to [email protected]

Lectures open to all!

REU Lectures, Workshops and Meetings


JuneFri 2 10:30am - 11:30am Orientation - 301 SSB Tue 6 10:00am - 12:00pm Rosetta Mission - Samuel Birch Wed 7 9:00am - 10:00am REU group meeting - SSB 301 Mon 12 2:00pm - 4:00pm Python workshopTue 13 10:00am - 11:00am Cosmic Sleuthing: A Walk on the

Dark Side - Rachel Bean Wed 14 9:00am - 10:00am REU group meeting - SSB 301 6:00pm – 7:30pm REU Joint Welcome Dinner - Clark

Atrium Tue 20 4:00pm - 5:00pm The Local Universe - Luke Leisman Wed 21 9:00am - 10:00am REU group meeting - SSB 301 Thu 22 2:00pm - 3:00pm Stars and Stellar Evolution - David

Chernoff Tue 27 10:00am - 12:00pm Astronomy at the Extrmes - Dong

Lai Wed 28 9:00am - 10:00am REU group meeting - SSB 301 Thu 29 2:00pm - 4:00pm Exoplanet Worshop 8:00pm - 11:00pm Field trip to Hartung Boothroyd

Observatory

JulyWed 5 9:00am - 10:00am REU group meeting - SSB 301 Thu 6 9:00am - 4:00pm CCAT-prime workshop Mon 10 9:00am - 11:00am NRAO Community Day talksTue 11 9:00am - 10:00am Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar

System: Life as We Know It or Life as We Don’t? - Alex Hayes

Wed 12 9:00am - 10:00am REU group meeting - SSB 301 Thu 13 12:00pm - 1:00pm Ethics Presentation - Prof. Paul

McEuen - Lunch talk - 700 Clark Hall

2:00pm - 4:00pm Presentation Workshop - grad students

Tue 18 2:00pm - 4:00pm NASA mission Workshop Wed 19 9:00am - 10:00am REU group meeting - SSB 301 Thu 20 12:00pm - 1:00pm Scientific Presentation - Prof.

Melissa Hines - Lunch talk - 700 Clark

1:00pm - 4:30pm Gravitational Waves Workshop Mon 24 12:00pm - 1:30pm Grad School Panel - led by Prof.

Frank Wise - 700 Clark HallTue 25 10:00am - 12:00pm Cassini Grand Finale or Eclipse

Cycles - Phil NicholsonWed 26 9:00am - 10:00am REU group meeting - SSB 301 Thu 27 2:00pm - 4:00pm How to make a poster workshop -

grad studentsMon 31 10:00am - 10:20 am Kelly Waldvogel Poster Presentation

AugustTue 1 10:00am - 12:00pm Neutron Stars: the Densest Matter in

the Universe - Ira WassermanWed 2 9:00am - 10:00am REU group meeting - SSB 301 Mon 7 10:00am - 10:20 am Logan Hess Poster Presentation Tue 8 12:00pm - 1:30pm REU poster session - SSB 105

1:30pm - 3:30pm REU talks

Meetings in SSB 622unless otherwise noted


Space Sciences Building 6222:00 to 3:00 pm

unless otherwise noted

All are welcome to attend!

Tu 5 Galaxy evolution: environment matters (M. Haynes)W 6 REU/ugrad group meeting (M. Haynes, 10:00 -11:00 am,

SSB 301)Th 7 Discovering Dusty Galaxies (M. Haynes, G. Stacey, R.

Giovanelli, CS+, 9:30 am-3:30 pm, SSB 622, workshop)F 8 Campus REU Grad School Panel (A. Douglas (Grad School),

F. Wise (Appl & Engin Phys) and STEM grad students, noon-1:00 pm, 700 Clark Hall)

Tu 12 The Rings of Saturn (P. Nicholson)W 13 REU/ugrad group meeting (M. Haynes, 10:00-11:00 am,

SSB 301)Th 14 Campus REU Lecture: How to Give a Scientific Presentation

(M. Hines noon-1:30 pm, 700 Clark Hall)

Th 14 Extreme Planets (D. Lai)Tu 19 Gravitation and Pulsars (S. Chatterjee, J. Cordes, D. Lai,

9:30am - 11:45 am & 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm, SSB 622, workshop)Tu 19 Campus REU Lecture: Ethics (P. McEuen 12:00 pm-1:00 pm,

700 Clark Hall)Th 21 HIRMES: Protoplanetary Disks and Fabry-Perots

(G. Stacey)Tu 26 Planets and Exoplanets (P. Nicholson, A. Hayes, R. Ramirez,

J. Lunine, S. Birch, P. Corlies, J. O’Malley, 9:30am - 3:30pm, SSB 622, workshop)

Tu 26 Spectroscopy Training (7:45 pm - midnight, HBO) Th 28 Exoplanets and the Search for Life in the Universe

(J. O’Malley)

Tu 7 Orientation: Cornell Astrophysics and Planetary ScienceW 8 REU/ugrad group meeting (M. Haynes, 10:00-11:00 am,

SSB 301)Th 9 Python workshop (M. Lam & L. Leisman, 1 pm-4 pm,

SSB 622)Tu 14 Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science Symposium

(9:15 am-4:30 pm, PSB)Th 16 Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science Symposium

(9:15 am-4:30 pm, PSB)

Tu 21 Astronomy with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) (T. Herter)

W 22 REU/ugrad group meeting (M. Haynes, 10:00-11:00 am, SSB 301)

Thu 23 Radar Observations of Planets and Asteroids (D. Campbell)

Tu 28 Numerical Approaches in Astrophysics (R. Lovelace)W 29 REU/ugrad group meeting (M. Haynes, 10:00-11:00 am,

SSB 301)Th 30 GRE workshop (J. J. Zanazzi)

Tu Aug 2 The Future of Cosmology (Ira Wasserman)

June

July

August

REU Lectures and Workshops

JuneThu 4 Adam Brazier – The Astronomer’s ToolkitTue 9 Jonathan Lunine – Ocean world fun far from the SunThu 11 Terry Herter – Astronomy from SofiaTue 16 Python Workshop – SSB 622Thu 18 Gravitation / Pulsars Workshop – 9:00 am – 4:30 pmTue 23 Early Galaxies Workshop – 9:00 am – 4:30 pmThu 25 Dong Lai – Astrophysics at the ExtremesTue 30 Sean Marshall – Radar and Infrared Observations of Near-Earth Asteroids: Shape Fitting and Thermal

Modeling – SS 301

JulyThu 2 Melissa Hines – Scientific Presentation – 700 Clark Hall, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pmTue 7 Chelsea Sharon – How to Discover High-redshift GalaxiesThu 9 Greg Sloan – Title tbaFri 10 Grad Panel – 700 Clark Hall 12:00 pm – 1:00 pmTue 14 Exoplanet Workshop – SS 511, 9:00 am – 4:30 pmThu 16 Phillip Nicholson – Title tbaThu 23 Paul McEuen – Ethics Presentation – 700 Clark Hall, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm and Saul Teukolsky – Simulations of Black Holes and Neutron StarsTue 28 Yervant Terzian – Late Stellar Evolution


Unless otherwise noted!


REU Lecture Calendar

Thu June 5 Martha Haynes Understanding Galaxy MorphologiesMon June 9 Martha Haynes Careers in Astronomy Tue June 10 Adam Brazier The Astronomer’s Toolkit Thu June 12 Luke Leisman Introduction to Python + others Thu June 19 Shane Bussman Probing Galaxy Evolution Using Strong

Gravitational Lenses Discovered by HerschelTue June 24 David Chernoff The Life of the StarsTue July 1 Alex Hayes A Guide to Lakefront Vacationing on Saturn’s

Moon, TitanThu July 3 Martha Haynes Strategies for Applying to Graduate SchoolTue July 15 Shami Chatterjee Introduction to Neutron StarsTue July 22 Gordon Stacey Submillimeter Astronomy at CornellThu July 24 Jonathan Lunine The Future of Human Spaceflight in the USThu July 31 Martha Haynes JWST, LSST and the Next Generation Astronomical

Facilities




All are welcome!

Tue Jun 11 Dong Lai: Extreme Astrophysics.Thu Jun 13 Jonathan Lunine: Gazing from the Shore that Hath No Shore beyond It: JWST and Exoplanets.Tue Jun 18 Grad School Panel. Please note this event is from 12:00 - 1:30 pm in 700 Clark Hall.

Phil Nicholson: Exploring Saturn’s Rings.Tue Jun 25 Adam Brazier: Computing Toolkit for Astronomers.Wed Jun 26 Martha Haynes: Careers in Astronomy.Thu Jun 27 Workshop: Exploring Early Galaxies with the CCAT.Tue Jul 2 Alex Hayes: Strange Yet Familiar: A Guide To Lakefront and Desert Vacationing on Titan.Thu Jul 4 HolidayTue Jul 9 Workshop: Giant Planets in the Solar System and Beyond.Thu Jul 11 Lena F. Kourkoutis (AEP): Seeing with Electrons. 12–1 pm, 700 Clark Hall (lunch provided).Mon Jul 15 Martha Haynes: Strategies for Applying to Graduate School Tue Jul 16 TBDThu Jul 18 Workshop: Prospects for Detecting Gravitational Waves.Tue Jul 23 David Chernoff: Gravitational Waves from Strings.Thu Jul 25 Rachel Bean: Title tba. Tue Jul 30 Campus REU Ethics Presentation. This lecture is from 2:00-3:30 pm in 700 Clark Hall.





REU Lecture CalendarJune12 D.Campbell–RadioTelescopesandTechniques14 R.Anderson–CuriosityGoestoMars18 D.Dietrich–IntroductiontoLibraryResources19 A.Brazier–TheAstronomer’sITToolkit26 R.Giovanelli–ALFALFA:anExtragalacticSurveyofColdGas

July5 R.Lovelace–NumericalApproachesinAstrophysics10 M.Romanova– 3DSimulationsofYoungStars17 T.Herter–SOFIA-TheStratosphericObservatoryForInfraredAstronomy:FromFirst

LighttoFirstScience24 P.Nicholson–TheMysteriesofSaturn’sRings26 G.Sloan–CircumstellarandInterstellarDust

August8 M.Haynes–TipsonApplyingtoGradSchool

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622 Space Sciences Building2:00 to 3:00 pm



Summer Lecture CalendarJuneTue 21 Adam Brazier–The Astronomer’s IT ToolkitThu 23David Chernoff–The Life of the StarsTue 27Matt Tiscareno–Saturn:the Ringed Planet as Explored by CassiniThu 30Martha Haynes–ALFALFA: The Hunt for Dark Halos and Missing Satellites

JulyTue 5 Martha Haynes–Strategies for Applying to Graduate SchoolThu 7 Saul Teukolsky–Simulations of Black Holes and Gravitational WavesTue 12 Riccardo Giovanelli–As High as You Can Drive a Truck: the Atacama

Telescope Project (CCAT)Thu 14Robin Garrod–The Amazing Complexity of Interstellar ChemistryThu 21Shami Chatterjee–NeutronStars:LaboratoriesforExtremeAstrophysicsThu 28Gordon Stacey–Studying Star Formation in the Early Universe


REU Lecture CalendarJune8 Fernández de Castro – Orientation 10 Chernoff – The Life of the Stars15 Tiscareno – The Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn17 Giovanelli – As High as You Can Drive a Truck: the Atacama Telescope Project (CCAT)22 Haynes – ALFALFA: The Hunt for Dark Halos and Missing Satellites24 Covey – The Origin and Evolution of Stellar Spins29 Chatterjee – Neutron Stars: Astrophysical Laboratories in the Sky

July1 Garrod – Raspberries and Rum: the Amazing Complexity of Interstellar Chemistry6 Terzian – The Fate of Sun-like Stars13 Gierasch – Planetary Meteorology15 Haynes – Strategies for Applying to Graduate School20 Lovelace – Numerical Modeling in Astrophysics22 Romanova – 3D Modeling of Accreting Millisecond Pulsars27 Brazier – The Astronomer’s IT Toolkit29 Teukolsky – Black Holes and Gravitational Waves

Space Sciences 6222:00 to 3:00 pm



REU Lecture CalendarJune2 Orientation – Patricia Fernández de Castro 4 Richard Lovelace – Numerical Modeling in Astrophysics9 Marina Romanova – 3D Simulations of Young Stars – This lecture meets in SS 301!11 Yervant Terzian – Late Stellar Evolution and Exploding Stars16 Don Campbell – Radio Telescopes30 Martha Haynes – ALFALFA: Dark Halos and Gas-rich Galaxies

July7 Dong Lai – Astrophysics at the Extremes9 Jamie Lloyd – Extrasolar Planet14 Mike Kelley – Space Shuttle Launches, Noctilucent Clouds and Unusual Iron Layers:

Evidence that the Tunguska Event was Due to a Comet16 Gordon Stacey – Submillimeter Astronomy: Keeping High and Dry28 Martha Haynes – Tips on Applying to Graduate School30 Student presentations

August 4 Student presentations6 Student presentations

Space Sciences 6222:00 to 3:00 pm

Please join us. All are welcome to attend!

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