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Astronomy Lecture Scheduled for April 24

 
 

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 (3 weeks ago)

Dr. Paul Nulsen from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will deliver a lecture at Gustavus Adolphus College at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24 in room 103 of F.W. Olin Hall for Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science.

Nulsen’s free public lecture is titled “The Cosmic Symphony: How Black Holes Orchestrate Galaxies,” and is sponsored by the Physics Department and the Society of Physics Students.

Nulsen’s lecture will explain how astronomers have used observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Satellite to decipher how massive black holes play an important role in galaxy formation.

Educated at the University of Western Australia and the University of Cambridge, Nulsen served as a senior lecturer at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia from 1989 to 2003 before joining the Center for Astrophysics.

For more information about this event contact physics professor Chuck Niederriter at 507-933-7315 or chuck@gustavus.edu.

Gustavus Adolphus College is a private liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minn., that prepares 2,500 undergraduates for lives of leadership, service, and lifelong learning. The oldest Lutheran college in Minnesota, Gustavus was founded in 1862 by Swedish immigrants and named for Swedish King Gustav II Adolf. At Gustavus, students receive personal attention in small-sized classes and engage in collaborative research with their professors. Fully accredited and known for its strong science, writing, music, athletics, study-abroad, and service-learning programs, Gustavus hosts a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and is internationally recognized for its annual Nobel Conference®.

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