March 13, some of the PyIU Organizing Committee members participated in the Spring 2025 Statewide Engagement Institute hosted on campus by the Center for Rural Engagement (CRE). This full-day conference focused on community engagement and interdisciplinary work, student opportunities, and service to the state, and it featured keynote speakers, a panel, a poster session, team collaboration, and interactive brainstorming sessions.
A paper by IU Astronomy graduate student Armaan Goyal, titled “Statistical Reevaluation of the Ultra-Short-Period Planet Classification Boundary”, has recently been accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal!
Ask Astro is a favorite column in Astronomy Magazine. Readers submit questions, and the magazine finds astronomers with the answers. In the February issue, our own Emeritus Professor Richard Durisen and NASA Scientist Paul Estrada answered the question, “Do Saturn’s rings cast shadows?”
Open Night - Canceled due to dangerous weather
The intriguing lives of galaxies lacking dark matter Jorge Moreno Pomona University
TBD Malcolm Niedner
The College of Arts