ESI UT Austin - The Story of Our Cosmic Home - In Person

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You DO need to visit this page to register -- https://www.esi.utexas.edu/talk/the-story-of-our-cosmic-home/

The ESI Hot Science Cool Talks series is an extremely popular event and you should register ASAP (Registration is usually open three weeks before the event date). These events fill up almost immediately when registration opens. It does help to be on the ESI mailing list (very low traffic).

Environmental Science Institute - Jackson School of Geosciences:

Hot Science Cool Talk -- https://www.esi.utexas.edu/community-engagement/hot-science-cool-talks/ (Bookmarking this page is a good idea. Mailing list subscription information is to the right.)

Hot Science Cool Talks Archive -- https://www.esi.utexas.edu/community-engagement/hot-science-cool-talks/archives/

ESI has this to say...

Arrive early and explore Cool Activities from 5:30 - 6:40! Local organizations will share exciting hands-on activities related to the talk! List of activities coming soon!

What secrets are hiding in the stars above us, and what can they tell us about our galaxy? In the next Hot Science – Cool Talks, astronomer Dr. Keith Hawkins takes us on a galactic journey through the Milky Way. Using stellar light and chemical fingerprints, Dr. Hawkins’ research reveals previously hidden regions of the Milky Way’s spiral arms, reshaping how we understand our home galaxy. This event will make you see the night sky in a whole new light.

Dr. Keith Hawkins is an Associate Professor of Astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on “Galactic Archaeology”, which is an approach to uncovering the Milky Way’s formation, evolution, and structure by studying the chemistry and motions of its stars. He is the director of the After Sloan-V project in Astronomy, and a member of large Astronomical Centers for Artificial Intelligence, Planetary habitability, and Astrophysical Plasma Properties. Before joining UT, Keith was a Simons Junior Research Fellow at Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar and completed his B.S. in Astrophysics at Ohio University.

Austin Physics for Fun has this to say...

Here is where we will be meeting prior to the presentation -- https://www.google.com/maps/place/30%C2%B017'21.0%22N+97%C2%B044'08.8%22W/@30.2891568,-97.7357906,55m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d30.289172!4d-97.735764

The presentation location for this event is the Jester auditorium.

Campus Map -- https://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/sa/find-a-space-indoor-details.php?listing=263

Jester Center -- https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/campus/buildings/information/nlogon/maps/utm/jes/

Please be there no later than 6:15pm CST.

ESI wants to seat everyone by 6:50pm CST. There may be pre-event activities so the crowd can be expected to be large and have many young ones full of enthusiasm :) We'll walk across the street to Welch Hall and go through registration and seating. Don't forget to turn all audible alerts on your phone OFF please.

I'll be wearing a black cap with the "Hi How Are You?" frog on it -- https://thedailytexan.com/2017/08/04/jeremiah-the-innocent-deserves-more-recognition/

UT Austin Parking & Transportation -- https://parking.utexas.edu/

If anyone is interested in socializing after the presentation we can go to the Drag and pick a place :)