Fall 2009

First day of school:  Monday, Aug. 24

Sept. 3:  Dr. Simon Schuler
  Nucleosynthesis in the Hyades Open Cluster -- Evidence for the
  Enhanced Depletion of 12C
Sept. 10: Paul Martini, Ohio State
  The Evolution of AGN in Groups and Clusters
Sept. 17: John Bally, University of Colorado
  Explosive and Orientation-Variable Outflows: Evidence for
  Complex Stellar Interactions in Massive Cluster-forming Environments
Sept. 24:  Marta Volonteri, University of Michigan (NOAO)
  The Interplay of Black Holes Binaries with Their Environment in
  Gas-rich Mergers
Oct. 1: Daniel Holz, Los Alamos
  Cosmology from Standard Sirens
Oct. 8: Karl Gephardt, Texas 
  Black Holes and Dark Matter:  New Results and Fundamental Correlations
Oct. 15:  Alicia Soderberg, Harvard
  A Holistic View of the GRB-SN connections
Oct. 22:  Lars Hernquist, Harvard (NOAO)
  Dissipational Relics in the Formation of Elliptical Galaxies
Oct. 29: Crystal Grogan, NRAO
  Searching for the Secrets of Massive Star Birth
Nov. 5: Renu Malhotra, LPL
  Giant Planet Migration in the Solar System
Nov. 12: Josh Simon, OCIW
  Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies
Nov. 19: Kevin Luhman, Penn State
  The rigin of Brown Dwarfs
Nov. 26: THANKSGIVING
Dec. 3:  John Grunsfeld, NASA
  A Hubble Story

Last day of classes: Wednesday, Dec. 9