Public Outreach
28 April 2014
55th Cherwell-Simon Lecture 2014
We are delighted to announce that the 2014 Cherwell-Simon Lecture will be given by Prof Peter Higgs CH DSc PhD MSc BSc FRS FRSE FInstP, Emeritus Professor University of Edinburgh, on 16th May at 4.30 pm in the Andrew Wiles Building, Mathematical Institute.
Prof Higgs will lecture on “My Life as Boson”.
55th Cherwell-Simon Lecture 2014
"MY LIFE AS BOSON"
Professor Peter Higgs CH DSc PhD MSc BSc FRS FRSE FInstP
Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS REQUIRED. ADMISSION IS WITH REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION ONLY.
You can register online at: http://cherwell-simon-lecture2014.eventbrite.co.uk.
Corinna Dahnke
email: cmp@physics.ox.ac.uk
phone: 01865 272225
23 April 2014
Mireia Crispin Ortuzar awarded Winton prize
Congratulations to Mireia Crispin Ortuzar who has been awarded the Winton Prize 2014 for the most promising D.Phil student in Physics for work in the area of Statistical Analysis of data.
The 10th Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture
The 10th Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture
Professor James Binney
Department of Physics, Merton College and All Souls Visiting Lecturer, University of Oxford
Galaxies and the intergalactic medium
Leanne O'Donnell
01865 613973
Leanne.odonnell@astro.ox.ac.uk
11 February 2014
Researchers feature in The Sky at Night: Jupiter's Weather and Moons
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics researchers feature strongly as contributors to the first edition of the new series of the BBC's Sky at Night programme on BBC4 presented by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Oxford Astrophysics's Chris Lintott.
Stargazing Oxfordshire - March 2014 (National Astronomy Week)
Stargazing Oxfordshire - Astronomy Evening
Find out more about research in astrophysics from professional scientists, and observe the night sky with your local community astronomers.
An evening of space science, with astronomers from the University Physics Department and local Amateur Astronomy groups. Stargazing on the roof (if clear), the latest astrophysics and planetary science inside.
Book your place here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TelescopeMar14
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There is limited access for disabled visitors. Please contact Dr. Sian Owen to find out more.
Astronomy For All Lectures 2014
Wednesday 19 February 2014 at 6pm
Pictures In The Sky
Ian Ridpath, FRAS, Editor of Norton's Star Atlas
Wednesday 26 February 2014 at 6pm
Big Telescopes - Why Size Always Matters
Dr Fraser Clarke, Oxford Astrophysics.
Wednesday 5 March 2014 at 6pm
Close Encounters - Misunderstanding Comets
Charles Barclay, FRAS, Marlborough College, Oxford
Astrophysics and Associate Fellow, Green Templeton College
The Hintze Lecture Series
"The Fast Track to Finding an Inhabited Exoplanet"
Professor David Charbonneau, Harvard University
Leanne O'Donnell
Leanne.odonnell@astro.ox.ac.uk
01865 613 973
17 January 2014
Chris Lintott awarded The Beatrice Tinsley Prize
Chris Lintott has been awarded the Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize of the American Astronomical Society for the creation of the Zooniverse. The award is in recognition of the citizen science programs at Zooniverse.org, which have led nearly a million people to discover and classify galaxies, planets and star clusters.
The first project, Galaxy Zoo, was launched in 2007 and we now support more than twenty projects in astronomy and other disciplines.
