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Astronomy Lunch Series

Schedule for Spring 2005

Date	Name	Affiliation	Title	Restaurant
31st January	Organizational Meeting	.	.	Bueno y Sano
7th February	Mordecai-Mark Mac Low	AMNH	Star Formation in Galactic Disks	Bueno y Sano
28th February	Martha Hanner	UMass	Stardust Encounter with Comet P/Wild 2	Bueno y Sano
7th March	Min Yun	UMass	Science with the LMT: Introduction	Panda East
14th March	Spring Break	-	-	-
21st March	Lori Allen	SAO	Star formation, brown dwarfs, and disk evolution: some results from Spitzer GTO and Legacy programs	Bueno y Sano
28th March	David Hughes	INAOE	TBA	TBA
4th April	Jun-Hwan Choi, Hao Gong & Dusan Keres	UMass	The First Stars	Bueno y Sano
11th April	Michael Stage	MIT	Lines, Ti., and Bremss., Oh My! Arcsecond Resolution Spatially-Resolved Spectroscopy of the Cas A SNR	TBA
18th April	Pete Schloerb	UMass	Solar System Science using the LMT	TBA
25th April	Bill Irvine	UMass	Chemistry and Astrobiology Research using the LMT	TBA
2nd May	Gopal Narayanan	UMass	Star Formation and YSO Studies using the LMT	TBA
9th May	TBA	.	TBA	TBA
16th May	Andria Schwortz	Quinsigamond Community College	How to Get a Teaching Job: Resources and Resumes	TBA

Schedules from previous semesters can be found here.

WHAT IS IT?

The Astronomy Lunch Series is a weekly informal meeting with a broad scope that includes most things astronomical. About ~50% of the time per meeting is devoted to general discussion. Food is delivered from a different Amherst restaurant each week through Delivery Express.

In the past the type of talks have been works in progress, journal club type talks, and at times, a talk from a visitor/collaborator. The recent successful "show-and-tell" sessions will be continued this year approximately once or twice per semester, when no speaker is scheduled.

Please email Chris Brunt if you'd like to be on the lunch talk mailing list.

We are always seeking volunteers to give talks. Graduate students and new staff members are especially encouraged to participate. This is a great opportunity to interact with other members of our department in an informal setting. If you know of collaborators or visitors that will be in Amherst and would be interested in giving lunch talks, please let me know. Questions and suggestions can be directed to Chris Brunt.

WHEN?

We meet at noon every Monday during the teaching semesters.

WHERE?

2MASS conference room (LGRT 644) on the 6th floor of the LGRT.

HOW?

Food is ordered from Delivery Express, and you can view their menus and restaurant list here. There will be some overhead on the prices they quote for gratuities, delivery charges and taxes.

Please use the html form linked from the restaurant name in the schedule below to make your selection and automatically mail Sally your menu choice. By using this form, you can also find out the total due for your selection including tips and tax.

Orders should be placed by 11am on Monday mornings.

When you show up for lunch, you should pay the money to Chris Brunt, who will have a list of what everybody ordered. Cash only please ;) Correct change is appreciated. NO IOUs.